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DEVS-Based Simulation Model for Optimization of Sensor-Tag Operations in Cold Chain Systems

콜드체인 시스템의 센서태그 운영 최적화를 위한 DEVS 기반 시뮬레이션 모델

  • Ryou, Okhyun (Dept. of Business Administration, Korea Polytechnic University) ;
  • Kang, Yong-Shin (Nano Information Technology Academy, Dongguk University-Seoul) ;
  • Jin, Heeju (Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Dongguk University-Seoul) ;
  • Lee, Yong-Han (Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Dongguk University-Seoul)
  • 류옥현 (한국산업기술대학교 경영학부) ;
  • 강용신 (동국대학교-서울 나노정보과학기술원) ;
  • 진희주 (동국대학교-서울 산업시스템공학과) ;
  • 이용한 (동국대학교-서울 산업시스템공학과)
  • Received : 2014.09.12
  • Accepted : 2015.03.20
  • Published : 2015.04.15
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Abstract

The application of radio frequency identification (RFID) sensor-tags in cold chain systems has recently received a great deal of attention. To design cold chain systems with RFID sensor-tags that minimize the initial investment and operational cost while fulfilling the functional and operational requirements, simulation study is one of the preferable and effective approaches. To simulate the possible design configurations, the individual components in a cold chain system can be extracted and implemented as a DEVS (Discrete Event System Specification) model. Based on the proposed DEVS model, a new cold chain simulation model can be efficiently created by simply connecting each DEVS model around the RFID sensor-tag of interest in sequence according to the structure of the cold chain system, and then executed (or simulated) on Java programming environments by the DEVSJAVA simulator. As a result of simulation, some key performance indexes such as reliability, accuracy or timeliness can be calculated and used to choose better components or to compare different system configurations of cold chain systems.

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