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WSC
2008
13 years 12 months ago
Experience in the broadening of a single-purpose simulation model
Simulation models are often developed for a single purpose. However, once a model is accepted by management and other stake-holders, it is quite common and desirable to wish to br...
Reid L. Kress, Pete Bereolos, Karen Bills, James C...
WSC
2008
13 years 12 months ago
Who's your Tiger? Using simulation to optimize the lineup of the Detroit Tigers offense
As part of an undergraduate engineering class project, a simulation of the Detroit Tigers offense was created to explore potential changes that would increase number of wins. More...
Jared Davis, Barbara Fordyce, James Cicala, Matthe...
WSC
2008
13 years 12 months ago
Identifying significant factors affecting Request For Information (RFI) process time
The research is to illustrate how to identify the significant factor(s) affecting the Request For Information (RFI) process cycle time in the context of queueing behavior. Among t...
Chang-sun Chin, Jeffrey S. Russell
WSC
2008
13 years 12 months ago
On the availability of the CH149 Cormorant fleet
The CH149 Cormorant is the Canadian Forces (CF) designation for the AgustaWestland EH101, the Canadian Air Force's only dedicated search and rescue (SAR) helicopter. Since it...
Raman Pall
WSC
2008
13 years 12 months ago
Automating the development of Shipyard manufacturing models
Simulation results are often needed within a short time frame, while the development of simulation models can be time consuming. We develop a methodology to facilitate rapid gener...
Gabriel A. Burnett, Deborah J. Medeiros, Daniel A....
WSC
2008
13 years 12 months ago
Simulation and optimization for construction repetitive projects using promodel and simrunner
We introduce a new approach, called Relative Start and Idle Time (RSIT), to solve probabilistic scheduling problems of construction repetitive projects. RSIT is a process of deter...
Chachrist Srisuwanrat, Photios G. Ioannou, Omer Ts...
WSC
2008
13 years 12 months ago
Parallel simulation of the global epidemiology of Avian Influenza
SEARUMS is an Eco-modeling, bio-simulation, and analysis environment to study the global epidemiology of Avian Influenza. Originally developed in Java, SEARUMS enables comprehensi...
Dhananjai Madhava Rao, Alexander Chernyakhovsky
WSC
2008
13 years 12 months ago
Agent-based modeling and simulation: ABMS examples
Agent-based modeling and simulation (ABMS) is a new approach to modeling systems comprised of autonomous, interacting agents. ABMS promises to have far-reaching effects on the way...
Charles M. Macal, Michael J. North
WSC
2008
13 years 12 months ago
Simulations-based and solver-based optimization approaches for batch processes in semiconductor manufacturing
Scheduling is one of the key factors for semiconductor fabrication productivity. Objectives like lot cycle time and throughput must be optimized to push the technological developm...
Andreas Klemmt, Sven Horn, Gerald Weigert, Thomas ...