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Modelling and simulation of fabrication and assembly plants: an object-driven approach

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This paper presents the technical characteristics and methodologies underlying the computer-aided modelling and simulation of fabrication and assembly plants through an object-driven approach. The paper is organized in four main sections. The first and second sections discuss the needs for model integration and then outline the modelling and simulation approach used. The third and fourth sections illustrate an application of the approach for modelling and simulating a specific fabrication and assembly plant.

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  1. SORCIIER Research Center on the International Competitiveness and the Engineering of the Network Enterprise, Faculté des sciences de l'administration, Université Laval, G1K 7P4, SteFoy, (Québec), Canada

    Pierre Lefrançois & Benoit Montreuil

  2. Concepts Qualipro (CQP) Enr., 4063 rue La Brosse, G1Y 1G3, Cap-Rouge, (Québec), Canada

    Pierre Lefrançois

  3. Systèmes Espace-Temps Inc., 1043 Gustave Langelier, G1Y 2H8, Cap-Rouge, (Québec), Canada

    Steve Harvey & Benoit Montreuil

  4. Graduate School of Business, Harvard University, 02163, Boston, MA, USA

    Bacem Moussa

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Lefrançois, P., Harvey, S., Montreuil, B. et al. Modelling and simulation of fabrication and assembly plants: an object-driven approach. J Intell Manuf 7, 467–478 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00122836

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