Peito, FranciscoPereira, GuilhermeLeitão, ArmandoDias, Luís M.S.2013-11-012013-11-012011Peito, Francisco (2011). Simulation as a decision support tool in maintenance float systems – the automatic generation of simulation programs. In 25th European Simulation and Modelling Conference- ESM2011. Guimarães, Portugal.http://hdl.handle.net/10198/8956This paper is concerned with the use of simulation as a decision support tool in maintenance systems, specifically in MFS (Maintenance Float Systems). For this purpose and due to its high complexity, in this paper the authors propose a flexible way to develop typical MFS models, for any number of machines in the workstation, spare machines and maintenance crews. Arena® simulation language is used to understand a specific MFS, create the corresponding MFS model and analyze most common performance measures.engDiscrete event simulationMaintenanceconference paper