Article ID: | iaor1996792 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 33 |
Issue: | 10 |
Start Page Number: | 2757 |
End Page Number: | 2766 |
Publication Date: | Oct 1995 |
Journal: | International Journal of Production Research |
Authors: | Paul R.J., Hlupic V. |
Keywords: | simulation: applications |
This paper presents a critical evaluation of several widely used manufacturing simulators: WITNESS, SIMFACTORY II.5, ProModelPC and XCELL¸+. Following a review of research into simulation software evaluation, an evaluation and comparison of the above simulators is performed on the basis of a case study. The main purpose of this evaluation was to discover the suitability of certain types of simulators for particular purposes.