Shipyard Block Logistics Simulation Using Process-centric Discrete Event Simulation Method
- 1 May 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers in Journal of Ship Production and Design
- Vol. 34 (02), 168-179
- https://doi.org/10.5957/jspd.170006
Abstract
In recent years, shipyards have conducted various studies to accurately investigate their production capacities and improve the accuracy of their production plans. Nevertheless, frequent delays in schedules inevitably occur at production sites. Simulation-based techniques are used in various fields to solve similar problems, especially those related to predicting loads on facilities and upgrading production planning by considering various constraints. Process-centric simulation modeling techniques are used in shipyards because the shipbuilding process has different characteristics from the general manufacturing process. Conventional resource-oriented modeling techniques are inadequate to construct a simulation model to analyze the logistical behavior of shipyards. In this study, a process-oriented simulation modeling method is applied and improved through the identification and development of additional modules needed to simulate the behavior of shipyard logistics. The core of the simulation is improved using a logistic token that can analyze the physical movement effected by each process. Moreover, such process modeling modules as the geographic information system, the route search module, and the spatial arrangement module are developed and integrated into one solution.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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