ABSTRACT

Simulation methods are widely used in different industrial sectors like economics, logistics and also in the field of reliability engineering. In general, simulation pursues the target of imitating the operation of a real-world system over time in order to gain knowledge of its behavior which is transferable to reality. It is especially applied when the testing of the real-world system is too expensive, risky or too complex. The aim of this paper is to present different simulation modelling techniques which are used in reliability engineering and other subject areas and to evaluate them regarding the specific application of Data-driven Facility Simulation (DFS). After presenting the techniques, important issues of DFS are discussed. Subsequently, the presented modelling methods are evaluated with respect to a wind park consisting of wind turbines as an illustrative example. They are discussed regarding different advantages and disadvantages as well as limitations.