Benchmarking Simulation Software Capabilities Against Distributed Control Requirements: FlexSim Vs AnyLogic

Ali Attajer (1, 2, 3) , Saber Darmoul (1) , Sondès Chaabane (2) , Fouad Riane (1, 3) , Yves Sallez (2)

1 Ecole Centrale Casablanca
2 LAMIH - Laboratoire d'Automatique, de Mécanique et d'Informatique industrielles et Humaines - UMR 8201
3 LIMII - Laboratoire d'Ingénierie, de Management Industriel et d'Innovation [Settat]

Industry 4.0 communication and data management technologies enable the development of distributed, product driven control architectures, where intelligent products can play active roles in manufacturing control pro-cesses. Although simulation is a widespread practice to test, evaluate, com-pare and validate different design alternatives, there is still a lack of papers that assess and discuss the capabilities of available simulation software to meet and implement the requirements of such distribution as a design alter-native. This paper provides an analysis of distributed, product driven control requirements and benchmarks them against the capabilities of two commer-cially available simulation software, namely FlexSim and AnyLogic. A com-parison of the strengths and weaknesses of each software is provided through a case study.

Mots clés: simulation software; distributed control; intelligent product; simulation benchmark

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]; Informatique [cs]

Ali Attajer, Saber Darmoul, Sondès Chaabane, Fouad Riane, Yves Sallez. Benchmarking Simulation Software Capabilities Against Distributed Control Requirements: FlexSim Vs AnyLogic. Service Oriented, Holonic and Multi-Agent Manufacturing Systems for Industry of the Future, Proceedings of SOHOMA 2020, Springer, 2021, 9783030693732. ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-69373-2_38⟩. ⟨hal-03383779⟩