In this paper an innovative approach to develop manufacturing simulation models, refereed as UMSIS - UML Modeled SIMANO Implemented Simulation software -, is presented. The goals of the proposed approach are the definition of an object-oriented environment UML based to model highly automated manufacturing production systems and a method to translate the UML model into a process oriented simulation model. Since the UMSIS approach possesses both the characteristics of object-oriented models and of a straightforward mapping between high-level conceptual models and process-oriented simulation models, the time required to design and develop a new simulation model or to modify an existing one will be notably reduced. In the paper the proposed approach has been applied to design a simulation model of a control module of a real flexible manufacturing system. The model simulates the control software that manages the pallet flow in the reference FMS.
SIMAN (R) implementation of manufacturing models defined with UML: Application to a real case
ANGLANI, Alfredo;GRIECO, Antonio Domenico;PACELLA, Massimo;
1999-01-01
Abstract
In this paper an innovative approach to develop manufacturing simulation models, refereed as UMSIS - UML Modeled SIMANO Implemented Simulation software -, is presented. The goals of the proposed approach are the definition of an object-oriented environment UML based to model highly automated manufacturing production systems and a method to translate the UML model into a process oriented simulation model. Since the UMSIS approach possesses both the characteristics of object-oriented models and of a straightforward mapping between high-level conceptual models and process-oriented simulation models, the time required to design and develop a new simulation model or to modify an existing one will be notably reduced. In the paper the proposed approach has been applied to design a simulation model of a control module of a real flexible manufacturing system. The model simulates the control software that manages the pallet flow in the reference FMS.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
