Super Simulation Shell for plants (steel industry)

Abstract

Super Simulation Shell (SSS) is a simulation system based on KEE and SimKit from IntelliCorp. The purpose of SSS is to provide steel plant engineers with an environment in which they can easily build computer simulation models. These engineers have difficulties using existing systems to solve problems such as the determination of a transporter's potential, the number of machines, operation control, facility layout, and estimation of in-process inventory and lead time. SSS is based on the technologies of object-oriented programming; some of them are provided by KEE and SimKit, and others come from the concepts and components in steel plants. SSS also includes functions to easily input attributes on screen, to make animation for model validation, to suggest control strategies and to collect output data for analysis.<>