Simulation: State of the Art in Japan

This report summarizes the current state-of-the-art of simulation in Japan, and provides some insight into the future directions the Japanese are likely to pursue. It is divided into three parts. In part one, we provide a translation of a paper that was published in Journal of the Operations Research Society of Japan by Shigeki Umeda and Susumu Morito. In part two, we provide a copy of a paper by Shigeki Umeda which is contained in the proceedings of the recently held conference on New Directions in Simulation for Manufacturing and Communications. These authors have graciously agreed to allow their papers to be included in this report. In part three, we provide comments from five US researchers who attended the conference on New Directions in Simulation for Manufacturing and Conununications. In an effort to strengthen U.S. competitiveness, see that U.S. industry becomes more aware ofdevelopments in Japan, andfulfill the mandate of the Japanese Technical literature Act, the Department of Commerce’s Office of Technology Policy Japan Technology Program has commissioned this report. The Japanese Technical Literature Act requires the Secretary of Commerce to prepare annual reports regarding important Japanese scientific discoveries and technical innovations.

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[2]  Haruhisa Hasegawa,et al.  Parallel event processing for circuit-switched telecommunication network simulation , 1993, WSC '93.

[3]  Enver Yücesan,et al.  Modeling just-in-time production systems: a critical review , 1993, WSC '93.

[4]  Noriyuki Ikeuchi,et al.  Customer service evaluation in the telephone service provisioning process , 1992, WSC '92.

[5]  Shigeki Umeda Manufacturing-Oriented Simulation for Production Mannagement , 1991 .

[6]  Soemon Takakuwa Design and cost-effectiveness analysis of large-scale AS/RS-AGV systems , 1993, WSC '93.

[7]  森戸 晋,et al.  New directions in simulation for manufacturing and communications , 1994 .

[8]  Shu Tezuka,et al.  Fast generation of low discrepancy points based on Fibonacci polynomials , 1992, WSC '92.

[9]  Susumu Morito,et al.  Exploration of a minimum tardiness dispatching priority for a flexible manufacturing system—a combined simulation/optimization approach , 1993, WSC '93.

[10]  Hideo Fujimoto,et al.  Super simulation shell for plants , 1991, WSC '91.

[11]  Shigeki Umeda A manufacturing-oriented simulation package to support systems planning and its operation , 1992, WSC '92.

[12]  Mariko Yamamoto,et al.  Combinatorial scheduler: simulation and optimization algorithm , 1991, 1991 Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings..

[13]  Soemon Takakuwa Design and analysis of computer-aided cart systems for picking discrete items , 1991, 1991 Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings..

[14]  Susumu Morito,et al.  Development of a simulation-based planning system for a flexible manufacturing system , 1992, WSC '92.

[15]  Osamu Mori,et al.  Precise and flexible modeling for semiconductor wafer fabrication , 1993, WSC '93.

[16]  Haruhisa Hasegawa,et al.  Approach to nation-wide network simulation making virtual reality for telecommunication network management , 1992, WSC '92.

[17]  Yi-Bing Lin,et al.  Selecting the checkpoint interval in time warp simulation , 1993, PADS '93.