Energy optimisation in manufacturing systems using virtual engineering-driven discrete event simulation

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 226, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1914-1929

  Ghani, Usman ^a   Monfared, Radmehr P ^a   Harrison, Robert ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

discrete event simulation; energy optimisation; reconfiguration; Virtual engineering

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENT USE OF ENERGY; ENERGY OPTIMISATION; EXPERIMENTAL APPLICATION; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; RECONFIGURATION; SYSTEM RECONFIGURATION; VIRTUAL ENGINEERING;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COMMERCE; DIGITAL STORAGE; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENGINEERING; MANUFACTURE; OPTIMIZATION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84875884619     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: 20412975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954405412458625     Document Type: Article

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