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WSC
2008
13 years 12 months ago
Conceptual modelling: Knowledge acquisition and model abstraction
AL MODELLING: KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION AND MODEL ABSTRACTION Kathy Kotiadis Stewart Robinson Operational Research and Management Sciences Group Warwick Business School University of W...
Kathy Kotiadis, Stewart Robinson
WSC
2008
13 years 12 months ago
Discrete stochastic optimization using linear interpolation
We consider discrete stochastic optimization problems where the objective function can only be estimated by a simulation oracle; the oracle is defined only at the discrete points....
Honggang Wang, Bruce W. Schmeiser
WSC
2008
13 years 12 months ago
Managing WIP and cycle time with the help of Loop Control
As an adaptation of the CONWIP concept, AMD has developed a heuristic approach to control the WIP in its wafer fabrication facilities (fabs). The so called "Loop Control"...
Steffen Kalisch, Robert Ringel, Jorg Weigang
WSC
2008
13 years 12 months ago
Using situational simulations to collect and analyze dynamic construction management decision-making data
In this paper we lay the foundations for studying decisionmaking in complex dynamic construction management scenarios using situational simulations as experimental testbeds. We dr...
Matt Watkins, Amlan Mukherjee, Nilufer Onder
WSC
2008
13 years 12 months ago
Automated execution of simulation studies demonstrated via a simulation of a car
In the automotive area, a huge number of different technologies were developed in the last couples of years. The car manufacturers have to meet the challenge of selecting the most...
Sven Dominka, Eduard Broecker, Frank Schiller
WSC
2008
13 years 12 months ago
Better than a petaflop: The power of efficient experimental design
Recent advances in high-performance computing have pushed computational capabilities to a petaflop (a thousand trillion operations per second) in a single computing cluster. This ...
Susan M. Sanchez
WSC
2008
13 years 12 months ago
Knowledge-based event control for flow-shops using simulation and rules
The requirements on production systems and their planning and control systems are constantly growing. Systems have to be flexible and provide viable solutions at the same time. Di...
Mark Aufenanger, Wilhelm Dangelmaier, Christoph La...
WSC
2008
13 years 12 months ago
Using data driven simulation to build inventory model
Many general-purpose simulation languages (such as ARENA, SLAM II, GPSS/H, SIMAN etc) have been the major simulation tools to simulate the demand-supply processes. They have made ...
Minghui Yang
WSC
2008
13 years 12 months ago
Simulation based optimization of multi-location transshipment problem with capacitated transportation
In this study, a single-item two-echelon inventory system where the items can be stored in each of N stocking locations is optimized using simulation. The aim of this study is to ...
Banu Yetkin Ekren, Sunderesh S. Heragu