<s>
Plant	B-Application
Simulation	I-Application
is	O
a	O
computer	B-Application
application	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Siemens	O
Digital	O
Industries	O
Software	O
for	O
modelling	O
,	O
simulating	O
,	O
analyzing	O
,	O
visualizing	B-Application
and	O
optimizing	O
production	O
systems	O
and	O
processes	O
,	O
the	O
flow	O
of	O
materials	O
and	O
logistic	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
Tecnomatix	B-Algorithm
Plant	B-Application
Simulation	I-Application
,	O
users	O
can	O
optimize	O
material	O
flow	O
,	O
resource	O
utilization	O
and	O
logistics	O
for	O
all	O
levels	O
of	O
plant	O
planning	O
from	O
global	O
production	O
facilities	O
,	O
through	O
local	O
plants	O
,	O
to	O
specific	O
lines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
the	O
Plant	O
Design	O
and	O
Optimization	O
Solution	O
,	O
the	O
software	O
portfolio	O
,	O
to	O
which	O
Plant	B-Application
Simulation	I-Application
belongs	O
,	O
is	O
—	O
together	O
with	O
the	O
products	O
of	O
the	O
Digital	O
Factory	O
and	O
of	O
Digital	O
Manufacturing	O
—	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Product	O
Lifecycle	O
Management	O
Software	O
(	O
PLM	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	B-Application
allows	O
comparing	O
complex	O
production	O
alternatives	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
immanent	O
process	O
logic	O
,	O
by	O
means	O
of	O
computer	B-Application
simulations	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plant	B-Application
Simulation	I-Application
is	O
used	O
by	O
individual	O
production	O
planners	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
by	O
multi-national	O
enterprises	O
,	O
primarily	O
to	O
strategically	O
plan	O
layout	O
,	O
and	O
control	O
logic	O
and	O
dimensions	O
of	O
large	O
,	O
complex	O
production	O
investments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plant	B-Application
Simulation	I-Application
is	O
a	O
Material	O
flow	O
simulation	O
Software	O
(	O
Discrete	B-General_Concept
Event	I-General_Concept
Simulation	I-General_Concept
;	I-General_Concept
DES	I-General_Concept
Software	I-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Computer	B-Application
model	I-Application
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
execute	O
experiments	O
and	O
to	O
run	O
through	O
'	O
what	O
if	O
scenarios	O
 '	O
without	O
either	O
having	O
to	O
experiment	O
with	O
the	O
real	O
production	O
environment	O
or	O
when	O
applied	O
within	O
the	O
planning	O
phase	O
,	O
long	O
before	O
the	O
real	O
system	O
exists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plant	B-Application
Simulation	I-Application
is	O
available	O
in	O
English	O
,	O
German	O
,	O
Japanese	O
,	O
Hungarian	O
,	O
Russian	O
and	O
Chinese	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
can	O
create	O
individual	O
Dialog	O
boxes	O
using	O
double-byte	B-Application
characters	I-Application
and	O
offering	O
individual	O
parameterizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inheritance	B-Language
:	O
Users	O
create	O
libraries	O
with	O
their	O
own	O
objects	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
re-used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Polymorphism	B-Application
:	O
Classes	O
can	O
be	O
derived	O
and	O
derived	O
methods	O
can	O
be	O
redefined	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Openness	O
for	O
importing	O
data	O
from	O
other	O
systems	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Access	B-Application
or	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
data	O
bases	O
,	O
Excel	B-Application
worksheets	O
or	O
from	O
SAP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
taking	O
over	O
layout	O
data	O
from	O
AutoCAD	B-Algorithm
,	O
Microstation	B-Algorithm
,	O
Factory	O
CAD	B-Application
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Genetic	B-Algorithm
algorithms	I-Algorithm
search	O
large	O
solution	O
spaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neural	B-Architecture
networks	I-Architecture
show	O
the	O
connection	O
between	O
input	O
and	O
output	O
parameters	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
forecasting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plant	B-Application
Simulation	I-Application
can	O
display	O
production	O
sequences	O
in	O
2D	O
and	O
in	O
3D	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CAD	B-Application
applications	O
such	O
as	O
NX	B-Algorithm
,	O
Solid	B-Algorithm
Edge	I-Algorithm
can	O
export	O
models	O
in	O
this	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plant	B-Application
Simulation	I-Application
is	O
used	O
in	O
most	O
industries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plant	B-Application
Simulation	I-Application
is	O
also	O
used	O
for	O
research	O
and	O
development	O
purposes	O
at	O
a	O
great	O
number	O
of	O
universities	O
and	O
universities	O
of	O
applied	O
science	O
.	O
</s>
