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WSC
2004
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Simulation-Based Optimization Using Simulated Annealing With Confidence Interval
This paper develops a variant of Simulated Annealing (SA) algorithm for solving discrete stochastic optimization problems where the objective function is stochastic and can be eva...
Talal M. Alkhamis, Mohamed A. Ahmed
WSC
2004
14 years 28 days ago
New Advances and Applications for Marrying Simulation and Optimization
This tutorial will focus on several new real-world applications that have been developed using an integrated set of methods, including Tabu Search, Scatter Search, Mixed Integer P...
Jay April, Marco Better, Fred Glover, James P. Kel...
WSC
2001
14 years 28 days ago
Emulation: debug it in the lab --- not on the floor
Emulation is a very powerful tool for testing and debugging control code/logic in an office environment rather than on the plant floor. Through the use of emulation, the actual co...
Cindy Schiess
WSC
2004
14 years 28 days ago
Overlapping Variance Estimators for Simulations
We examine properties of overlapped versions of the standardized time series area and Cram
Christos Alexopoulos, David Goldsman, Nilay Tanik ...
WSC
2004
14 years 28 days ago
Localization Using Discrete Event Simulation
In this paper, we focus on the implementation of a localization algorithm for sensor networks using a discrete event simulation (DES) architecture. In this implementation, DES is ...
Baybora Aksoy, Volkan Ustun, Jeffrey S. Smith
WSC
2004
14 years 28 days ago
Two-Step 3-Dimensional Sketching Tool for New Product Development
This paper discusses a two-step virtual reality based conceptual design tool that enables industrial designers to create sketches of their ideas in 3-dimensional space in real tim...
Ali Akgunduz, Hang Yu
WSC
2004
14 years 28 days ago
Sensitivity Analysis for Transient Single Server Queuing Models Using an Interpolation Approach
Simulation is an essential tool for performance evaluation of many practical systems where planners typically want to know how the system will perform under various parameter sett...
Mohamed A. Ahmed, Talal M. Alkhamis
WSC
2004
14 years 28 days ago
Comparative Factory Analysis of Standard FOUP Capacities
Wafers in a 300-mm semiconductor fabrication facility are transported throughout the factory in carriers called front opening unified pods (FOUPs). Two standard capacities of FOUP...
Kranthi Mitra Adusumilli, Robert L. Wright
WSC
2001
14 years 28 days ago
Simulating biotech manufacturing operations: issues and complexities
The Biotech industry is still an emerging application area for simulation techniques. This paper describes the hierarchical discrete event simulation efforts at Bayer Corporation&...
Prasad V. Saraph