Discrete Event Simulation: State of the Art

Authors

  • Eduard Babulak Fairliegh Dickinson University - Vancouver, Canada
  • Ming Wang Fairliegh Dickinson University - Vancouver, Canada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v4i2.451

Keywords:

Discrete and interactive simulations, hybrid manufacturing systems, what-if-analysis, systems modeling

Abstract


Discrete event simulation technologies have been extensively used by industry and academia to deal with various industrial problems. By late 1990s, the discrete event simulation was in doldrums as global manufacturing industries went through radical changes. The simulation software industry also went through consolidation. The changes have created new problems, challenges and opportunities to the discrete event simulation. This paper reviews the discrete event simulation technologies; discusses challenges and opportunities presented by both global manufacturing and the knowledge economy. The authors believe that discrete event simulation remains one of the most effective decision support tools but much need to be done in order to address new challenges. To this end, the paper calls for development of a new generation of discrete event simulation software.

Author Biographies

Eduard Babulak, Fairliegh Dickinson University - Vancouver, Canada

Professor Eduard Babulak is Canadian citizen, educated in United Kingdom, Canada and Czechoslovakia, born in Slovakia. He is international scholar, researcher, consultant, educator, professional engineer and polyglot with more than twenty five years of teaching experience and industrial experience as a professional engineer and consultant. Prof. Babulak currently holds Visiting Professorships in Information Technology in Canada and works as Expert-Evaluator for the European Commission in Brussels. He worked as University Professor and Head of MIS Department in Cyprus, Visiting Professor in Telematics Engineering, Informatics and Computing at the Universities in Spain, Czech Republic and Canada. In the past, he worked as Senior Lecturer of Computing in UK, Associate Professor of Computer Science in California and Lecturer of Computer Engineering in Pennsylvania, USA. He also worked as University Lecture of Mathematics, Teaching Assistant Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computing Science in Canada, Germany, Austria as well as, College Instructor in Czechoslovakia. Prof. Babulak academic and engineering work was recognized internationally by the Engineering Council in UK, European Federation of Engineers and credited by the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers in Canada. Prof. Babulak’s research interests are in MIS, Information Technologies, Ubiquitous Computing, E-Manufacturing, Quality of Service, Computer and Telecommunications Networks, Telematics, Health Informatics, Automation and Applied Mathematics. He speaks 14 languages, was nominated Fellow of the British Computer Society (BCS) and Fellow of Association of Computer Machinery (ACM). Prof. Babulak is a Senior Member of IEEE, Corporate Member of the Institution of Engineering Technology, Professional Member and Chartered Information Technology Practitioner (CITP) of British Computer Society (BCS), ACM, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), American Mathematical Association (AMA) and Mathematical Society of America (AMS). Prof. Babulak’s biography was selected for citation in the Cambridge Blue Book 2005, the Cambridge Index of Biographies 2004-2005, the Dictionary of International Biography 2004, published by the Cambridge Centre of International Biographies, Who’s Who in the Science and Engineering 2003, 2005-2006, 2008-2009, Who’s is Who in the Industry and Finance 2004-2005, 2006-2007 and in the Who’s, et Who in the World 2003, 2004, 2006-2007, 2008-2009, Who's Who in America 2008.

Ming Wang, Fairliegh Dickinson University - Vancouver, Canada

Dr. Ming Wang is currently an Adjunct Professor of Business with the Fairleigh Dickinson University. Dr Wang holds a B.Sc. (1st Class Hons) in engineering and a Ph.D. in Computing, both from Brunel University in the United Kingdom. He also holds MA in China Studies from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Dr Wang started his career with Dowty Group Plc (UK), first as a Student Apprentice, Production Engineer and Manufacturing Systems Analyst. He was a Senior Research Fellow in Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research (SISIR). He was a co-founder and Managing Director of CIMTEK Pte Ltd, a Singapore-incorporated company providing advanced IT solutions to industries in Singapore, Malaysia and China. Dr Wang was a Lecturer of Operational Research at Keele University (UK), an Adjunct Lecturer at National University of Singapore, and had co-supervised Ph.D. students from Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) and other universities. He has authored more than 30 technical publications on international journals and conferences. Dr Wang was born in China. He received a full scholarship to study overseas (the first recipient of such scholarships in China). He was headhunted by the Singapore Government’s Economic Development Board to join the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research in 1990 under the International Manpower Program. Dr Wang’s research interests are in areas of international management, particularly strategic and operational issues related to global manufacturing and supply chain; and decision support algorithms and systems.

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Published

2007-10-09

How to Cite

Babulak, E., & Wang, M. (2007). Discrete Event Simulation: State of the Art. International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE), 4(2), pp. 60–63. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v4i2.451

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2008)

Section

Reports