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WSC
1997
14 years 28 days ago
An Integrated Framework for Deterministic and Stochastic Optimization
In recent articles we presented a general methodology for finite optimization. The new method, the Nested Partitions (NP) method, combines partitioning, random sampling, a select...
Leyuan Shi, Sigurdur Ólafsson
WSC
1997
14 years 28 days ago
Simulation of a New Product Workcell
As part of an ABB training program, two manufacturing engineers introduced a manufacturing facility to the benefits of modeling and simulation. The project goal was to evaluate a ...
Ron Shady, Gary Spake, F. Bradley Armstrong
WSC
1997
14 years 28 days ago
The VisSim/Discrete Event Modeling Environment
VisSim/Discrete Event is a process-oriented, discrete event modeling toolkit based on the powerful and proven graphical interface provided by the underlying VisSim simulation envi...
Herbert D. Schwetman, Arun Mulpur
WSC
1997
14 years 28 days ago
Data Analysis and Automatic Run-Length Control in CSIM18
The data collection and the automatic run-length control features provided in the CSIM18 library allow model builders to easily collect valid data from a simulation model and to b...
Herbert D. Schwetman, Jeffrey A. Brumfield
WSC
1997
14 years 28 days ago
Urban Traffic Simulation with Psycho-Physical Vehicle-Following Models
A psycho-physical vehicle-following model tries to capture both the physical and human components of congested-traffic simulations. These models determine the reactions of the veh...
Thomas Schulze, Thomas Fliess
WSC
1997
14 years 28 days ago
Simulation Optimization Using Simultaneous Replications and Event Time Dilation
A new approach to simulation response optimization is presented that takes advantage of the ability to run simultaneous replications of different experimental factor settings in a...
Lee Schruben
WSC
1997
14 years 28 days ago
System Concept Development with Virtual Prototyping
Virtual prototyping with 3D drawing programs provides a means of rapidly developing system concepts and analyzing them for form, fit, logistics, human factors integration, and gen...
James C. Schaaf Jr., Faye Lynn Thompson
WSC
1997
14 years 28 days ago
Petri Net Based Simulation of Construction Schedules
Scheduling of a construction project requires: a) hierarchical decomposition of the project; b) incorporation of risk and uncertainty in the activity time and cost estimates; and ...
Anil Sawhney
WSC
1997
14 years 28 days ago
It is a Far, Far Better Mean I Find...
An important problem often faced by simulation analysts is that of choosing (or selecting) one of several potential system designs. This can be accomplished by comparing output fr...
Susan M. Sanchez
WSC
1997
14 years 28 days ago
Descriptive Sampling: An Improvement over Latin Hypercube Sampling
Descriptive Sampling (DS), a Monte Carlo sampling technique based on a deterministic selection of the input values and their random permutation, represents a deep conceptual chang...
Eduardo Saliby