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WSC
1998
13 years 6 months ago
Tutorial: Simulation in the Hospitality Industry
This tutorial article addresses the use of simulation in the hospitality industry, in particular the use of simulation in the fast food restaurant industry. Although the applicati...
Darrell W. Starks, Todd C. Whyte
WSC
1998
13 years 6 months ago
SDI INDUSTRY: An Extend-based Tool for Continuous and High-Speed Manufacturing
Continuous or high-speed manufacturing equipment is an integral part of the food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and consumer products industries. For many years, these industries h...
Andrew J. Siprelle, Richard A. Phelps, M. Michelle...
WSC
1998
13 years 6 months ago
Developing a Simulation Strategy for British Airways OR
Many organisations have seen the use of simulation evolve, often in something of a piecemeal fashion. This may lead to some deficiencies in the way that simulation is employed. Th...
Stewart Robinson, Mark D. Stanger
WSC
1998
13 years 6 months ago
Military Simulation Worlds and Organizational Learning
The operational benefits of having a learning organization include at the very minimum increased organizational competitiveness and responsiveness in a given realm of competition....
Michael D. Proctor, Justin C. Gubler
WSC
1998
13 years 6 months ago
Making Simulation more Accessible in Manufacturing Systems through a 'four phase' Approach
This paper will describe an approach to the development of computer simulations - the 'four phase' approach - which aims to be more accessible than established approache...
Hamad I. Odhabi, Ray J. Paul, Robert D. Macredie
WSC
1998
13 years 6 months ago
Applying Temporal Databases to HLA Data Collection and Analysis
The High Level Architecture (HLA) for distributed simulations was proposed by the Defense Modeling and Simulation Office of the Department of Defense (DOD) in order to support int...
Thom McLean, Leo Mark, Margaret L. Loper, David Ro...
WSC
1998
13 years 6 months ago
Getting Started in Simulation in Healthcare
To begin using simulation in healthcare, one must first recognize the types of problems or decisions that can best be analyzed using simulation. Once a problem has been identified...
Julie C. Lowery
WSC
1998
13 years 6 months ago
The Future of Java-based Simulation
Java-based simulation presents a unique opportunity for revolutionary changes in the process of developing simulation models and in the mission of the simulation software firms th...
Richard A. Kilgore, Kevin J. Healy, George B. Klei...
WSC
1998
13 years 6 months ago
Discrete-Event Simulation for the Design and Evaluation of Physical Protection Systems
This paper explores the use of discrete-event simulation for the design and control of physical protection systems for fixed-site facilities housing items of significant value. It...
Sabina E. Jordan, Mark K. Snell, Marcella M. Madse...
WSC
1998
13 years 6 months ago
Modeling a Controlled Conveyor Network with Merging Configuration
Simulation with Arena is used to analyze a controlled conveyor network with merging configuration (CNMC). We use simulation to realize the logic in a queueingtheoretic model (QTM)...
Gary Gang Jing, W. David Kelton, José C. Ar...