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WSC
1998
13 years 5 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 5 months ago
Implementations of Dispatch Rules in Parallel Manufacturing Simulation
Most features in commercial simulation packages are often omitted in parallel simulation benchmarks, because they neither affect the overall correctness of the simulation protocol...
Chu-Cheow Lim, Yoke-Hean Low, Boon-Ping Gan, Sanja...
WSC
1998
13 years 5 months ago
Network Simulation of a Major Railroad
This paper describes a MODSIM III-based object-oriented network simulation model specifically developed for modeling railroad operations of Union Pacific Railroad. The transportat...
Myron Lewellen, Kerim Tumay
WSC
1998
13 years 5 months ago
Interference Radius in PCS Radio Resource Management Simulations
Simulation is widely used for performance analysis of Personal Communication Systems due to their inherent complexity. However, resource demands (cpu-time and memory requirements)...
Michael Liljenstam, Rassul Ayani
WSC
1998
13 years 5 months ago
Emulation of a Material Delivery System
Emulation is the process of exactly imitating a real system. Recent advances in simulation technology make it possible to emulate real world control systems by using a system'...
Todd LeBaron, Kelly Thompson
WSC
1998
13 years 5 months ago
Informational Macrodynamics: System Modelling and Simulation Methodologies
Informational Macrodynamics (IMD) presents a unified informational systemic approach with common information language for modeling, analysis and optimization of a variety of inter...
Vladimir S. Lerner
WSC
1998
13 years 5 months ago
Using Simulation to Optimize a Horizontal Carousel Storage System
Carousel storage systems are often used to increase storage density, throughput and efficiency while reducing inventory and man-hours. The Hewlett-Packard company has developed a ...
Todd LeBaron, Michael L. Hoffman
WSC
1998
13 years 5 months ago
Efficiency Improvement by Lattice Rules for Pricing Asian Options
This paper compares Monte Carlo methods, lattice rules, and other low-discrepancy point sets on the problem of evaluating asian options. The combination of these methods with vari...
Christiane Lemieux, Pierre L'Ecuyer
WSC
1998
13 years 5 months ago
ExpertFit: Total Support for Simulation Input Modeling
In this paper, we discuss the critical role of simulation input modeling in a successful simulation study. Two pitfalls in simulation input modeling are then presented and we expl...
Averill M. Law, Michael G. McComas
WSC
1998
13 years 5 months ago
Simulation of Manufacturing Systems
This paper discusses how simulation is used to design new manufacturing systems and to improve the performance of existing ones. Topics to be discussed include: manufacturing issu...
Averill M. Law, Michael G. McComas