A practitioner, a vender, and a researcher walk into a bar: Trying to explain what researchers do

Practitioners, venders, and researchers form three influential groups within the WSC community. The groups depend upon each other, yet not-enough interaction exists. Researchers, in particular, have difficulty explaining their culture and contributions. This paper is an attempt at such an explanation.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: WSC
• Authors: Bruce W. Schmeiser
• Keywords: Influential Groups, Modeling And Simulation, Not-enough Interaction Exists, WSC 2008