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Automated control of discrete manufacturing processes and their simulation must be based on a unified formalization, which makes it possible to describe a wide class of manufacturing systems, processes and conditions. This paper discusses an approach to creating a formalization method on the basis of artificial intelligence (AI) and the object-oriented approach. Modified production rules were chosen as such a formalism. The method of knowledge representation about manufacturing systems suggested by the authors makes it possible to create systems of control and simulation of manufacturing systems without using rigid decision-making algorithms. The use of the object-oriented approach increases the clarity and ease of manufacturing systems description for simulation. A structure of a developed production-rules-based simulator is also presented. A simple example gives an idea of the possibilities of the simulator.
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EMELYANOV , V., IASSINOVSKI , S. An AI-based object-oriented tool for discrete manufacturing systems simulation. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing 8, 49–58 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018592301540
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