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