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A glass float line simulation: modeling methodology and applications

Published: 03 December 2006 Publication History

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A glass float line begins as a continuous process, liquid glass in a furnace, being pulled down a cooling conveyor in a continuous ribbon of glass. The process then becomes discrete as the ribbon is scored and broken into individual streams. Using some insight, a simulation model is developed that is strictly discrete. Four applications of the model are presented. The first demonstrates how the model assists with the day to day operation of the float line. A second application looks at modifying the control rules which sequence and schedule the glass production. The final two applications show how the model is used to study design alternatives for a future float line.

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WSC '06: Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation
December 2006
2429 pages
ISBN:1424405017

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  • IIE: Institute of Industrial Engineers
  • ASA: American Statistical Association
  • IEICE ESS: Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, Engineering Sciences Society
  • IEEE-CS\DATC: The IEEE Computer Society
  • SIGSIM: ACM Special Interest Group on Simulation and Modeling
  • NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • (SCS): The Society for Modeling and Simulation International
  • INFORMS-CS: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences-College on Simulation

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Published: 03 December 2006

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WSC06: Winter Simulation Conference 2006
December 3 - 6, 2006
California, Monterey

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WSC '06 Paper Acceptance Rate 177 of 252 submissions, 70%;
Overall Acceptance Rate 3,413 of 5,075 submissions, 67%

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  • (2007)Simulation of continuous behavior using discrete toolsProceedings of the 39th conference on Winter simulation: 40 years! The best is yet to come10.5555/1351542.1351839(1655-1662)Online publication date: 9-Dec-2007

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