Reggelin, T.T.ReggelinSchauf, C.C.SchaufLang, S.S.LangWeigert, D.D.Weigert2022-03-142022-03-142017https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/407488The paper describes and analyzes the application of mesoscopic discrete-rate based simulation models for production and logistics planning tasks in comparison with microscopic discrete-event simulation models. Mesoscopic models represent logistics flow processes on an aggregated level through piecewise constant flow rates by applying the discrete-rate simulation paradigm instead of modeling individual flow objects. This leads to a fast model creation and computation.en670conference paper