Discrete event simulation enabled high level emulation of a distribution centre

Proceedings - 2012 14th International Conference on Modelling and Simulation, UKSim 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 470-475

  Zhang, James ^a   Le, Vu ^a   Johnston, Michael ^a   Nahavandi, Saeid ^a   Creighton, Doug ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

discrete event simulation; distribution centre; emulation; warehouse modelling

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED; DISTRIBUTION CENTRES; EMULATION; EMULATION FRAMEWORK; EMULATION MODEL; LEVEL ALGORITHMS; LOW LEVEL CONTROL; REAL WORLD OPERATIONS; SIMULATION MODEL;

DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; LEVEL CONTROL;

WAREHOUSES;

EID: 84863104758     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/UKSim.2012.120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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