Formalized Approach to Discretize a Continuous Plant in Construction Simulations

Abstract

The lack of the expertise and resources, the unavailability of sufficient and complete operations data, and the absence of relevant site information present obstacles to applying combined simulation modeling in practice. Construction modelers are required to make critical decisions in a short turnaround time for planning operations and improving productivity. Thus, a more convenient discrete event simulation-based approach in simulating the production capacity of the continuous plant given limited data availability is desirable and formalized, which essentially