Abstract
Construction process complexities lead to many difficulties imposed on construction planners and designers who are facing with different issues such as developing new methods or solving problems during a construction process. In order to solve these problems in construction industry, simulation can be an acceptable solution. In this regard, graphical methods have become a useful tool for process simulation. To do construction process simulation with a suitable graphical display, many simulation software are developed such as PROMODEL, SDESA, and etc. This paper aims at comparing two simulation tools (software), ARENA 13 and WITNESS 2004 Manufacturing Edition, for making a construction process simulation model. It shows that both software produce almost the same results and outputs for a given construction process. Also, the paper shows different kinds of features and reports provided by ARENA 13 and WITNESS 2004 Manufacturing Edition.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Modelling and Simulation |
| Publisher | IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| Pages | 200-205 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780769545622 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | CIMSim 2011 - Third International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Modelling and Simulation - Langkawi, Malaysia Duration: 20 Sep 2011 → 22 Sep 2011 Conference number: 3rd |
Publication series
| Name | Proceedings - CIMSim 2011: 3rd International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Modelling and Simulation |
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Conference
| Conference | CIMSim 2011 - Third International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Modelling and Simulation |
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| Country/Territory | Malaysia |
| City | Langkawi |
| Period | 20/09/11 → 22/09/11 |