A discrete event simulation model simplification technique

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 2172-2176

  Johnson, Rachel T ^a   Fowler, John W ^a   Mackulak, Gerald T ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION CONTROL; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CYCLE TIME - THROUGHPUT CURVES (CT-TH); MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTS; PRODUCT MIX; TRAFFIC INTENSITIES;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 33846678773     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2005.1574503     Document Type: Conference Paper

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