| Article ID: | iaor20043091 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 9 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| Start Page Number: | 434 |
| End Page Number: | 442 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1996 |
| Journal: | International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing |
| Authors: | Koh Kwang-Hang |
| Keywords: | simulation: applications |
Two distributed simulation methods for job-shop scheduling are presented. They are based on a distributed events method and a distributed components method. Both use a direct database-simulation approach which harnesses the power of relational database technology to address the challenging requirements of job-shop scheduling. A model decomposition method and a conservative synchronization scheme associated with the distributed components method are also described. The use of a local-area-network as the communication media for the distributed system is also discussed.