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WSC
2008
13 years 6 months ago
Preventive what-if analysis in symbiotic simulation
The what-if analysis process is essential in symbiotic simulation systems. It is responsible for creating a number of alternative what-if scenarios and evaluating their performanc...
Heiko Aydt, Stephen John Turner, Wentong Cai, Malc...
WSC
2008
13 years 6 months ago
Decision making and forecasting with respect to risk: A simulation study for a setup-problem
In this paper, the impact of timing a setup operation on the work-in-process and cycle time is investigated. Using a small example of an reentrant production system, it is shown t...
Martin Romauch, Walter Laure, Georg Seidel, Christ...
WSC
2008
13 years 6 months ago
Pricing decision and lead time setting in a duopoly semiconductor industry
Pricing and lead time setting are two important decisions in semiconductor foundry industries. This research considers the competition of a duopoly market consisting of two make-t...
I-Hsuan Hong, Hsi-Mei Hsu, Yi-Mu Wu, Chun-Shao Yeh
WSC
2008
13 years 6 months ago
REal-time delay estimation in call centers
We use computer simulation to study the performance of alternative real-time delay estimators in heavily loaded multiserver queueing models. These delay estimates may be used to m...
Rouba Ibrahim, Ward Whitt
WSC
2008
13 years 6 months ago
Vesicle-synapsin interactions modeled with Cell-DEVS
Interactions between synaptic vesicles and synapsin in a presynaptic nerve terminal were modeled using the CellDEVS formalism. Vesicles and synapsins move randomly within the pres...
Rhys Goldstein, Gabriel A. Wainer, James J. Cheeth...
WSC
2008
13 years 6 months ago
An object-oriented programming approach for a GIS data-driven simulation model of traffic on an inland waterway
This research proposes the integration of a Geographic Information System (GIS) with the Arena Simulation software to model the transit of ocean-going vessels through the Panama C...
Daniel Sasso, William E. Biles
WSC
2008
13 years 6 months ago
Generic simulation for rail-road container terminals
Hinterland terminals enable the transshipment of containers between various modes of transport and play a significant role in intermodal freight transportation. In this paper we p...
Thouraya Benna, Manfred Gronalt
WSC
2008
13 years 6 months ago
Supply chain risks analysis by using jump-diffusion model
This paper investigates the effects of demand risk on the performance of supply chain in continuous time setting. The inventory level has been modeled as a jump-diffusion process ...
Xianzhe Chen, Jun Zhang
WSC
2008
13 years 6 months ago
Applicability of hybrid simulation to different modes of governance in UK healthcare
Healthcare organizations exhibit both detailed and dynamic complexity. Effective and sustainable decisionmaking in healthcare requires tools that can comprehend this complexity. D...
Kirandeep Chahal, Tillal Eldabi