Digital factory-integration of simulation enhancing the product and production process towards operative control and Optimisation

International Journal of Simulation: Systems, Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 27-39

  Kuehn, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data integration; Digital factory; Discrete event simulation; Robot simulation; Virtual factory

Indexed keywords

DATA INTEGRATION; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; PLANNING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

3D MOTION SIMULATIONS; DIGITAL FACTORIES; OPTIMISATION TECHNIQUES; PLANNING AND SIMULATIONS; PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL; ROBOT SIMULATIONS; SIMULATION TECHNOLOGIES; VIRTUAL FACTORY;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 50149110756     PISSN: 14738031     EISSN: 1473804X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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