HOW MODELLING LIMITS ANALYSIS – THE LONG WAY FROM DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION TO REALITY

Peter Lendermann
Chief Executive Officer
D-SIMLAB Technologies Pte Ltd
9 Jurong Town Hall Road, #03-45 iHUB
Singapore 609431
SINGAPORE
ABSTRACT

This keynote talk reviews the author’s experience with
simulation at the interface between modelling and analysis.
It describes how a research roadmap for the development
and application of distributed simulation technology for
manufacturing and logistics network design and optimisation,
driven by the desire of generating an academic R&D
track record, was eventually overruled by the need of industrial
relevance.

Illustrated by real application scenarios
from semiconductor manufacturing and aerospace spare
parts logistics network optimisation, an important conclusion
is that simulation analysis remains a pure academic
exercise as long as the underlying model is not an appropriate
representation of the industrial system to be analysed.

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