@inproceedings{6ee758ee40364c11953c82f627c9ea0b,
title = "ManPy: An open-source layer of des manufacturing objects implemented in SimPy",
abstract = "This paper presents a new Discrete Event Simulation (DES) engine focused in the modelling of manufacturing systems. This work is part of an FP7 project titled 'Decision support in Real-time for Efficient Agile Manufacturing' (DREAM) which started in October of 2012. As a first step of our work a review of open-source simulation tools was carried out and the results indicated that SimPy could provide a basis for developing a simulation application development platform. Using SimPy we created a layer of basic manufacturing objects, which we named Many (Manufacturing in Python). Many was tested in several model topologies for its accuracy, speed and expandability. In parallel to this work a Graphical User Interface (GUI) is being developed separately, but having in mind that the two modules will cooperate. Results are demonstrated and insight as to how this work will be expanded to a modular, semantic free open simulation application development platform is presented.",
keywords = "discrete event simulation, JavaScript, manufacturing, open-source, SimPy",
author = "Georgios Dagkakis and Cathal Heavey and Sebastien Robin and Jerome Perrin",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2013 IEEE.; 8th EUROSIM Congress on Modelling and Simulation, EUROSIM 2013 ; Conference date: 10-09-2013 Through 13-09-2013",
year = "2015",
month = jan,
day = "8",
doi = "10.1109/EUROSIM.2013.70",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings - 8th EUROSIM Congress on Modelling and Simulation, EUROSIM 2013",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "357--363",
editor = "David Al-Dabass and Richard Cant and Richard Zobel and Khalid Al-Begain and Richard Cant and Alessandra Orsoni and Khalid Al-Begain and Alessandra Orsoni and David Al-Dabass",
booktitle = "Proceedings - 8th EUROSIM Congress on Modelling and Simulation, EUROSIM 2013",
}