HYBRID REAL-TIME SIMULATION OF AN AGV FLEET


T. Guasch, LogiSim, Llorens i Artigas 4-6, 2a. planta, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
toni.guasch@upc.es
M.A. Piera, Dept- Telecomunicacio e Ing. de Sist., Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193- Bellaterra, Spain
miquelAngel.Piera@uab.es
Montero, J. Casanovas, LCFIB, Edifici B6, Campus Nord UPC, Jordi Girona 1-3, 08034 Barcelona
monty@fib.upc.es;
josepk@fib.upc.es

ABSTRACT: This paper describes an application developed for a brewery company. The goal of the project was to use a real-time simulation in order to improve the real-time AGV fleet traffic control system and guarantee through experimentation that it is deadlock free. Communication between the real-time discrete event simulation and the control system is done through the internet (TCP/IP protocol). The traffic flow between both systems is about half million messages per hour. The traffic control system has been working in the brewery plant without any traffic problems for a year.

KEYWORDS: Hybrid simulation, real-time simulation, discrete event simulation, AGV traffic control system

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