Experimental study of work system networking in production environment

Simulation study of large production network robustness in uncertain environment

“…''The robustness and production rate of a networked production system in an economically stable environment increase with the average degree of the underlying social network.'' This hypothesis is related to previous work that studied the social aspects of networking in the production environment [13].…”

“…The simulation is validated with respect to a small scale real-life experiment [13]. Analysis of the experiment produces enough data to approximate the properties of an average participant.…”

“…The simulation model replicates an empirical experiment the details of which are presented in [13]. The simulated decision-making is based on the experimental results.…”

“…The maximum value of the bid is limited by the customer. A work system's bid amount is inversely proportional to the number of its connections, which, in turn, reflects how successful it is [13]. The task is awarded to the lowest bidder.…”

“…how the size of the network and the number of underlying social connections influence its robustness and production rate. For the purpose of the study, a model of a hypothetical large network manufacturing system is developed, exploiting the findings of practical experiments in previous research [13]. Robustness is an important success factor for production networks in which the operation of enterprises is subjected to an uncertain environment.…”