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WSC
2008
15 years 9 months ago
Practical approach to experimentation in a simulation study
Simulation study of complex production facilities can be a challenging task for manufacturing engineers as it requires skills to build the models and to conduct experiments. Accur...
Benny Tjahjono, Raul Fernandez
WSC
2008
15 years 9 months ago
Heuristics for balancing Operating Room and post-anesthesia resources under uncertainty
The Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) is a shared resource in the hospital where patients recover from surgery. It is fed by a set of Operating Rooms (OR's) often spanning sev...
Jill H. Iser, Brian T. Denton, Russell E. King
WSC
2008
15 years 9 months ago
Dynamic entity distribution in parallel discrete event simulation
Event based simulations are an important scientific application in many fields. With the rise of cluster computing, distributed event simulation optimization becomes an essential ...
Michael Slavik, Imad Mahgoub, Ahmed Badi
WSC
2008
15 years 9 months ago
Multiple worlds in simulation games for spatial decision making: Concept and architecture
In this paper we present the use of "what-if"-analysis in simulation games for spatial decision making by introducing the concept of multiple worlds. We expect that &quo...
Michele Fumarola, Alexander Verbraeck
WSC
2008
15 years 9 months ago
A simulation-based approach for inventory modeling of perishable pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceutical expenditures are increasing for hospital systems nationwide. We model the inventory and ordering policies for perishable drugs in the setting of an inpatient hospit...
Ana R. Vila-Parrish, Julie Simmons Ivy, Russell E....