MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS: THEIR SIMULATION MODELLING METHODS AND OTHER INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS.

Manufacturing systems have evolved tremendously from a traditional approach to the introduction of cyber physical systems and automation which enabled simulations to be performed and solving complex stochastic-deterministic problems. Simulations are improving year after year and apart from implementing it as a long-term decision maker in design phase only, it has also been incorporated into manufacturing operations such as scheduling, sequencing and dispatching as a short term decision maker. This effect has been fuelled by increase in computational speed of the computers. In this paper, a review has been presented of all the components in the manufacturing system design and operation with various examples of implementation of simulation into these components. The three different types of simulation methods that are commonly used in manufacturing systems, their support aids, intelligent and expert systems to give an idea of the structure of simulation models in industries and research have also been explained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]