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WSC
1998
14 years 27 days ago
Using Simulation with a Logit Choice Model to Assess the Commercial Feasibility of an Advanced Environmental Technology
A critical issue in advanced technology product development is assessing economic feasibility based on the potential for commercial success. This is particularly difficult for an ...
Paul J. Kauffmann
WSC
1998
14 years 27 days ago
Array-driven Simulation of Real Databases
A method to represent actual relational databases with arrays for simulation modeling of their performance as part of a software/hardware system has been created. The method inclu...
William S. Keezer
WSC
1998
14 years 27 days ago
Discrete-Event Simulation for the Design and Evaluation of Physical Protection Systems
This paper explores the use of discrete-event simulation for the design and control of physical protection systems for fixed-site facilities housing items of significant value. It...
Sabina E. Jordan, Mark K. Snell, Marcella M. Madse...
WSC
1998
14 years 27 days ago
Combining Optimism Limiting Schemes in Time Warp Based Parallel Simulations
The Time Warp protocol is considered to be an effective synchronization mechanism for parallel discrete event simulation (PDES). However, it is widely recognized that it suffers o...
Kevin G. Jones, Samir Ranjan Das
WSC
1998
14 years 27 days ago
Fundamentals of Object-Oriented Simulation
An object-oriented simulation (OOS) consists of a set of objects that interact with each other over time. This paper
Jeffrey A. Joines, Stephen D. Roberts
WSC
1998
14 years 27 days ago
Birth of a New Maternity Process
Miami Valley Hospital, the largest hospital in the Dayton, Ohio area, experienced a steady increase in deliveries and births between 1990 and 1996. Maternity length of stay increa...
William C. Johnson
WSC
1998
14 years 27 days ago
Modeling a Controlled Conveyor Network with Merging Configuration
Simulation with Arena is used to analyze a controlled conveyor network with merging configuration (CNMC). We use simulation to realize the logic in a queueingtheoretic model (QTM)...
Gary Gang Jing, W. David Kelton, José C. Ar...
WSC
1998
14 years 27 days ago
Verification and Validation and Complex Environments: A Study in Service Sector
Verification and validation are two very important steps in simulation modeling. Consequently, they are under constant review and examination from many different perspectives. Res...
Roger Jenkins, Yogesh Deshpande, Graydon Davison
WSC
1998
14 years 27 days ago
The Process of Adoption
A model is proposed which identifies factors associated with the adoption of discrete event simulation and places them within an explanatory framework. The model proposes four mai...
Roger Jenkins, Ross Chapman
WSC
1998
14 years 27 days ago
Using ACCESSIBILITY to Assess the Performance of Generalized Hill Climbing Algorithms
The search problem, ACCESSIBILITY, asks whether a finite sequence of events can be found such that, starting with a specific initial event, a particular state can be reached. This...
Sheldon H. Jacobson, Enver Yücesan