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WSC
1997
13 years 5 months ago
Simulation of Lumber Processing for Improved Raw Material Utilization
Robert C. Byrd Hardwood Technology Center R.R. 2, Box 556 Princeton, WV 24740, U.S.A. Lumber processing simulation allows the user an opportunity to examine ways to best utilize t...
Timothy Stiess
WSC
1997
13 years 5 months ago
Integration of Simulation with Enterprise Models
The Enterprise Modeling Framework (EMF) consists of a methodology for modeling the three major facets of an enterprise, viz., function, information and dynamics. Its main goal is ...
Krishnamurthy Srinivasan, Sundaresan Jayaraman
WSC
1997
13 years 5 months ago
A Simulation Environment for the Coordinated Operation of Multiple Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
A simulation environment of the coordinated operation of multiple Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) is presented. The primary application of this simulation environment is the...
João Borges de Sousa, Aleks Göllü
WSC
1997
13 years 5 months ago
Optimal Quadratic-Form Estimator of the Variance of the Sample Mean
A classical problem of stochastic simulation is how to estimate the variance of the sample mean of dependent but stationary outputs. Many variance estimators, such as the batch me...
Wheyming Tina Song, Neng-Hui Shih, Mingjian Yuan
WSC
1997
13 years 5 months ago
Execution-Driven Simulators for Parallel Systems Design
Evaluating, analyzing and predicting the performance of a parallel system is challenging due to the complex inter-play between the application characteristics and architectural fe...
Anand Sivasubramaniam
WSC
1997
13 years 5 months ago
Simulation of Bulk Flow and High Speed Operations
Simulation modeling can be highly effective for solving problems found in the food, beverage, consumer products, and pharmaceutical industries. The flow of material or fluid in th...
Andrew J. Siprelle, Richard A. Phelps
WSC
1997
13 years 5 months ago
Model-Driven Simulation of World-Wide-Web Cache Policies
The World Wide Web (WWW) has experienced a dramatic increase in popularity since 1993. Many reports indicate that its growth will continue at an exponential rate. This growth has ...
Ying Shi, Edward Watson, Ye-Sho Chen
WSC
1997
13 years 5 months ago
An Integrated Framework for Deterministic and Stochastic Optimization
In recent articles we presented a general methodology for finite optimization. The new method, the Nested Partitions (NP) method, combines partitioning, random sampling, a select...
Leyuan Shi, Sigurdur Ólafsson
WSC
1997
13 years 5 months ago
Simulation of a New Product Workcell
As part of an ABB training program, two manufacturing engineers introduced a manufacturing facility to the benefits of modeling and simulation. The project goal was to evaluate a ...
Ron Shady, Gary Spake, F. Bradley Armstrong