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WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
Determining an appropriate number of FOUPs in semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities
In this paper, multiple orders per job type formation and release strategies are described for semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities (wafer fabs). Different orders are groupe...
Jens Zimmermann, Scott J. Mason, John W. Fowler, L...
WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
Measuring the effectiveness of the s-metric to produce better network models
Recent research has shown that while many complex networks follow a power-law distribution for their node degrees, it is not sufficient to model these networks based only on their...
Isabel Beichl, Brian Cloteaux
WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
Enhancing simulation as improvement and decision support system tool
Lecturing a Discrete Event Simulation course implies some challenges for the instructors. These challenges implies taking decisions from the design of the course to the selection ...
Heriberto Garcia, Eduardo Garcia
WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
MMOHILS: A simpler approach to valid agents in human simulation studies
A novel technique for accurately and inexpensively simulating large numbers of people is introduced: Massively Multiplayer Online Human In the Loop Simulation (MMOHILS). This tech...
Seth N. Hetu, Gary Tan
WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
Reliable simulation with input uncertainties using an interval-based approach
Uncertainty associated with input parameters and models in simulation has gained attentions in recent years. The sources of uncertainties include lack of data and lack of knowledg...
Ola Ghazi Batarseh, Yan Wang
WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
A framework for real-time simulation of heavy construction operations
This paper describes a framework of real-time simulation for modeling heavy construction operations. Compared with the traditional offline simulation that uses stationary inputs, ...
Lingguang Song, Fernando Ramos, Katie Arnold
WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
Architecture for modeling, simulation, and execution of PLC based manufacturing system
In this paper, we propose an integrated architecture for modeling, simulation, and execution of PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) based manufacturing system. The main objective ...
Devinder Thapa, Chang Mok Park, Kwan Hee Han, Sang...
WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
Guidelines for commercial off-the-shelf Simulation Package interoperability
Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) Simulation Packages (CSPs) are widely used visual interactive modeling environments such as ArenaTM, AnylogicTM, FlexsimTM, Simul8TM, WitnessTM, et...
Simon J. E. Taylor, Stephen John Turner, Steffen S...
WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
Outpatient appointment scheduling in a multi facility system
This study evaluates appointment systems used in hospitals by incorporating appointment rules and patient characteristics. Using an experiment unit at an internal medicine departm...
Athula Wijewickrama, Soemon Takakuwa
WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
Simulation and visualization of traffic operations in Augmented Reality for improved planning and design of road construction pr
This paper describes research that investigated the application of 3D Augmented Reality (AR) for animating traffic simulation models in real time to support the planning and desig...
Amir H. Behzadan, Vineet R. Kamat