Evaluation and selection method for discrete event simulation software dedicated to the analysis of logistic systems. / Método para avaliação e seleção de softwares de simulação de eventos discretos aplicados à análise de sistemas logísticos.

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

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The discrete event simulation is one of the most powerful tools available for modeling and problem analysis. Frequently it is used for planning, designing and controlling complex systems in several segments. The logistic system area has also applied it extensively to analyse the logistic capacities, evaluate the impacts of changes in the productive processes, test different configurations in the allocation of limited resources, determine operation parameters, validate new projects, among other applications. Thus, the growth of the simulation awoke the interest of the companies specialized in software development. This fact resulted in several options with different characteristics and costs. Because of this, it was identified the necessity of a selection method for discrete event simulation software dedicated to the resolution of logistic problems. The available works in Literature only approach the choice of softwares for generic purposes. To fill in this gap, a set of criteria that address the specific necessities of the development of models dedicated to the analysis of logistic systems was proposed. These criteria formed the base of the proposed method. It has incorporated the best characteristics of the works identified in Literature. Its first phase generated a list with softwares with widely recognized efficiency and simplicity that supported the essential criteria through the application of a scoring model. Its second phase used the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) which is recommended for the decision taking based on multiple criteria because it allows the identification and correction of the inconsistencies generated by the human judgment. Two test problems have also been proposed for the development of applications in logistic systems and performance of experiments during the second phase. Arena, ProModel and @Risk, extensively used for education and research in the Polytechnical School of the University of São Paulo, were evaluated during the practical application of the proposed method. The results confirmed the perception acquired during the second phase of the method that Arena and ProModel present similar characteristics. They presented a discrete difference in their total score. The several scenes developed in the sensitivity analysis also ratified this trend.

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software de simulação sistema logístico criteria for evaluation simulação de eventos discretos discrete event simulation critério para avaliação selection method simulation software logistic system método de seleção

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