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WSC
2007
14 years 1 months ago
Inside discrete-event simulation software: how IT works and why IT matters
This paper provides simulation practitioners and consumers with a grounding in how discrete-event simulation software works. Topics include discreteevent systems; entities, resour...
Thomas J. Schriber, Daniel T. Brunner
WSC
2007
14 years 1 months ago
Simulating air traffic blockage due to convective weather conditions
A Monte Carlo methodology is proposed for simulating air traffic blockage patterns under the impact of convective weather. The simulation utilizes probabilistic convective weather...
Liling Ren, Dawei Chang, Senay Solak, John-Paul Cl...
WSC
2007
14 years 1 months ago
Mathematical programming-based perturbation analysis for GI/G/1 queues
This paper addresses several issues of using the mathematical programming representations of discrete-event dynamic systems in perturbation analysis. In particular, linear program...
He Zhang, Wai Kin Chan
WSC
2007
14 years 1 months ago
Spatial emergence of genotypical tribes in an animat simulation model
We observe the spontaneous emergence of spatial tribes in an animat agent model where simple genetic inheritance is supported. Our predator-prey model simulates a flat-world of a...
Kenneth A. Hawick, Chris Scogings, Heath A. James
WSC
2007
14 years 1 months ago
New greedy myopic and existing asymptotic sequential selection procedures: preliminary empirical results
Statistical selection procedures can identify the best of a finite set of alternatives, where “best” is defined in terms of the unknown expected value of each alternative’...
Stephen E. Chick, Jürgen Branke, Christian Sc...
WSC
2007
14 years 1 months ago
Using intelligent agents to understand management practices and retail productivity
Intelligent agents offer a new and exciting way of understanding the world of work. In this paper we apply agentbased modeling and simulation to investigate a set of problems in a...
Peer-Olaf Siebers, Uwe Aickelin, Helen Celia, Chri...
WSC
2007
14 years 1 months ago
Simulation and uncertainty modeling of project schedules estimates
Project management involves various sources of uncertainty that affect planning, execution schedules, and cost. At the same time, the influx of information can be employed to redu...
Ivan Ourdev, Simaan M. AbouRizk, Mohammed Al-Batai...
WSC
2007
14 years 1 months ago
Allocation of resources for hospital evacuations via simulation
Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) issued an order recently requiring that all hospitals have an evacuation plan with the following components: sheltering plan,...
Esengul Tayfur, Kevin Taaffe
WSC
2007
14 years 1 months ago
A simulation study on the uses of shuttle carriers in the container yard
In this paper, we investigate how two main factors affect the efficiency of the port operation. The two main factors are type of transport vehicles and layout of the storage yard....
Loo Hay Lee, Ek Peng Chew, Kok Choon Tan, Huei Chu...