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WSC
2008
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A proposal for coordinator control recipe in a batch process
In this work, we propose a coordinator control recipe in the context of a batch process with the use of elements of petri nets and some techniques associated with non linear contr...
Jose Francisco, Briones de la Torre, Antonio Espu&...
WSC
2008
13 years 6 months ago
Maximizing the utilization of operating rooms with stochastic times using simulation
This paper addresses a surgery rooms scheduling problem. The problem is modeled as a parallel machine scheduling problem with sequence dependent setup times and an objective of mi...
Jean-Paul M. Arnaout, Sevag Kulbashian
WSC
2008
13 years 6 months ago
Supporting simulation in industry through the application of grid computing
An increased need for collaborative research, together with continuing advances in communication technology and computer hardware, has facilitated the development of distributed s...
Navonil Mustafee, Simon J. E. Taylor
WSC
2008
13 years 6 months ago
Industrial enterprises business processes simulation with BPsim.MAS
Necessity to mind a huge amount of factors while developing modern enterprises models dictates new requirements for modeling software, which needs to process all data to achieve p...
Konstantin A. Aksyonov, Eugene A. Bykov, Elena F. ...
WSC
2008
13 years 6 months ago
A plug-in-based architecture for random number generation in simulation systems
Simulations often depend heavily on random numbers, yet the impact of random number generators is recognized seldom. The generation of random numbers for simulations is not trivia...
Roland Ewald, Johannes Rossel, Jan Himmelspach, Ad...
WSC
2008
13 years 6 months ago
Introducing age-based parameters into simulations of crowd dymanics
Very few crowds consist of individuals who are exactly the same. Defining variables, such as age, and how they affect an individual's movement, could increase realism in simu...
D. J. Kaup, Thomas L. Clarke, Rex Oleson, Linda C....
WSC
2008
13 years 6 months ago
Improving performance by replicating simulations with alternative synchronization approaches
Parallel and distributed simulation facilitates the construction of a simulation application (i.e., federation in HLA terminology) with a number of simulation components (federate...
Zengxiang Li, Wentong Cai, Stephen John Turner, Ke...
WSC
2008
13 years 6 months ago
Models of a predator-prey relationship in a closed habitat
The ecological study of the wolf and moose populations of Isle Royale National Park (USA) is the longest running large mammal predator/prey study in the world. A discrete event si...
Charles E. Knadler Jr.