Introduction to SIMAN

ABSTRACT

This paper discusses the concepts and methods for simulating manufacturing systems using the SIMAN simulation language. SIMAN is a general purpose simulation language which incorporates special purpose features for modeling manufacturing systems. These special purpose features greatly simplify and enhance the modeling of the material handling component of a manufacturing system.

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Index Terms

• Applied computing

  • Enterprise computing

  • Operations research

    • Industry and manufacturing

• Computing methodologies

  • Modeling and simulation

    • Simulation support systems

      • Simulation languages

• General and reference

  • Document types

    • Surveys and overviews