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Applications of Simulation and Animation in Facilities Planning and Design

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Title: Applications of Simulation and Animation in Facilities Planning and Design
Authors: Mattingly, William Joseph
Committee Members: Hosni, Yasser A.; Hosni, Yasser A. [VIAF] Hosni, Yasser A. [LC]University of Central Florida. College of Engineering [VIAF]University of Central Florida. College of Engineering [LC]
Summary: Recent developments of simulation software have made computer simulation and animation popular system problem-solving techniques. One field that has many potential applications for computer simulation and animation is in the area of facilities planning and design. The purpose of this paper is to provide the facilities planner with information to assist in determining when, why, how and what simulation software should be implemented to solve facilities planning and design problems. Also, the usefulness of simulation and animation to the facilities planner is evaluated and areas for improving software for future application in facilities planning and design are identified. TO assist in presenting these objectives, a sample facilities planning and design problem is modeled with Cinema software to illustrate the model-building process as well as the characteristics of simulation and animation software.
URL: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/rtd/5057
Database: OpenDissertations
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Abstract:Recent developments of simulation software have made computer simulation and animation popular system problem-solving techniques. One field that has many potential applications for computer simulation and animation is in the area of facilities planning and design. The purpose of this paper is to provide the facilities planner with information to assist in determining when, why, how and what simulation software should be implemented to solve facilities planning and design problems. Also, the usefulness of simulation and animation to the facilities planner is evaluated and areas for improving software for future application in facilities planning and design are identified. TO assist in presenting these objectives, a sample facilities planning and design problem is modeled with Cinema software to illustrate the model-building process as well as the characteristics of simulation and animation software.