Research in object-oriented manufacturing simulations: An assessment of the state of the art

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 795-810

  Narayanan, S ^a   Bodner, D A ^b   Sreekanth, U ^c   Govindaraj, T ^b   McGinnis, L F ^b   Mitchell, C M ^b  

^a Wright State University   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Versant Object Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

OBJECT-ORIENTED MANUFACTURING SIMULATIONS;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0032154870     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408179808966526     Document Type: Article

References (64)

1. Buzacott, J., and Shanthikumar, J., (1985) On approximating queueing models of dynamic job shops. Management Science, 31, 870–887.
2. Law, A.M., (1990) Simulation software for manufacturing applications. Industrial Engineering, 22 (7), 18–20.
3. Adiga, S.G., lassey, C. R., (1991) Object-oriented simulation to support research in manufacturing systems. International Journal of Production Research, 29 (12), 2529–2542.
4. Glassey, C.R., and Adiga, S., (1990) Berkeley library of objects for control and simulation of manufacturing (BLOCS/M), in Applications of Object-Oriented Programming, Pinson, LJ. and Wiener, R.S. (eds), Addison Wesley, Reading, MA, pp. 1–27.
5. Mize, J. H., Bhuskute, H. C., Pratt, D. B., and Kamath, M., (1992) Modeling of integrated manufacturing systems using an object-oriented approach. HE Transactions, 24 (3), 14–26.
6. Narayanan, S., Bodner, D. A., Mitchell, C. M., McGinms, L. F., Govindaraj, T., and Platzman, L.K., (1992) Object-oriented simulation to support modeling and control of automated manufacturing systems, in Proceedings of the 1992 Western Multiconference, Society for Computer Simulation, San Diego, CA, pp. 55–63.
7. Ulgen, O.M., Thomasma, T., and Mao, Y., (1989) Object oriented toolkits for simulation program generators, in Proceedings of the 1989 Winter Simulation Conference, MacNair, E.A., Musselman, K.J. and Heidelberger, P. (eds), IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 593–600.
8. Zeigler, B.P., (1990) Object-Oriented Simulation with Hierarchical, Modular Models Intelligent Agents and Endomorphic Systems, Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
9. Burns, J.R., and Morgeson, J.D., (1988) An object-oriented world-view for intelligent discrete, next-event simulation. Management Science, 34 (12), 1425–1440.
10. O'Keefe, R., (1986) Simulation and expert systems - a taxonomy and some examples. Simulation, 46 (1), 10–16.
11. Zeigler, B.P., (1987) Knowledge representation from Newton to Minsky and beyond. Applied Artificial Intelligence, 1, 87–107.
12. Govindaraj, T., McGinnis, L.F., Mitchell, C.M., and Platzman, L.K., (1990) Manufacturing simulation using objects, in Proceedings of the 1990 Summer Computer Simulation Conference, Svrcek, B. and McRae, J. (eds), Society for Computer Simulation, San Diego, CA, pp. 219–224.
13. Glassey, C.R., and Adiga, S., (1989) Conceptual design of a software object library for the simulation of semiconductor manufacturing systems. Journal of Object-Oriented Programming, 2, Nov/Dec, 39–43.
14. Zeigler, B.P., (1991) Object-oriented modeling and discrete-event simulation. Advances in Computers, 33, 67–114.
15. Johnson, R.E., and Foote, B., (1988) Designing reusable classes. Journal of Object-Oriented Programming, I, June/July, 22–35.
16. Adiga, S., (1988) Software modelling of manufacturing systems a case for an object-oriented programming approach. Annals of Operations Research, 17, 363–378.
17. Adiga, S., Petrakian, R.G., and Shabe, P.M., (1992) A knowledge-based support system for prototyping simulations with a reusable software library. Information and Decision Technologies, 18 (3), 185–194.
18. Lozinski, C., (1992) The design and implementation of BPG BLOCS, in Proceedings of the International Conference on Object-Oriented Manufacturing Systems, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, pp. 271–276.
19. Rozenblit, J.W., Kim, T.G., and Zeigler, B.P., (1988) Towards an implementation of a knowledge-based system design and simulation environment, in Proceedings of the 1988 Winter Simulation Conference, Abrams, M.A., Haigh, P.L. and Comfort, J.C. (eds), IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 226–231.
20. Zeigler, B.P., (1987) Hierarchical, modular discrete-event modelling in an object-oriented environment. Simulation, 49 (5), 219–230.
21. Drolet, J.R., Moodie, C.L., and Montreuil, B., (1991) Object-oriented simulation with Smalltalk-80 a case study, in Proceedings of the 1991 Winter Simulation Conference, Nelson, B.L., Kelton, W.D and Clark, G.M. (eds), IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 312–321.
22. Lefrancois, P., and Montreuil, B., (1994) An object-oriented knowledge representation for intelligent control of manufacturing workstations. HE Transactions, 26 (1), 11–26.
23. Mayrand, E., Lefrancois, P., and Montreuil, B., (1993) An agent-oriented simulation model of manufacturing activities. Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering, 1 (2), 137–146.
24. Montreuil, B., Lefrancois, P., and Harvey, S., (1994) An organism-oriented modeling approach to support the analysis and design of intelligent manufacturing systems. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 5 (2), 121–142.
25. Bodner, D.A., Dilley-Schneider, S.J., Narayanan, S., Sreekanth, U., McGinnis, L.F., Mitchell, CM., and Govindaraj, T., (1993) Object-oriented modeling and simulation of automated control in manufacturing, in Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, IEEE Computer Society Press, Washington, DC, 3, pp. 83–88.
26. Narayanan, S., Bodner, D.A., Sreekanth, U., Dilley, S.J., Govindaraj, T., McGinnis, L.F., and Mitchell, CM., (1992) Object-oriented simulation to support operator decision making in semiconductor manufacturing, in Proceedings of the 1992 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 1510–1515.
27. Narayanan, S., Bodner, D.A., Sreekanth, U., Govindaraj, T., McGinnis, L.F., and Mitchell, CM., (1994) Modeling control decisions in manufacturing systems simulation using objects, in Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 1392–1397.
28. Narayanan, S., Mitchell, C.M., Govindaraj, T., and McGinnis, L.F., (1993) Supporting the analysis of automation and operator problem solving in discrete manufacturing systems, in Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, 3, pp. 382–387.
29. Sreekanth, U., Narayanan, S., Bodner, D.A., Govindaraj, T., Mitchell, CM., and McGinnis, L.F., (1993) A specification environment for configuring a discrete-part manufacturing system simulation infrastructure, in Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, 1, pp. 349–354.
30. Basnet, C.B., Farrington, P.A., Pratt, D.B., Kamath, M., Kar-acal, S.C., and Beaumariage, T.G., (1990) Experiences in developing an object-oriented modeling environment for manufacturing systems, in Proceedings of the 1990 Winter Simulation Conference, Balci, O., Sadowski, R.P. and Nance, R.E. (eds), IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 477–481.
31. Bhuskute, H.C., Duse, M.N., Gharpure, J.T., Kamath, M., and Mize, J.H., (1992) Design and implementation of a highly reusable modeling and simulation framework for discrete part manufacturing systems, in Proceedings of the 1992 Winter Simulation Conference, Swain, J.J., Goldsman, D., Crain, R.C and Wilson, J.R. (eds.), IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 680–687.
32. Bhuskute, H.C., and Mize, J.H., (1993) Parallel discrete event simulation of manufacturing systems, in Proceedings of the 2nd Industrial Engineering Conference, Mitta, D.A., Burke, L.I., English, J.R., Gallimore, J., Klutke, G. and Tonkay, G.L. (eds.), HE, Norcross, GA, pp. 705–709.
33. Duse, M., Gharpure, J., Bhuskute, H., Kamath, M., Pratt, D., and Mize, J., (1993) TooMndependent model representation, in Proceedings of the 2nd Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Mitta, D.A., Burke, L.I., English, J.R., Gallimore, J., Klutke, G. and Tonkay, G.L. (eds), HE, Norcross, GA, pp. 700–704.
34. Mize, J.H., and Pratt, D.B., (1991) A comprehensive object-oriented modeling environment for manufacturing systems, in Proceedings of the Joint International Conference on Factory Automation and Information Management, Ahmad, M.M. and Sullivan, W.G. (eds), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 250–257.
35. Pratt, D.B., Farrington, P.A., Basnet, C.B., Bhuskute, H.C., Kamath, M., and Mize, J.H., (1994) The separation of physical, information, and control elements for facilitating reusability in simulation modeling. International Journal of Computer Simulation, 4 (3), 327–342.
36. Pratt, D.B., Mize, J.H., and Kamath, M., (1993) A case for bottom-up modeling, in Proceedings of the 2nd Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Mitta, D.A., Burke, L.I., English, J.R., Gallimore, J., Klutke, G. and Tonkay, G.L. (eds), HE, Norcross, GA, pp. 430–434.
37. Thomasma, T., Mao, Y., and Ulgen, O.M., (1990) Defining behavior in a hierarchical object oriented simulation program generator, in Proceedings of the 1990 Summer Computer Simulation Conference, Svrcek, B. and McRae, J. (eds), Society for Computer Simulation, San Diego, CA, pp. 266–271.
38. Thomasma, T., and Ulgen, O.M., (1988) Hierarchical, modular simulation modeling in icon-based simulation program generators for manufacturing, in Proceedings of the 1988 Winter Simulation Conference, Abrams, M.A, Haigh, PL and Comfort, J C (eds), IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 254–262.
39. Ulgen, O.M., and Thomasma, T., (1990) SmartSim an object oriented simulation program generator for manufacturing systems. International Journal of Production Research, 28 (9), 1713–1730.
40. Naylor, A.W., and Volz, R.A., (1987) Design of integrated manufacturing system control software. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 17 (6), 881–897.
41. Smith, J.S., and Joshi, S.B., (1992) Reusable software concepts applied to the development of FMS control software. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 5 (3), 182–196.
42. Tirpak, T.M., Daniei, S.M., LaLonde, J D and Davis, W.J., (1992) A note on a fractal architecture for modelling and controlling flexible manufacturing systems. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 22 (3), 564–567.
43. Law, A.M., and Kelton, W.D., (1991) Simulation Modeling and Analysis, McGraw-Hill, New York.
44. Arango, G., and Pneto-Diaz, R., (1991) Domain analysis concepts and research directions, in Domain Analysis and Software Systems Modeling, Prieto-Diaz, R. and Arango, G. (eds), IEEE Computer Press, Washington, DC, pp. 9–32.
45. Bicmans, F.P.M., (1989) A reference model for manufacturing planning and control. Technical Report, Phillips Laboratories, Braircliff Manor, New York.
46. Meyer, B., (1990) Tools for the new culture lessons from the design of the Eiffel libraries. Communications of the ACM, 33 (9), 69–88.
47. Henderson-Sellers, B., and Edwards, J.M., (1990) The object-oriented systems life cycle. Communications of the ACM, 33 (9), 142–159.
48. Nance, R.E., (1981) The time and state relationships in simulation modeling. Communications of the ACM, 24 (4), 173–179.
49. Schruben, L., (1983) Simulation modeling with event graphs. Communications of the ACM, 26 (11), 957–963.
50. Platzman, L.K., and Gershwin, S.B., (1986) Simulating computer integrated manufacturing systems how to model what traditional methods force you to ignore, in Proceedings of the 1986 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, IEEE Piscataway, NJ, pp 1007–1008
51. Ruiz-Mier, S., and Talavage, J., (1989) A hybrid paradigm for modeling of complex systems, in Artificial Intelligence, Simulation, and Modelling, Widman, L.A., Loparo, K.A. and Nielsen, N. (eds), Wiley InterScience, New York, pp. 381–395.
52. Basnet, C., and Mize, J.H., (1995) A rule-based, object-oriented framework for operating flexible manufacturing systems. International Journal of Production Research, 33 (5) 1417–1431.
53. Goldberg, A., and Robson, D., (1989) Smalltalk-80 The Language, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA.
54. Bryan, Jr, O.F., (1989) MODSIM II - an object-oriented simulation language for sequential and parallel processors, in Proceedings of the 1989 Winter Simulation Conference, MacNair, E.A., Musselman, K., J. and Heidelberger, P. (eds), IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 172–177.
55. Korson, T., and McGregor, J.D., (1990) Understanding object-oriented a unifying paradigm. Communications of the ACM, 33 (9), 40–60.
56. Wu, B., (1995) Object-oriented systems analysis and definition of manufacturing operations. International Journal of Production Research, 33 (4), 955–974.
57. De Meter, E.C., and Deisenroth, M.P., (1991) GIBSS a mode! specification framework for multi-stage, manufacturing system design. Simulation, 56 (6), 413–420.
58. Johnson, M.E., (1990) An intelligent simulation environment for manufacturing systems analysis, in Proceedings of the 1990 International Industrial Engineering Conference, HE, Norcross, GA, pp. 351–360.
59. Vanderbrook, R., and Sauter, J.A., (1991) A case study integrated methods and tools for optimization, in C1M Implementation Guide, 3rd edn, Bertain, L. (ed.), Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Dearborn MI, pp. 105–121.
60. Levas, A., and Jayaraman, R., (1989) WADE an object-oriented environment for modeling and simulation of workcell applications. IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, 5 (3), 324–335.
61. Guo, D., Norrie, D. H., and Fauvel, O. R., (1990) Object-oriented flexible manufacturing system simulation, in Proceedings of the 1990 Summer Simulation Conference, Svrcek, B. and McRae, J. (eds), Society for Computer Simulation, San Diego, CA, pp. 225–230.
62. Booch, G., (1991) Object-Oriented Design with Applications, The Benjamm/Cummings Publishing Company, Inc., Redwood City, CA.
63. Drolet, J.R., (1992) A generic object-oriented simulator for material handling systems conception and analysis, in Proceedings of the International Material Handling Research Consortium, pp. 79–91.
64. Lomow, G., and Baezner, D., (1989) A tutorial introduction to object-oriented simulation and Sim++, in Proceedings of the 1989 Winter Simulation Conjerence, MacNair, E.A., Musselman, K.J. and Heidelberger, P. (eds), IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 140–146.