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WSC
2007
13 years 9 months ago
Simulation-based, ontology driven resource plan development
This paper describes the use of a planning ontology of the domain of Aircraft Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul [MRO] at a USAF depot to produce a discrete event simulation model o...
Mike Graul, Perakath C. Benjamin, Arthur Keen, Fra...
WSC
2007
13 years 9 months ago
Maximizing hospital finanacial impact and emergency department throughput with simulation
Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital (Tucson, Arizona), the Ascension Health Operations Resource Group and FDI Simulation team worked collaboratively to improve hospital flow and incr...
David M. Ferrin, Marty J. Miller, Diana L. McBroom
WSC
2007
13 years 9 months ago
Clinic: correlated inputs in an automotive paint shop fire risk simulation
General Motors (GM) has developed a first proof-ofconcept simulation model to explore impacts of various fire events in automotive paint shop operations. The approach uses a chron...
Debra A. Elkins, A. Christine LaFleur, Earnest Fos...
WSC
2007
13 years 9 months ago
Simulation of adaptive project management analytics
Typically, IT projects are delivered over-budget and behind schedule. In this paper, we explore the effects of common project management practices that contribute to these problem...
Léa Amandine Deleris, Sugato Bagchi, Shubir...
WSC
2007
13 years 9 months ago
Hospital capacity planning for efficient disaster mitigation during a bioterrorist attack
Effective hospital capacity planning can not only significantly enhance the capability and effectiveness of the treatment provided to patients during a bioterrorist attack but can...
Jomon Aliyas Paul, Govind Hariharan
WSC
2007
13 years 9 months ago
Agent-based modeling and simulation of wildland fire suppression
Simulation of wildland fire suppression is useful to evaluate deployment plans of firefighting resources and to experiment different fire suppression strategies and tactics. Previ...
Xiaolin Hu, Yi Sun
WSC
2007
13 years 9 months ago
Non-Gaussian asset allocation in the federal thrift savings plan
Historical data suggest that returns of stocks and indices are not distributed independent and identically Normal, as is commonly assumed. Instead, returns of financial assets are...
Scott T. Nestler
WSC
2007
13 years 9 months ago
"See and Treat" or "See" and "Treat" in an emergency department
“See and Treat” in an Emergency Department combines the process of patient assessment with treatment in the expectation that it will increase patient throughput and decrease q...
Ruth Davies
WSC
2007
13 years 9 months ago
Sensitivity estimates from characteristic functions
We investigate the application of the likelihood ratio method (LRM) for sensitivity estimation when the relevant density for the underlying model is known only through its charact...
Paul Glasserman, Zongjian Liu
WSC
2007
13 years 9 months ago
An object-oriented framework for simulating full truckload transportation networks
In this paper, we discuss the design and use of an objectoriented framework for simulating full truckload (FTL) networks. We present a context for how the framework can be used th...
Manuel D. Rossetti, Shikha Nangia