Survey on the use of simulation for manufacturing system design and operation

This paper reviews and classifies literature on the use of discrete event simulation for manufacturing system design and operation problems. Simulation has been a widely used tool for manufacturing system design and analysis for more than 30 years. During this period, simulation has proven to be an extremely useful analysis tool, and many hundreds of articles, papers, books, and conferences have focused directly on the topic. This paper presents a classification of a subset of these publications and the research and applications that underlie these publications.