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WSC
2008
13 years 12 months ago
Managing workforce resource actions with multiple feedback control schemes
Demand disturbances in service businesses are typically managed by resource actions such as hiring, releasing and cross training of the workforce. The magnitudes of resource actio...
Young M. Lee, Lianjun An, Daniel Connors
WSC
2007
13 years 12 months ago
Assessing tram schedules using a library of simulation components
Assessing tram schedules is important to assure an efficient use of infrastructure and for the provision of a good quality service. Most existing infrastructure modeling tools pr...
Elisangela Mieko Kanacilo, Alexander Verbraeck
WSC
2008
13 years 12 months ago
Stochastic kriging for simulation metamodeling
We extend the basic theory of kriging, as applied to the design and analysis of deterministic computer experiments, to the stochastic simulation setting. Our goal is to provide fl...
Bruce E. Ankenman, Barry L. Nelson, Jeremy Staum
WSC
2007
13 years 12 months ago
Generic simulation of automotive assembly for interoperability testing
Computer simulation is effective in improving the efficiency of manufacturing system design, operation, and maintenance. Most simulation models are usually tailored to address a n...
Deogratias Kibira, Charles R. McLean
WSC
2007
13 years 12 months ago
SIMIO: a new simulation system based on intelligent objects
Over the 50 year history of discrete event simulation the growth in applications has been facilitated by some key advances in modeling that have simplified the process of building...
C. Dennis Pegden
WSC
2008
13 years 12 months ago
A methodology for input data management in discrete event simulation projects
Discrete event simulation (DES) projects rely heavily on high input data quality. Therefore, the input data management process is very important and, thus, consumes an extensive a...
Anders Skoogh, Björn Johansson
WSC
2007
13 years 12 months ago
A method for fast generation of bivariate Poisson random vectors
It is well known that trivariate reduction — a method to generate two dependent random variables from three independent random variables — can be used to generate Poisson rand...
Kaeyoung Shin, Raghu Pasupathy
WSC
2008
13 years 12 months ago
Generating artificial populations using a multi-level fuzzy inference engine
The design of complex artificial populations is the first step in simulating evolution during the time span of socioeconomic variables as the family income. In this paper, a new h...
Carlos R. Garcia-Alonso, Gabriel M. Perez-Alcala
WSC
2008
13 years 12 months ago
Using simulation in the implementation of an Outpatient Procedure Center
Creation of an Outpatient Procedure Center (OPC) is a complicated endeavor, requiring a detailed understanding of the resources available and the procedures to be performed. Misca...
Todd R. Huschka, Brian T. Denton, Bradly J. Narr, ...
WSC
2007
13 years 12 months ago
An analysis of tool capabilities in the photolithography area of an ASIC fab
Photolithography is generally regarded as the most constraining element in semiconductor manufacturing. This is primarily attributable to the high capital investment and extensive...
P. J. Byrne, Cathal Heavey, Kamil Erkan Kabak