Towards an object-oriented simulation environment for manufacturing systems analysis

Manufacturing simulation : uses and tools -- Application to manufacturing systems analysis -- How simulation studies are handled by simulation tools -- Simulation support tools and new simulation environments -- Object-oriented modeling (OOM) and simulation (OOS) -- Principles of OOM -- Limits of OOS -- Our simulation environment -- Development context : the ASMENA project -- Model manager -- Compiler -- Simulation control module -- Instrument library -- Manufacturing classes hierarchy -- Types of events and behavior modeling -- Key features -- Future enhancements -- Interface and model manager -- Manufacturing library -- Instrument libraries -- Scenarist tool output analysis assistant -- Production system interfaces.

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Manufacturing processes -- Computer simulation; Object-oriented programming languages; Fabrication -- Simulation par ordinateur; Langages orientés objet (Informatique)