Performance Evaluation of Production Systems - WGUS1065

I. INTRODUCTION TO THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (1,5 hours):

• Why is it necessary to assess the performance of a production system?
• Steps of a performance evaluation
• Discrete Event Systems Modeling

II. SOME TOOLS FOR THE MODELING AND THE ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTION SYSTEMS (16,5 hours):

• Markov Chains (2 hours)
  • Probability theory and stochastic processes
  • Continuous Markov chains - Definition, Modeling, Resolution

• Queueing networks (6,5 hours )
  • Generalities on queueing networks
  • Analysis of a single queue
  • Product form queueing networks - exact analysis
  • Some elements for the resolution of non product form queueing networks

• Petri nets (8 hours)
  • Presentation of the tool
  • Formalization and Dynamics
  • Qualitative properties
  • Some elements for the quantitative analysis

III. MODELING PHYSICAL FLOWS IN PRODUCTION SYSTEMS (4,5 hours):

• Bottleneck analysis
• Importance of stochastic phenomena

Basic Probability and Statistics

Semester 7 - The exam is given in english only 

CC = Continuous assessment

E1 = Final written exam from the 1st exam period
E2 = Final written exam from the 2nd exam period

N1 = Final mark from the 1st exam period
N2 = Final mark from the 2nd exam period

N1=0,3*CC+0,7*E1
N2= E2

N1 = 0,3*CC+0,7*E1

N2 = E2

Semester 7 - This course is given in english only 

• “Discrete, Continuous, and Hybrid Petri Nets”, R David and H Alla, Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 2005
• “ Queueing Systems ”, L. Kleinrock, Wiley, New York, Vol 1 1975, Vol.2 1976
• “ Modelling of computer and communication systems ”, I. Mitrani, Cambridge Computer Science texts 24, 1987
• “Discrete Event Systems - Modeling and performance analysis”, C. G. Cassandras, Richard D. Irwin, Inc., and Asken Associates, Inc., 1993
• “The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement”, EM Goldratt and J Cox, NORTH RIVER PR INC, 2012