POEMS - a process and object environment for manufacturing simulation

Existing research efforts in object-oriented manufacturing simulation are structured predominantly on the event-interaction simulation paradigm. An often effective simulation option for discrete-event systems modeling is a process interaction approach, as indicated by the success of commercial manufacturing simulation software that support this paradigm. The construction and use of an object-oriented modeling architecture structured on the process-interaction simulation paradigm is described in this paper. Through a real-world example, the creation and re-use of an object and process library for manufacturing entities is illustrated. The software is implemented in C++, using C++/CSIM and runs on UNIX workstations.