APPLIED OPERATIONS RESEARCH / PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

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• Issues Encountered Between Model Views - Abstract: The implementation of intelligent manufacturing systems requires a comprehensive understanding of the system and its environment. Modeling and simulation is critical to this understanding. Models are typically from one of five perspectives or views. These five views are: business rule, activity, business process, resource, and organization views. The primary concern in this research is the relationship between models of a static nature (activity and business process views) and models of a dynamic nature (resource). A static model is used to understand an enterprise or a system, and simulation is used for dynamic analysis. Typically, most projects do not consider the need for both a static and a dynamic model of a system. Most enterprises develop and even maintain multiple types of models for different purposes. If a single model can be used to drive other modeling purposes, then model maintenance and development could be reduced. A goal of this research is to achieve a master model of the system. Issues related to the inconsistencies encountered in modeling these views will be presented. Examples will be provided demonstrating these issues. A methodology for resolving these issues will also be presented. This paper will also describes work in the use of a static representation as the primary input for an animated simulation. [PDF file]