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WSC
1997
13 years 5 months ago
Eagle View: A Simulation Tool for Wing Operations
This paper highlights a project performed by TASC for Armstrong Laboratories, Wright-Patterson AFB. This project describes a simulation tool to help wing-level planners at an Air ...
Eric A. Zahn, Kerris J. Renken
WSC
1997
13 years 5 months ago
Covalidation of Dissimilarly Structured Models
A methodology is presented which allows comparison between models under different modeling paradigms. Consider the following situation: Two models have been constructed to study d...
Samuel A. Wright, Kenneth W. Bauer Jr.
WSC
1997
13 years 5 months ago
Conduct, Misconduct, and Cargo Cult Science
I will elaborate some principles of ethical conduct in science that correspond to Richard Feynman’s wellknown precepts of “utter honesty” and “leaning over backwards” in...
James R. Wilson
WSC
1997
13 years 5 months ago
Modeling Dependencies in Stochastic Simulation Inputs
We discuss some basic techniques for modeling dependence between the random variables that are inputs to a simulation model, with the main emphasis being continuous bivariate dist...
James R. Wilson
WSC
1997
13 years 5 months ago
Simulation of a Paint Shop Power and Free Line
We describe the application of simulation and statistical analyses to the process improvement of a paint shop within a heavy manufacturing plant. The explicit objectives of this s...
Edward J. Williams, Shigeru Sadakane
WSC
1997
13 years 5 months ago
Application of Simulation to Scheduling, Sequencing, and Material Handling
We describe the application of simulation analysis to a complex operational problem involving scheduling, sequencing, and material-handling decisions. The manufacturing process un...
Edward J. Williams, Ramu Narayanaswamy
WSC
1997
13 years 5 months ago
Pallet Optimization and Throughput Estimation via Simulation
We describe a discrete-process simulation analysis of a production system at an automotive supply company. This simulation project was undertaken with the goals of demonstrating a...
Edward J. Williams, Andrew Gevaert
WSC
1997
13 years 5 months ago
Structured Models and Dynamic Systems Analysis: The Integration of the IDEF0/IDEF3 Modeling Methods and Discrete Event Simulatio
The role of modeling and simulation is receiving much press of late. However, the lack of practice in employing a link between the two is alarming. A static model is used to under...
Larry Whitman, Brian L. Huff, Adrien Presley
WSC
1997
13 years 5 months ago
A Hybrid Tool for the Performance Evaluation of NUMA Architectures
We present a system for describing and solving closed queuing network models of the memory access performance of NUMA architectures. The system consists of a model description lan...
James Westall, Robert Geist
WSC
1997
13 years 5 months ago
Using Compensating Reconfiguration to Maintain Military Distributed Simulations
In Department of Defense (DoD) distributed training simulations, events occur that can cause unrealistic behavior. These events can be system events, such as the loss of a hostor ...
Donald J. Welch, James M. Purtilo