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WSC
1998
13 years 11 months ago
Using Simulation in Call Centers
A company's call center is its most visible strategic weapon. It is a business battlefront where millions of dollars of products and services are purchased, sold, and traded....
Vivek Bapat, Eddie B. Pruitte Jr.
WSC
1998
13 years 11 months ago
Enterprise Architecture for Business Process Simulation
Many simulation systems are standalone, running only on a desktop and having limited capabilities to integrate with other technologies such as company databases, workflow engines,...
Ali Bahrami, Deborah A. Sadowski, Soheila Bahrami
WSC
1998
13 years 11 months ago
The Future of Simulation Software: a panel discussion
Panelists represent vendors of simulation software. Six of the panelists present their position on the question, "Where do you see simulation software headed?" The panel...
Jerry Banks
WSC
1998
13 years 11 months ago
Experience Using the IBM Supply Chain Simulator
The IBM Supply Chain Simulator (SCS) is a software tool that can help a company or a group of companies make strategic business decisions about the design and operation of its sup...
Sugato Bagchi, Stephen J. Buckley, Markus Ettl, Gr...
WSC
1998
13 years 11 months ago
Use of Simulation in Optimization of Maintenance Policies
Selecting an optimum maintenance policy independent of other parameters of the production system does not always yield the overall optimum operating conditions. For instance, high...
Farhad Azadivar, J. Victor Shu
WSC
1998
13 years 11 months ago
A Library of Reusable Model Components for Visual Simulation of the NCSTRL System
This paper presents a library of reusable model components for visual simulation of the Networked Computer Science Technical Report Library (NCSTRL) and illustrates how a visual s...
Osman Balci, Cengiz Ulusaraç, Poorav Shah, ...
WSC
1998
13 years 11 months ago
Visual Simulation Environment
This paper introduces the Visual Simulation Environment (VSE). VSE has been developed under research funding, primarily from the U.S. Navy for over a decade. It enables discrete-e...
Osman Balci, Anders I. Bertelrud, Chuck M. Esterbr...
WSC
1998
13 years 11 months ago
Simulation of Large Precast Operations
This paper presents the analysis of the optimization for the production of precast pieces in a workshop with the help of simulation to obtain several working alternatives. The mai...
Edmundo Balbontín-Bravo
WSC
1998
13 years 11 months ago
Advanced Methods for Simulation Output Analysis
This paper reviews statistical methods for analyzing output data from computer simulations of single systems. In particular, it focuses on the problems of choosing initial conditi...
Christos Alexopoulos, Andrew F. Seila
WSC
1998
13 years 11 months ago
Average Performance of Quasi Monte Carlo Methods for Global Optimization
In this paper we compare the average performance of one class of low-discrepancy quasi-Monte Carlo sequences for global optimization. Weiner measure is assumed as the probability ...
Hisham A. Al-Mharmah