Simulation System For The Control Of Manufacturing Lines

LMA (Line Manager Advisor) is a hybrid application to perform process control and scheduling in a manufacturing system. It combines both procedural and declarative approaches. The simulation model embedded in LMA enables to study the behavior of the target system and to determine the different critical parameters. It is used for the design of the target system as well as for the evaluation of the decision actions. This paper describes the concepts and the features used in the simulation model and how they have been implemented.