Distributed Manufacturing Simulation as an Enabling Technology for the Digital Factory

Straßburger, Steffen; Schmidgall, Günter; Haasis, Siegmar

doi:10.1142/s0219686703000253

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“…1), in the case where the highly precise absolute value evaluation is expected to be consistent with the real machine and experiments, modeling for prediction and control is required for the rigid cause-and-effect relationship. A mathematical and universal structural model is required and proper high-level technology (clarification of the mechanisms where the problems occur) holds the keys to success [7,8].…”

Section: Highly Reliable Cae Analysis System Approach Methodsmentioning

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CAE Analysis Technology for Development Design Utilizing Statistical Sciences

Yamaji¹,

Amasaka

2008

TOIMEJ

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Abstract:In this paper, consideration is given to the validity of "statistical science", which is necessary for innovation of the development designing process, for use in a new issue involving numerical simulation technology (CAE) in development designing. This new application of statistical science is designed to aid the transition from the "prototype / experimental based real machine evaluation method" to the "prediction evaluation method based on highly reliable CAE analysis." More specifically, concrete examples of "statistical science study cases that contributed to CAE analysis" from automotive manufacturers are examined from the standpoint of "statistical science contributing to design science". This was done so as to propose the "highly reliable CAE analysis system approach method" that contributes to the process innovation of development designing.

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Section: Highly Reliable Cae Analysis System Approach Methodsmentioning

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CAE Analysis Technology for Development Design Utilizing Statistical Sciences

Yamaji¹,

Amasaka

2008

TOIMEJ

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“…• Interactive presentations and design reviews of factories, machinery and logistics systems. • VR-based design and assembly processes/procedures (Strassburger et al 2003). • 3D representation of noise in industrial environments for active noise reduction (ANR) testing (Belardinelli 2007).…”

Section: Digital Factorymentioning

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Making the virtual more real: research at the Fraunhofer IFF Virtual Development and Training Centre

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“…HLA functionality is provided for both systems using a DLL interface and a wrapper library called universal federate adapter (UFA). (Strassburger et al 2003). The UFA wrapper library provides the callable HLA functions to both systems in a form accessible to them.…”

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The Road to COTS-Interoperability: From Generic HLA-Interfaces Towards Plug-and-Play Capabilities

Strassburger¹

2006

Proceedings of the 2006 Winter Simulation Conference

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Interoperability between commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) simulation packages (CSPs) is a topic which has been discussed for many years without a solution. With the advent of the High Level Architecture for Modeling and Simulation (HLA) for the first time a real industry standard has been made available which promises interoperability for a wide range of simulation systems and applications. Successful attempts to integrate HLA interfaces into different simulation packages have been made in the past. However, these interfaces typically place a significant overhead on the simulation developer. Also, as often a generic HLA interface is provided, different HLA interfaces for different simulation packages are not necessarily interoperable per se, as there are different possible ways to use HLA for the same task. This article addresses these issues and discusses interoperability solutions based on and beyond of HLA. It further investigates and comments the interoperability reference solutions put forward by SISO's COTS Simulation Package Interoperability Product Development Group. MOTIVATIONAfter the initial definition of the HLA it soon became obvious that its applicability was not limited to military simulation applications. However, it was also obvious to all researchers involved in that area, that there would be major differences between both military and non-military simulation communities. One major difference is in the way how simulations are developed. While in the military community simulations are often developed in languages such as C++ or Java, in the civilian simulation community, the use of commercial-off-the-shelf simulation packages (CSPs) (e.g. Arena, Extend, GPSS/H, Pro Model, Simul8, SLX, etc.) is commonplace. These simulation tools satisfy the need to develop models rapidly and cost-effectively.These different approaches for developing simulations also apply to HLA. While it is rather straightforward to directly access and use HLA in a simulation developed in C++, alternative means had to be developed for allowing HLA usage from a CSP (Strassburger 2001).Initial solutions have integrated HLA into these simulation packages by providing a simulation system specific HLA interface for the individual systems. Some of these interfaces (e.g., the HLA interface for SLX) were generic in the sense of being usable almost as flexibly as the native HLA application programming interface (API). Others were limited to a specific HLA use patterns.Section 2 of this paper discusses some of these solutions in further detail and explains the differences and problems associated with them.As the general HLA-enablement of simulation packages has been proven possible, it could be assumed that the solution to the interoperability issue of CSPs is that easy: each vendor simply needed to provide their system with a generic HLA interface.Reality, however, is more difficult (Taylor et al. 2002). The following facts indicate that more standardization efforts are needed to provide true plug-and-play-like and easy-to-use interoperab...

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Distributed Manufacturing Simulation as an Enabling Technology for the Digital Factory

Cited by 29 publications

References 1 publication

CAE Analysis Technology for Development Design Utilizing Statistical Sciences

CAE Analysis Technology for Development Design Utilizing Statistical Sciences

Making the virtual more real: research at the Fraunhofer IFF Virtual Development and Training Centre

The Road to COTS-Interoperability: From Generic HLA-Interfaces Towards Plug-and-Play Capabilities

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