کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
476874 1446082 2012 12 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Importance of verifying queue model assumptions before planning with simulation software
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی کامپیوتر علوم کامپیوتر (عمومی)
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Importance of verifying queue model assumptions before planning with simulation software
چکیده انگلیسی

This case study uses empirical data gathered at an Australian refinery to verify the assumptions for queue distributions before using special-purpose software to plan the off-road-truck hauling of titanium dioxide to a refinery (n = 773). Easy-to-use spreadsheet software is utilized to verify assumptions for queue models. Managers are able to make decisions based on economic implications of queue models to avoid making costly planning mistakes. Analysts can use nonparametric hypothesis-testing techniques to verify distribution assumptions for optimization without having to write hard-to-maintain and complex algebraic linear equations or nonlinear search routines.


► Empirical case study of off-road-truck queue models at a mining company in Australia.
► Special purpose mining simulation-planning software used with hidden assumptions.
► Nonparametric hypothesis testing techniques implemented to validate data distributions.
► Easy-to-use spreadsheet software utilized for all models and hypothesis testing.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: European Journal of Operational Research - Volume 218, Issue 2, 16 April 2012, Pages 493–504
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