ROBUST SIMULATION METHOD OF COMPLEX TECHNICAL TRANSPORT SYSTEMS

Abstract

In the optimization of technical systems focused on a specific functional purpose (reliability, safety, and availability) with the use of simulation methods, an important parameter is the digital simulation time of the research subject. With the complexity of the issue, the digital simulation time increases. The aim of the article is to present a method (combination of parallel computing and variance reduction techniques) of reducing the computer simulation time of the research technical object. An example of the application of the developed method was presented as a result of an experiment conducted for decisionmaking and control processes aimed at optimizing theprocess of operating overhead cranes in critical conditions.In this paper, selecting parallel batch jobs computation and stratified sampling, we exponentially decreased the simulation time, finding fast and practical solutions and eliminating the time constraint in the search of solutions.

Keywords

• overhead cranes
• monte carlo simulation
• variance reduction
• parallel computing