Integrating information and material flow executable models, an SDL-based information flow modelling tool

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 1996

Authors

João José Pinto Ferreira (Author) FEUP; José Baptista Mendonça (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Vol. 9

Pages: 234-248

ISSN: 0951-192X

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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Authenticus ID: P-001-EBE

DOI: 10.1080/095119296131698

Abstract (EN): Continuous pressure for competitiveness increase led to the concept of enterprise integration. Within this context a modular approach to enterprise modelling, structuring it into manageable units which cooperate with each other according to identified needs and sharing information on request, is mandatory. The approach presented here encompasses a Modelling Workbench supporting the development of applications for the management and control of manufacturing operations: an integrated modelling and simulation environment providing both material and information flow modelling facilities, as well as the integration of material and information now executable models. Building on Simple++, a simulation tool supporting material flow modelling, a class library allowing the use of SDL (Specification and Description Language) for information flow modelling and simulation was developed. The paper also illustrates the SDL environment concept and its significance in the integrated model, as well as its use for shop floor CIM systems realization through stepwise integration.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 15