Stochastic Timed Petri Nets for Production Process Simulation and Assessment

Stochastic timed Petri net modelling language is a powerful tool for the event, driven uncertain process simulation. The present paper applies such a tool to the industrial context revising a stepwise approach to support practitioners in the design and dynamic simulation of the manufacturing and assembly activities. An application based on a semi-automatic assembly line is, further, presented to exemplify the approach use and to demonstrate its flexibility and strengths. The stochastic timed Petri net model for the industrial scenario is described together with the simulation outcomes of interest for the assembly line design and the activity scheduling