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WSC
2007
13 years 6 months ago
Classification analysis for simulation of machine breakdowns
Machine failure is often an important factor in throughput of manufacturing systems. To simplify the inputs to the simulation model for complex machining and assembly lines, we ha...
Lanting Lu, Christine S. M. Currie, Russell C. H. ...
WSC
2007
13 years 6 months ago
The optimizing-simulator: merging simulation and optimization using approximate dynamic programming
There has long been a competition between simulation and optimization in the modeling of problems in transportation and logistics, machine scheduling and similar highdimensional p...
Warren B. Powell
WSC
2007
13 years 6 months ago
Organising insights into simulation practice
Developments in simulation methodology have been so successful that simulation methods are used in many different domains, and many of these applications are based on discrete eve...
Michael Pidd, Stewart Robinson
WSC
2007
13 years 6 months ago
Visualization of users' activities in a specific environment
Evaluation of user interface design is usually based on usability testing methods. In this paper we analyzed and described the user behavior in the form of the user model. The use...
Zdenek Mikovec, Ivo Malý, Pavel Slaví...
WSC
2007
13 years 6 months ago
Supporting parametrization of business games for multiple educational settings
The parametrization of business games benefits from the usage of a multi-tier architecture and software services. This paper shows that the multi-tier concept supports parametriz...
Stijn-Pieter A. van Houten, Alexander Verbraeck
WSC
2007
13 years 6 months ago
Enabling industrial scale simulation/emulation models
OLE Process Control (OPC) is an industry standard that facilitates the communication between PCs and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC). This communication allows for the testin...
Michael Johnstone, Douglas C. Creighton, Saeid Nah...
WSC
2007
13 years 6 months ago
Metamodeling for cycle time-throughput-product mix surfaces using progressive model fitting
A simulation-based methodology is proposed to map the mean of steady-state cycle time as a function of throughput and product mix for manufacturing systems. Nonlinear regression m...
Feng Yang, Jingang Liu, Mustafa Tongarlak, Bruce E...
WSC
2007
13 years 6 months ago
A hybrid epidemic model: combining the advantages of agent-based and equation-based approaches
Agent-based models (ABMs) are powerful in describing structured epidemiological processes involving human behavior and local interaction. The joint behavior of the agents can be v...
Georgiy V. Bobashev, D. Michael Goedecke, Feng Yu,...
WSC
2007
13 years 6 months ago
Using multi-criteria modeling and simulation to achieve lean goals
Lean principles require the identification of an ideal system state along with an associated policy to achieve that state. This paper discusses the use of multi-criteria models in...
Gerald W. Evans, Suraj M. Alexander
WSC
2007
13 years 6 months ago
Modeling and simulation for customer driven manufacturing system design and operations planning
Agility, speed and flexibility in production networks are required in today's global competition in the flat world. The accuracy of order date delivery promises is a key elem...
Juhani Heilala, Jari Montonen, Arttu Salmela, Pasi...