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Journal of Simulation, Volume 20, Issue 3, June 2026 is now available online.
Special issue on digital twins and simulation in smart manufacturing
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Editorial
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Virginia Fani, Romeo Bandinelli, Wil Van Der Aalst & Henrique M. Gaspar
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Research Articles
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Waqas Javaid & Saif Ullah
| Effective Production Planning and Scheduling (PPS) is critical in industrial manufacturing for optimizing resources, reducing costs, and meeting deadlines. However, in complex environments like job sh … |
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F. Smaili
| This paper presents a simulation-based study of dispatching rules in a dynamic Job Shop Scheduling Problem (DJSSP) within a real manufacturing environment, incorporating key elements of Industry 4.0. … |
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Virginia Fani, Ilaria Bucci, Monica Rossi & Romeo Bandinelli
| In response to dynamic and uncertain contexts, companies adopt mixed-model lines over single lines to ensure flexibility and meet diverse, low-volume production needs. Consequently, sequencing plays a … |
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Bruna Christina Battissacco, Walther Azzolini Júnior, Carlos Henrique dos Santos & André Luiz Romano
| Computer simulation is a widely utilized method for analysing manufacturing systems, offering flexibility in assessing various configurations and strategies to assist in decision-making. Moreover, wit … |
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Mehrnoosh Nickpasand, Steffen W. Jensen, Claus A. Jensen & Henrique M. Gaspar
| This research paper investigates the development of a factory simulation (FS) model as the digital twin (DT) core for offshore wind turbine (OWT) manufacturing, to enable more agile manufacturing syst … |
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Ivan W. Taylor, Saroj Koul, Francisco Araujo & Brenden Campbell
| Digital Twins (DTs) are virtual models that simulate real-world systems. This study introduces a DT for mealworm farming based on the System Dynamics (SD) approach. The SD-based Mealworm Farm Digital … |
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Tianyu Xia, Jianyong Zuo, Tianyi Wang, Zixuan Xu & Jingxian Ding
| The problem of near real-time output sampling mismatch due to time complexity exists in simulation engineering projects. Therefore, this paper proposes two time-scheduling methods: time-delay simulati … |
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