Modeling a factory with human operators and validating the model
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1. A method of simulating a factory, the method comprising:
- representing a plurality of machines in a factory by modeling various characteristics of different ones of the machines;
representing a plurality of people in the factory by modeling skills that re required to operate the machines, different ones of the people having different ones of the skills, each skill being possessed by at lest one of the people;
modeling characteristics of an interaction between one of the people and one of the machines; and
using the model in a computer system to generate simulation data indicative of operation of the factory.
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Abstract
A method of simulating a factory. Characteristics such as job skills of people in the factory are modeled along with characteristics of machines in the factory. Chicken charts and time-state charts are used to validate and verify the model.
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1. A method of simulating a factory, the method comprising:
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representing a plurality of machines in a factory by modeling various characteristics of different ones of the machines; representing a plurality of people in the factory by modeling skills that re required to operate the machines, different ones of the people having different ones of the skills, each skill being possessed by at lest one of the people; modeling characteristics of an interaction between one of the people and one of the machines; and using the model in a computer system to generate simulation data indicative of operation of the factory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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