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Development of simulation components for material flow simulation of production systems based on the plugin architecture framework EMPINIA
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2009
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Shaker Verlag
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This paper gives an overview on the design and development of simulation components for production systems using the open-source software framework EMPINIA. These components (e.g. machines, transport devices, storages) are created in the course of the EMPORER project, which is funded by the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF). The goal of this project is to provide an open-source framework for a fast, easy and lightweight development of applications in the field of environmental management information systems (EMIS), including a detailed support for the solution of certain domain specific problems (e.g. material flow analysis, simulation, handling of hazardous materials etc.).
As a part of the EMPORER project an EMPINIA-based material flow simulator called MILAN is developed. It incorporates a discrete event simulation infrastructure with material accounting and management functionality. The goal of this development lies on extensibility of existing simulation an material accounting functionality. Thus new simulation functions and components should easily be added, exchanged or recombined with minimal effort. The concept of material flow simulation combines the approach of production-oriented, order-related simulation and material flow analysis for the application field production systems. To use simulation components for material flow simulation purposes, these components must support both perspectives. This paper covers the structure of the developed production system components in detail as well as the EMPINIA architecture and the material flow simulator MILAN.