A Methodological Approach to Build Simulation Models of Manufacturing Systems with Distributed Control

Hind El Haouzi (1) , André Thomas (1)

1 CRAN - Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy

Simulation is a powerful tool to analyse manufacturing systems for purposes of design and on-going operation. Nowadays, simulation modelling and analysis is confronted to increasing evolution of companies towards distributed process control. Thus, simulation modelling must be supported by an underlying modelling discipline, or structured approach to modelling factory operations. Our study focuses on simulation of industrial systems with distributed control. we propose a structured approach to build the simulation models. This approach is based on methodology ASDI (analysis-specification-designimplementation) and it is independent of any platform or software tool. We will illustrate the use of this approach in an assembly line manufacturing application.

Mots clés: Methodological approach; reference model; distributed vs centralised control; discrete-event simulation; reference model.

Domaines: Informatique

Hind El Haouzi, André Thomas. A Methodological Approach to Build Simulation Models of Manufacturing Systems with Distributed Control. International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Systems Management, IESM05, May 2005, Marrakech, Morocco. pp.10. ⟨hal-00082413⟩