Effects of starting conditions and output data collection for simulation

This research examines the simulation issues of starting conditions and performance measure data collection. These issues are discussed in the context of a specific production system simulation model. The production system modeled was a modified flow shop at the International Business Machines Corporation, Federal Systems Division, (IBM/FSD), Manassas, Virginia, manufacturing facility. Where appropriate, generalizations for other production system simulation models are made with regard to the arguments and methods used in: 1) the choice of an acceptable type of starting condition procedure for the IBM/FSD production system model, 2) the methodology used to determine the specific starting conditions to impose on the model, 3) the development of a heuristic, based on performance measure dependency, to determine if the model's data collection procedure should include performance measure data collection on the entities' effects over the simulation analysis period (planning horizon) as well as at its end, and 4) the data collection synthesis technique chosen for the model to satisfy the heuristic's recommendations.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S.

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

Department dc:contributor.department

Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Year dc:date.issued

1983

Author dc:creator

• Abbott, Rebecca A.

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10919/114400

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/114400