| Article ID: | iaor1996148 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 39 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 281 |
| End Page Number: | 287 |
| Publication Date: | May 1995 |
| Journal: | International Journal of Production Economics |
| Authors: | Koh Kwang-Hang, Souza Robert de, Ho Nai-Choon |
| Keywords: | simulation: applications |
This paper introduces a new concept called ‘direct database-simulation’ which uses relational database data as the simulation model for simulation-based scheduling in a job-shop environment. The application is in a large machine shop of 200 machining centres producing precision machine tools. The direct database-simulation scheduler was developed on P