A good methodology for production scheduling can result in high efficiency in reducing manufacturing costs. SIMEX is an experimental simulation-based expert production scheduler developed by the author for applications in flexible flow shop systems in a dynamic factory environment. This study introduces the general framework of SIMEX. A prototype is developed on an IBM compatible PC in Prolog, MODSIM II, Visual Basic, and Visual C++ to generate feasible and acceptable schedules with a synchronous data exchange facility. In general, primary tasks of SIMEX are to meet due dates of the final products, to increase throughput by reducing the number of setups, and to reduce inventory cost in a flexible flow shop system in real time. SIMEX has also an ability to change its expert system's rule base interactively by means of a user interface. The expert system module of SIMEX allows to use heuristics, and production rules which are the simplifications that help limit the search for possible problem solutions and handling unexpected events. Simulation-based scheduler written in MODSIM II, is another module of SIMEX. It generates the schedules, repeatedly, to analyze and verify proposed design and alternatives. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:uottawa.ca/oai:ruor.uottawa.ca:10393/10286 |
| Date | January 1995 |
| Creators | Coskun, Risvan. |
| Contributors | Oren, Tuncer, |
| Publisher | University of Ottawa (Canada) |
| Source Sets | Université d’Ottawa |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 173 p. |
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