Facility Design and Management Systems Using Topology Mapping

A system for simulating movement of materials within a facility using predefined software objects, the system comprising:

• one or more computer memories storing computer instructions;
• and
• one or more computer processors configured to execute the computer instructions to perform operations including:
• storing a plurality of predefined software objects in the one or more computer memories, each of the predefined software objects including one or more discrete event simulator commands and representing a process performed at a facility;
• receiving an instruction to simulate movement of a material within a facility;
• linking two or more of the predefined software objects together to represent the movement of the material within the facility;
• and
• executing the linked predefined software objects using a discrete event simulator to simulate the movement of the material within the facility.

A system for simulating movement of materials within a facility using predefined software objects, the system comprising:

• one or more computer memories storing computer instructions;
• and
• one or more computer processors configured to execute the computer instructions to perform operations including:
• storing a plurality of predefined software objects in the one or more computer memories, the plurality of predefined software objects including at least a first software object representing a first process performed at the facility and a second software object representing a second process performed at the facility;
• generating a first simulation of movement of materials within the facility, including:
• executing the first software object at a first resolution within a discrete event simulator, and
• executing the second software object at a second resolution within the discrete event simulator;
• determining whether an outcome of the first simulation differs from an outcome of a previously completed simulation;
• responsive to determining that the outcome of a first simulation differs from the outcome of a previously completed simulation, automatically increasing the first resolution to an increased first resolution;
• generating a second simulation of movement of materials within the facility, including:
• executing the first software object at the increased first resolution within the discrete event simulator, and
• executing the second software object at the second resolution within the discrete event simulator.