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WSC
2007
13 years 9 months ago
What I wish they would have taught me (or that I would have better remembered!) in school
This panel reflects upon their experiences as simulation professionals and shares their thoughts regarding elements of their simulation education that they have found most helpful...
Charles R. Standridge, Daniel A. Finke, Carley Jur...
WSC
2007
13 years 9 months ago
Communication and process simulation of set-based design for concrete reinforcement
Two discrete-event simulations are developed to assess the feasibility of improving the delivery process of reinforced concrete structures. The simulations represent the resource ...
John-Michael Wong, Kristen Parrish, Iris D. Tommel...
WSC
2007
13 years 9 months ago
Extension of the direct optimization algorithm for noisy functions
DIRECT (DIviding RECTangles) is a deterministic global optimization algorithm for bound-constrained problems. The algorithm, based on a space-partitioning scheme, performs both gl...
Geng Deng, Michael C. Ferris
WSC
2007
13 years 9 months ago
Qualitative simulation of construction performance using fuzzy cognitive maps
The construction process is subject to an array of influences, both from internal and external environments, which makes the process performance uncertain and difficult to predict...
Manjula Dissanayake, Simaan M. AbouRizk
WSC
2007
13 years 9 months ago
Inside discrete-event simulation software: how IT works and why IT matters
This paper provides simulation practitioners and consumers with a grounding in how discrete-event simulation software works. Topics include discreteevent systems; entities, resour...
Thomas J. Schriber, Daniel T. Brunner
WSC
2007
13 years 9 months ago
Simulating air traffic blockage due to convective weather conditions
A Monte Carlo methodology is proposed for simulating air traffic blockage patterns under the impact of convective weather. The simulation utilizes probabilistic convective weather...
Liling Ren, Dawei Chang, Senay Solak, John-Paul Cl...
WSC
2007
13 years 9 months ago
Mathematical programming-based perturbation analysis for GI/G/1 queues
This paper addresses several issues of using the mathematical programming representations of discrete-event dynamic systems in perturbation analysis. In particular, linear program...
He Zhang, Wai Kin Chan
WSC
2007
13 years 9 months ago
Spatial emergence of genotypical tribes in an animat simulation model
We observe the spontaneous emergence of spatial tribes in an animat agent model where simple genetic inheritance is supported. Our predator-prey model simulates a flat-world of a...
Kenneth A. Hawick, Chris Scogings, Heath A. James
WSC
2007
13 years 9 months ago
New greedy myopic and existing asymptotic sequential selection procedures: preliminary empirical results
Statistical selection procedures can identify the best of a finite set of alternatives, where “best” is defined in terms of the unknown expected value of each alternative’...
Stephen E. Chick, Jürgen Branke, Christian Sc...