Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
SIMULATION
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in Web of Science
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Web of Science (4)
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Fowler, J. W.
Right arrow Articles by Rose, O.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Grand Challenges in Modeling and Simulation of Complex Manufacturing Systems

John W. Fowler

Department of Industrial Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-5906 john.folwer{at}asu.edu

Oliver Rose

Lehrstuhl für Informatik III, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg rose{at}informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de

Even though we have moved beyond the Industrial Age and into the Information Age, manufacturing remains an important part of the global economy. There is a need for the pervasive use of modeling and simulation for decision support in current and future manufacturing systems, and several challenges need to be addressed by the simulation community to realize this vision. First, an order of magnitude reduction in problem-solving cycles is needed. The second grand challenge is the development of real-time, simulation-based problem-solving capability. The third grand challenge is the need for true plug-and-play interoperability of simulations and supporting software. Finally, there is the biggest challenge facing modeling and simulation analysts today: that of convincing management to sponsor modeling and simulation projects instead of, or in addition to, more commonly used manufacturing system design and improvement methods such as lean manufacturing and six sigma.

Key Words: Modeling • simulation • manufacturing systems • real-time simulation • interoperability

SIMULATION, Vol. 80, No. 9, 469-476 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0037549704044324
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 SIMULATIONHome page
A. Kovacic and B. Pecek
Use of Simulation in a Public Administration Process
SIMULATION, December 1, 2007; 83(12): 851 - 861.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 SIMULATIONHome page
F. Wieland and A. Pritchett
Looking into the Future of Air Transportation Modeling and Simulation: A Grand Challenge
SIMULATION, May 1, 2007; 83(5): 373 - 384.
[Abstract] [PDF]