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WSC
2004
13 years 6 months ago
Speech Acts of War
This research investigates Speech Acts performed in the war film Platoon. It aims at finding details about the types of speech acts, their form and how they are expressed by the i...
John David Salt
WSC
2004
13 years 6 months ago
Controlling Over-Optimism in Time-Warp Via CPU-Based Flow Control
In standard optimistic parallel event simulation, no restriction exists on the maximum lag in simulation time between the fastest and slowest logical processes (LPs). Overoptimist...
Vinay Sachdev, Maria Hybinette, Eileen Kraemer
WSC
2004
13 years 6 months ago
Modeling Tool Failures in Semiconductor Fab Simulation
In this research, we investigate how well Weibull, Gamma, and special bimodal distribution are suited as an alternative to the exponential distribution approach in the stochastic ...
Oliver Rose
WSC
2004
13 years 6 months ago
Risk and Information in the Estimation of Hidden Markov Models
In this paper, we consider the relationship between risksensitivity and information. Product estimators are introduced as a generalization of Maximum A Posteriori Probability (MAP...
Vahid Reza Ramezani, Steven I. Marcus, Michael C. ...
WSC
2004
13 years 6 months ago
A Study of the CT Scan Area of a Healthcare Provider
Ancillary departments, which include radiology services, are among the important factors that affect the efficiency of patient care in a hospital. This paper presents results from...
Sreekanth Ramakrishnan, Kaustubh Nagarkar, Monice ...
WSC
2004
13 years 6 months ago
Developing Federation Object Models Using Ontologies
The reuse of existing simulations in multiple federations is an important goal of distributed simulation frameworks. However, in order to reuse a federate, its simulation code oft...
Tarun Rathnam, Christiaan J. J. Paredis
WSC
2004
13 years 6 months ago
Analysis of Supply Chains Using System Dynamics, Neural Nets, and Eigenvalues
Supply chain management is a critically significant strategy that enterprises depend on in meeting the challenges of today's highly competitive and dynamic business environme...
Luis Rabelo, Magdy Helal, Chalermmon Lertpattarapo...
WSC
2004
13 years 6 months ago
Modeling Information for Manufacturing-Oriented Supply-Chain Simulations
This paper discusses a new approach that facilitates the use of simulation in supply chain applications, especially for manufacturing-related activities. A neutral information rep...
Guixiu Qiao, Frank Riddick
WSC
2004
13 years 6 months ago
Simulation Optimization Using Balanced Explorative and Exploitative Search
We present a new random search method for solving simulation optimization problems. Our approach emphasizes the need for maintaining the right balance between exploration and expl...
Andrei A. Prudius, Sigrún Andradótti...