Virtual simulation of the job shop scheduling system based on delmia/QUEST

Abstract

This paper presents the application of virtual simulation to the design of job shop scheduling system based on QUEST software (by Deneb Robotics, Inc.). According to the characteristic of the shop scheduling system, object-oriented modeling and the frame of the whole system are built, then a heuristic algorithm is adapted and implemented by the simulation control language imbedded in QUEST. The design philosophy and the implementation techniques of SCL are analysed by combining the shop system. In the end, the efficiency of the software prototype is demonstrated which provides a referential value for the transformation and adjustment of a real production line.