Intelligent and distributed production system utilizing distributed dynamic scheduling simulation based on HLA

In an advanced factory, higher and higher flexibility is required to meet a grate variety of customers' requirements. In this environment, a dynamic management architecture is required for a distributed production system. In this paper, a newly distributed simulation architecture called HLA (High Level Architecture) is utilized to achieve a distributed scheduling simulation for dynamic job assignment and flexible working group configuration in a distributed production system. It is verified that the distributed scheduling simulation based on HLA is effective to achieve higher flexibility for a distributed production system, by several case studies.