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Table of Contents WSC ’06 Preface From the Editors ................................................................................................................................................................... xxv About the Editors ................................................................................................................................................................. xxvi About the Conference Sponsoring Organizations ................................................................................................................................................. xxviii WSC Board of Directors ...................................................................................................................................................... xxix WSC ’06 Conference Committee ......................................................................................................................................... xxx WSC ’06 Program Structure and Track Coordinators .................................................................................................... xxxi Referees ............................................................................................................................................................................... xxxiv The Winter Simulation Conferences ...................................................................................................................................... xl WSC Foundation ................................................................................................................................................................... xliv Opening Session Opening Session and Keynote Address Discrete Event Models: Getting the Semantics Right ............................................................................................................ 1 Edward Lee Introductory Tutorials Introduction to Simulation As Simple As Possible, But No Simpler: A Gentle Introduction to Simulation Modeling .................................................. 2 Paul J. Sanchez Spreadsheet Simulation Spreadsheet Simulation .......................................................................................................................................................... 11 Andrew F. Seila Simulation Input Analysis Introduction to Modeling and Generating Probabilistic Input Processes for Simulation ................................................ 19 Michael E. Kuhl, Emily K. Lada, Natalie M. Steiger, Mary Ann Wagner, and James R. Wilson Simulation Output Analysis Output Analysis for Simulations ............................................................................................................................................ 36 Marvin Nakayama Simulation Experiment Design Work Smarter, Not Harder: Guidelines for Designing Simulation Experiments.............................................................. 47 Susan M. Sanchez How to Use this Index: Scroll down or use the bookmarks in the navigation pane at left to move to a new location in this index. Click on a blue paper title to view that paper. To return to this index after viewing a paper, click the “Previous Menu” bookmark in the navigation pane. iii

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Table of Contents WSC ’06

Preface

From the Editors ................................................................................................................................................................... xxv About the Editors ................................................................................................................................................................. xxvi

About the Conference

Sponsoring Organizations ................................................................................................................................................. xxviii WSC Board of Directors ...................................................................................................................................................... xxix WSC ’06 Conference Committee ......................................................................................................................................... xxx WSC ’06 Program Structure and Track Coordinators .................................................................................................... xxxi Referees ............................................................................................................................................................................... xxxiv The Winter Simulation Conferences ...................................................................................................................................... xl WSC Foundation ................................................................................................................................................................... xliv

Opening Session

Opening Session and Keynote Address

Discrete Event Models: Getting the Semantics Right ............................................................................................................ 1 Edward Lee

Introductory Tutorials

Introduction to Simulation

As Simple As Possible, But No Simpler: A Gentle Introduction to Simulation Modeling .................................................. 2 Paul J. Sanchez

Spreadsheet Simulation

Spreadsheet Simulation .......................................................................................................................................................... 11 Andrew F. Seila

Simulation Input Analysis

Introduction to Modeling and Generating Probabilistic Input Processes for Simulation ................................................ 19 Michael E. Kuhl, Emily K. Lada, Natalie M. Steiger, Mary Ann Wagner, and James R. Wilson

Simulation Output Analysis

Output Analysis for Simulations ............................................................................................................................................ 36 Marvin Nakayama

Simulation Experiment Design

Work Smarter, Not Harder: Guidelines for Designing Simulation Experiments.............................................................. 47 Susan M. Sanchez

How to Use this Index: Scroll down or use the bookmarks in the navigation pane at left to move to a new location in this index. Click on a blue paper title to view that paper. To return to this index after viewing a paper, click the “Previous Menu” bookmark in the navigation pane.

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Simulation Model Constuction

How to Build Valid and Credible Simulation Models .......................................................................................................... 58 Averill M. Law

Simulation Practice

Tips for the Successful Practice of Simulation...................................................................................................................... 67 Deborah A. Sadowski and David T. Sturrock

Agent-Based Simulation

Tutorial on Agent-based Modeling and Simulation Part 2: How to Model with Agents .................................................. 73 Charles M. Macal and Michael J. North

Parallel and Distributed Simulation

Parallel and Distributed Simulation: Traditional Techniques and Recent Advances....................................................... 84 Kalyan Perumalla

Advanced Tutorials

Bayesian Methods

Bayesian Ideas and Discrete Event Simulation: Why, What and How .............................................................................. 96 Stephen E. Chick

Advanced Design of Experiments

White Noise Assumptions Revisited: Regression Metamodels and Experimental Designs in Practice ......................... 107 Jack P.C. Kleijnen

Inside Simulation Software

Inside Discrete-Event Simulation Software: How it Works and Why it Matters ............................................................ 118 Thomas J. Schriber and Daniel T. Brunner

Random Variate Generation

Black-Box Algorithms for Sampling from Continuous Distributions .............................................................................. 129 Josef Leydold and Wolfgang Hörmann

Rare Event Simulation

Splitting for Rare-Event Simulation .................................................................................................................................... 137 Pierre L'Ecuyer, Valérie Demers, and Bruno Tuffin

Model Composability

Model Composability ............................................................................................................................................................ 149 Hessam S. Sarjoughian

Mathematics of Simulation Optimization

Gradient-Based Simulation Optimization........................................................................................................................... 159 Sujin Kim

Advanced Output Analysis

A Comprehensive Review of Methods for Simulation Output Analysis........................................................................... 168 Christos Alexopoulos

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Ranking and Selection

Ranking and Selection Procedures for Simulation............................................................................................................. 179 Kirk C. Benson, David Goldsman, and Amy R. Pritchett

Analysis Methodology A

Steady-State Simulations

On an Initial Transient Deletion Rule with Rigorous Theoretical Support ..................................................................... 186 Hernan Awad and Peter W. Glynn

A New Approach for Parallel Steady-state Simulations .................................................................................................... 192 Ming-hua Hsieh

Performance Evaluation of Spectral Procedures for Simulation Analysis....................................................................... 198 Emily K. Lada and James R. Wilson

Optimization, Importance Sampling, and Ranking and Selection

On Choosing Parameters in Retrospective-Approximation Algorithms for Simulation-Optimization......................... 208 Raghu Pasupathy

Optimal Resource Allocation in Two Stage Sampling of Input Distributions ................................................................. 216 Achal Bassamboo and Sandeep Juneja

Ranking and Selection with Multiple “Targets”................................................................................................................. 222 Douglas Morrice and John Butler

Simulation and Applications

Monitoring Variability of Autocorrelated Processes Using Standardized Time Series Variance Estimators .............. 231 Seong-Hee Kim

A Comparison of Sample-Path-Based Simulation-Optimization and Stochastic Decomposition for Multi-Location Transshipment Problems...................................................................................................................................... 238 Lei Zhao and Suvrajeet Sen

Computing Worst-Case Tail Probabilities in Credit Risk ................................................................................................. 246 Soumyadip Ghosh and Sandeep Juneja

Optimization I

A Testbed of Simulation-Optimization Problems............................................................................................................... 255 Raghu Pasupathy and Shane G. Henderson

Simulation-based Response Surface Computation in the Presense of Monotonicity ...................................................... 264 Eunji Lim and Peter W. Glynn

Response Gradient Estimation Using Mathematical Programming Models of Discrete-Event System Sample Paths.......................................................................................................................................................................... 272 Wai Kin (Victor) Chan and Lee W. Schruben

Selection Procedures I

Simulation Selection Problems: Overview of an Economic Analysis................................................................................ 279 Stephen E. Chick and Noah Gans

Selection and Multiple-Comparison Procedures for Regenerative Systems .................................................................... 287 Marvin K. Nakayama

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Integration of Statistical Selection with Search Mechanism for Solving Multi-Objective Simulation-Optimization Problems ......................................................................................................................................................... 294 Loo Hay Lee, Ek Peng Chew, and Suyan Teng

Optimization II

On-Line Instrumentation for Simulation-Based Optimization ......................................................................................... 304 Anna Persson, Henrik Grimm, and Amos Ng

Adaptation of the UOBYQA Algorithm for Noisy Functions............................................................................................ 312 Geng Deng and Michael C. Ferris

SPSA Algorithms with Measurement Reuse....................................................................................................................... 320 Mohammed Shahid Abdulla and Shalabh Bhatnagar

Estimation and Input Modeling

Experimental Evaluation of Integrated Path Estimators .................................................................................................. 329 James Michael Calvin

Empirical Evaluation of Data-based Density Estimation .................................................................................................. 333 E Jack Chen and W David Kelton

Generating Multivariate Mixture of Normal Distributions Using A Modified Cholesky Decomposition ..................... 342 Jin Wang and Chunlei Liu

Selection Procedures II

Combined Ranking and Selection with Control Variates .................................................................................................. 348 Shing Chih Tsai and Barry L Nelson

Comparison of Limit Standards Using a Sequential Probability Ratio Test ................................................................... 356 Roy R. Creasey Jr. and K. Preston White

Performance Evaluations of Comparison-with-a-standard Procedures .......................................................................... 360 E. Jack Chen

Experiment Design

A Polytope Method for Estimating Factor Main Effects ................................................................................................... 369 Bruce Ankenman, Russell Cheng, and Susan Lewis

A Two-Phase Maxi-Min Algorithm for Forward-Inverse Experiment Design................................................................ 376 Russell R. Barton

A Hybrid Method for Simulation Factor Screening........................................................................................................... 382 Hua Shen and Hong Wan

Analysis Methodology B

Estimation, Queueing, and Optimization

Stochastic Gradient Estimation Using a Single Design Point ............................................................................................ 390 Jamie R. Wieland and Bruce W. Schmeiser

Efficient Simulation of Population Overflow in Parallel Queues ...................................................................................... 398 Victor F. Nicola and Tatiana S. Zaburnenko

The Impact of Ordinal on Response Surface Methodology ............................................................................................... 406 Sara Jian Oon and Loo Hay Lee

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Health Care

Utilizing Health Resources

Simulation of a Multiple Operating Room Surgical Suite ................................................................................................. 414 Brian T. Denton, Ahmed S. Rahman, Heidi Nelson, and Angela C. Bailey

Simulation Analysis of an Outpatient Department of Internal Medicine in a University Hospital ............................... 425 A. K. Athula Wijewickrama and Soemon Takakuwa

The Use of Simulation to Determine Maximum Capacity in the Surgical Suite Operating Room ................................ 433 Sarah M. Ballard and Michael E. Kuhl

Emergency Department Operations

Modeling Emergency Care in Hospitals: A Paradox - The Patient Should Not Drive the Process................................ 439 Andrew Hay, Edwin Valentin, and Rienk Ate Bijlsma

Understanding Accident and Emergency Department Performance Using Simulation ................................................. 446 Murat M. Gunal and Michael Pidd

Simulation Model for Improving the Operation of the Emergency Department of Special Health Care ..................... 453 Toni Ruohonen, Pekka Neittaanmäki and Jorma Teittinen

Health Policy Analysis

Modeling Tuberculosis in Areas of High HIV Prevalence ................................................................................................. 459 Georgina Rosalyn Hughes, Christine Susan Mary Currie, and Elizabeth Corbett

Incorporating Human Behavior in Healthcare Simulation Models.................................................................................. 466 Sally Brailsford, Jennifer Sykes, and Paul Harper

Use of Simulation to Determine Resource Requirements for End-stage Renal Failure.................................................. 473 Ruth Davies

Homeland Security/Emergency Response

Distributed Simulation for Homeland Security

CIMS: A Framework for Infrastructure Interdependency Modeling and Analysis ....................................................... 478 Donald D. Dudenhoeffer, May R. Permann, and Milos Manic

An HLA-Based Multiagent System for Optimized Resource Allocation After Strong Earthquakes ............................ 486 Frank Fiedrich

A Concept Prototype for Integrated Gaming and Simulation for Incident Management .............................................. 493 Sanjay Jain and Charles McLean

Medical System Response Simulation

A Simulation Model for Bioterrorism Preparedness in an Emergency Room................................................................. 501 Lisa Patvivatsiri

Improving Hospital Evacuation Using Simulation ............................................................................................................. 509 Kevin Taaffe, Matt Johnson, and Desiree Steinmann

Allocating Field Service Teams with Simulation in Energy/Utilities Environment......................................................... 516 Luiz Augusto G. Franzese, Marcelo Moretti Fioroni, Luiz Eduardo Pinheiro, and João Batista Eustáchio Soares

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Transportation Security Simulation

A Simulation-Based Approach to Trade-Off Analysis of Port Security ........................................................................... 521 Junko Sekine, Enrique Campos-Nanez, John Harrald, and Hernan Abeledo

Security Checkpoint Optimizer (SCO): An Application for Simulating the Operations of Airport Security Checkpoints .............................................................................................................................................. 529 Diane Wilson, Eric K. Roe, and S. Annie So

Detection of Nuclear Material at Border Crossings Using Motion Correlation .............................................................. 536 David M. Nicol, Rose Tsang, Heidi Ammerlahn, and Michael M. Johnson

Group Dynamics Simulation

Crowd Simulation for Emergency Response Using BDI Agent Based on Virtual Reality.............................................. 545 Ameya Shendarkar, Karthik Vasudevan, Seungho Lee, and Young-Jun Son

Group Information Foraging in Emergency Response: An Illustration Incorporating Discrete-Event Simulation .................................................................................................................................................... 554 Qing Gu and David Mendonca

Modeling the Emergence of Insider Threat Vulnerabilities .............................................................................................. 562 Ignacio J. Martinez-Moyano, Eliot H. Rich, Stephen H. Conrad, and David F. Andersen

Virtual Reality and Simulation

Virtual Reality for Simulation

Multiuser Interior Design Over the Internet ...................................................................................................................... 569 Yen-Chun Lin, Chen-Chuan Pan, and Jhih-En Kuo

A VR-Based Hyper Interaction Platform............................................................................................................................ 576 Chun-Hong Huang, Hui-Huang Hsu, Timothy K. Shih, and Rong-Chi Chang

Use of the Analytical System as the Decision Support System for the HLA Joint Training Environment ................... 583 Jiung-yao Huang, Ji-Jen Wu, Shu-Shen Wai, Ming-Chih Tung, and Chung-Hsien Tsai

Business Process Modeling

Business Process Modeling Techniques and Issues

L-SIM : Simulating BPMN Diagrams with a Purpose Built Engine................................................................................. 591 Anthony Waller, Martin Clark, and Les Enstone

Predicting and Improving Complex Business Processes: Values and Limitations of Modeling and Simulation Technologies ....................................................................................................................................................... 598 Mohsen Modarres

Variance Reduction in the Simulation of Call Centers ...................................................................................................... 604 Pierre L'Ecuyer and Eric Buist

Supply Chain Simulation

Applying Simulation in a Supply Chain Transformation Case......................................................................................... 614 Hongwei Ding, Changrui Ren, Wei Wang, and Jin Dong

Simulating Impact of Available-to-Promise Generation on Supply Chain Performance ............................................... 621 Young M. Lee

Simulation Results for Supply Chain Configurations Based on Information Sharing ................................................... 627 Rong Liu, Akhil Kumar, and Alan Stenger

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Business Transformation

Business Process Transformation Patterns & the Business Process Transformation Wizard ....................................... 636 Bala Ramachandran, Kaori Fujiwara, Jay Benayon, Makato Kano, and Akio Koide

Enhancing Business Process Management with Simulation Optimization ...................................................................... 642 Jay April, Fred Glover, James P. Kelly, Manuel Laguna, and Marco Better

IBM SmartSCOR - A SCOR Based Supply Chain Transformation Platform ................................................................ 650 Jin Dong, Hongwei Ding, Changrui Ren, and Wei Wang

Using System Dynamics as an Element of Hybrid Simulations

System Dynamics Simulation of the Expansion of the Panama Canal ............................................................................. 660 Humberto R. Alvarez, Dario Solis, Arnoldo Cano, and Serge Sala-Diakanda

System Dynamics and Agent-Based Simulations for Workforce Climate........................................................................ 667 Phillip T. Meade, Mario Marin, Melissa Sargent, Julie Warren, and Yanshen Zhu

Modeling the Effectiveness of Underwater Sonar .............................................................................................................. 672 Jose Sepulveda, Luis Rabelo, Yanshen Zhu, and Haluk Akin

General Applications

General Applications

Qualitative Simulation for Manager Selection Decision-Making Based on Managerial Self-Efficacy .......................... 680 Hu Bin and Dong Shengping

A Glass Float Line Simulation: Modeling Methodology and Applications ...................................................................... 688 Scott R. Schultz

Applying Parallel, Dynamic-Resolution Simulations to Accelerate VLSI Power Estimation ........................................ 694 Dhananjai M. Rao and Philip A. Wilsey

Risk Analysis

Pricing American Options

A New Efficient Simulation Strategy for Pricing Path-Dependent Options..................................................................... 703 Gang Zhao, Yakun Zhou, and Pirooz Vakili

Applying Model Reference Adaptive Search to American-Style Option Pricing ............................................................ 711 Huiju Zhang and Michael Fu

American Options From Mars ............................................................................................................................................. 719 Samuel M. T. Ehrlichman and Shane G. Henderson

Risk Analysis

Using Copulas in Risk Analysis............................................................................................................................................ 727 Dalton F. Andrade, Pedro Barbetta, Paulo José Freitas, Ney A. M. Zunino, and Carlos Magno Jacinto

An Adaptive Procedure for Estimating Coherent Risk Measures Based on Generalized Scenarios ............................. 733 Vadim Lesnevski, Barry L. Nelson, and Jeremy Staum

Efficient Simulation for Risk Management

Efficient Importance Sampling for Reduced Form Models in Credit Risk...................................................................... 741 Achal Bassamboo and Sachin Jain

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Efficient Simulation for Risk Measurement in Portfolio of CDOs.................................................................................... 749 Michael Gordy and Sandeep Juneja

Efficient Simulation for Large Deviation Probabilities of Sums of Heavy-tailed Random Variables ........................... 757 Jose Blanchet and Jingchen Liu

Stochastic Programming in Risk Analysis

The BEST Algorithm for Solving Stochastic Mixed Integer Programs............................................................................ 765 Susan Sanchez and Kevin Wood

Quasi-Monte Carlo Strategies for Stochastic Optimization .............................................................................................. 774 Shane Drew and Tito Homem-de-Mello

Jackknife Estimators for Reducing Bias in Asset Allocation ............................................................................................ 783 Amit Partani, David P. Morton, and Ivilina Popova

Modeling Methodology A

Conceptual Modeling

Conceptual Modeling for Simulation: Issues and Research Requirements ..................................................................... 792 Stewart Robinson

Process Modelling Support for the Conceptual Modelling Phase of a Simulation Project ............................................. 801 Cathal Heavey and John Ryan

What Can Be Done to Automate Conceptual Simulation Modeling? ............................................................................... 809 Ming Zhou, Qun Zhang, and Zhimin Chen

DEVS Modeling

A Simulation Algorithm for Dynamic Structure DEVS Modeling ................................................................................... 815 Hui Shang and Gabriel Wainer

Applying DEVS Modeling for Discrete Event Multiple Model Control of a Time Varying Plant ................................. 823 Alexander Campbell and Gabriel Wainer

Introducing Variable Ports and Multi-Couplings for Cell Biological Modeling in DEVS.............................................. 832 Adelinde M. Uhrmacher, Jan Himmelspach, Mathias Röhl, and Roland Ewald

Simulation Methodologies

A Case Study of the Development and Use of a MANA-Based Federation for the Studying U.S. Border Operations.............................................................................................................................................................................. 841 Emmet Beeker and Ernest Page

A Non-Fragmenting Partitioning Algorithm for Hierarchical Models ............................................................................ 848 Roland Ewald, Jan Himmelspach, and Adelinde M. Uhrmacher

Enhancement of Memory Pools Toward a Multi-Threaded Implementation of the Joint Integrated Mission Model (JIMM) ......................................................................................................................................................... 856 David Wayne Mutschler

Panel: Simulation Project Life-Cycle

The Simulation Project Life-Cycle: Models and Realities ................................................................................................. 863 Robert G. Sargent, Richard E. Nance, C. Michael Overstreet, Stewart Robinson, and Jayne E. Talbot

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Metamodeling

Grid Enabled Sequential Design and Adaptive Metamodeling......................................................................................... 872 Wouter Hendrickx, Dirk Gorissen, and Tom Dhaene

A New Metric for Measuring Metamodels Quality-of-Fit for Deterministic Simulations .............................................. 882 Husam A. Hamad

Meta-Level Control Architecture for Massively Multiagent Simulations ........................................................................ 889 Shohei Yamane and Toru Ishida

Formal Methods and Validation

Analyzing Static and Temporal Properties of Simulation Models .................................................................................... 897 Mamadou Kaba Traoré

A Neural Network Approach to the Validation of Simulation Models............................................................................. 905 Jurgen Martens, Karl Pauwels, and Ferdi Put

A Prescriptive Technique for V&V of Simulation Models When No Real-Life Data Are Avaiable .............................. 911 Leonardo Chwif, Paulo Sérgio Muniz Silva, and Lúcio Mitio Shimada

Agent Based Simulation

Efficient Agent-Based Simulation Framework for Multi-Node Supercomputers ........................................................... 919 Toshihiro Takahashi and Hideyuki Mizuta

SASSY: A Design for a Scalable Agent-Based Simulation System Using a Distributed Discrete Event Infrastructure ............................................................................................................................................................. 926 Maria Hybinette, Eileen Kraemer, Yin Xiong, Glenn Matthews, and Jaim Ahmed

Multi-Agent Learning Model with Bargaining ................................................................................................................... 934 Haiyan Qiao, Jerzy Rozenblit, Ferenc Szidarovszky, and Lizhi Yang

Modeling Methodologies for Manufacturing and Business

Assessment of the NIST Shop Data Model as a Neutral File Format ............................................................................... 941 Greg Harward and Charles Harrell

Modelling and Simulation of Human Decision-Making in Manufacturing Systems ....................................................... 947 Gert Zülch

A Dynamic Business Model for Component-Based Simulation Software ........................................................................ 954 Stephan Onggo, Didier Soopramanien, and Mike Pidd

Modeling Methodologies for Specific Applications

A Data-Integrated Nurse Activity Simulation Model......................................................................................................... 960 Durai Sundaramoorthi, Victoria C. P. Chen, Seoung B. Kim, Jay M. Rosenberger, and Deborah F. Buckley-Behan

Using Anecdotal Information to Model the Availability of an Existing Dynamometer System ..................................... 967 Valerie G. Caryer Cook

Computational Investigation of Quasirandom Sequences in Generating Test Cases for Specification-Based Tests...................................................................................................................................................... 975 Hongmei Chi and Edward L. Jones

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Modeling Methodology B

Parallel & Distributed Simulation I

Compiled Code in Distributed Logic Simulation................................................................................................................ 981 Jun Wang and Carl Tropper

Causality Information and Fossil Collection in Time Warp Simulations ........................................................................ 987 Malolan Chetlur and Philip A. Wilsey

Eliminating Remote Message Passing in Optimistic Simulation....................................................................................... 995 David Bauer and Christopher D. Carothers

Parallel & Distributed Simulation II

Incremental Checkpointing with Application to Distributed Discrete Event Simulation............................................. 1004 Thomas Huining Feng and Edward A. Lee

Performance Evaluation of a CMB Protocol .................................................................................................................... 1012 Célia L. O. Kawabata, Regina H. C. Santana, Marcos J. Santana, Sarita M. Bruschi, and Kalinka R. L. J. C. Branco

Efficient Parallel Queuing System Simulation.................................................................................................................. 1020 Tobias Kiesling and Thomas Krieger

Distributed Simulation and the High Level Architecture

A Distributed Simulation Approach for Modeling and Analyzing Systems of Systems................................................ 1028 Abeer Tarief Sharawi, Serge N. Sala-Diakanda, Adam Dalton, Sergio Quijada, Nabeel Yousef, Jose Sepulveda, and Luis Rabelo

Development of a Runtime Infrastructure for Large-Scale Distributed Simulations ................................................... 1036 Buquan Liu, Yiping Yao, Jing Tao, and Huaiming Wang

Implementation of Time Management in a Runtime Infrastructure.............................................................................. 1044 Buquan Liu, Yiping Yao, Jing Tao, and Huaimin Wang

Distributed Simulation in Industry

Distributed Simulation in Industry – A Survey, Part 1 – the COTS Vendors ............................................................... 1053 Csaba Attila Boer, Arie de Bruin, and Alexander Verbraeck

Distributed Simulation in Industry – a Survey, Part 2 – Experts on Distributed Simulation ...................................... 1061 Csaba Attila Boer, Arie de Bruin, and Alexander Verbraeck

Optimistic-conservative Synchronization in Distributed Factory Simulation ............................................................... 1069 Sheng Xu and Leon McGinnis

Interoperability and Composability

Engineering ab Initio Dynamic Interoperability and Composability Via Agent-mediated Introspective Simulation ..................................................................................................................................................... 1075 Levent Yilmaz and Andreas Tolk

Composing Simulations From XML-Specified Model Components............................................................................... 1083 Mathias Röhl and Adelinde M. Uhrmacher

A Domain-specific Language for Model Coupling ........................................................................................................... 1091 Tom Bulatewicz and Janice Cuny

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COTS Simulation Package Interoperability Standards I

Developing Interoperability Standards for Distributed Simulation and COTS Simulation Packages with the CSPI PDG ...................................................................................................................................................................... 1101 Simon J. E. Taylor, Stephen J. Turner, Malcolm Y. H. Low, Xiaoguang Wang, Steffen Strassburger, and John Ladbrook

The Road to COTS-Interoperability: From Generic HLA-Interfaces Towards Plug-and-Play Capabilities ............. 1111 Steffen Strassburger

About the Need for Distributed Simulation Technology for the Resolution of Real-world Manufacturing and Logistics Problems ....................................................................................................................................................... 1119 Peter Lendermann

COTS Simulation Package Interoperability Stantdards II

Interoperating Simulations of Automatic Material Handling Systems and Manufacturing Processes ....................... 1129 Boon Ping Gan, Lai Peng Chan, and Stephen John Turner

Distributed Simulation with COTS Simulation Packages: A Case Study in Health Care Supply Chain Simulation................................................................................................................................................................. 1136 Navonil Mustafee, Simon J. E. Taylor, Korina Katsaliaki, and Sally Brailsford

Reference Models for Supply Chain Design and Configuration ..................................................................................... 1143 Markus Rabe, Frank-Walter Jaekel, and Heiko Weinaug

Ontology Driven Simulation

Using Ontologies for Simulation Modeling ....................................................................................................................... 1151 Perakath Benjamin, Mukul Patki, and Richard Mayer

An Ontology for Trajectory Simulation ............................................................................................................................ 1160 Umut Durak, Halit Oguztuzun, and S. Kemal Ider

Ontology Based Representations of Simulation Models Following the Process Interaction World View ................... 1168 Gregory A. Silver, Lee W. Lacy, and John A. Miller

Modeling of Distributed Systems

On the Performance of Inter-Organizational Design Optimization Systems................................................................. 1177 Paolo Vercesi and Alberto Bartoli

Using Java Methods Traces to Automatically Characterize and Model J2EE Server Applications ........................... 1187 Darpan Dinker and Herb Schwetman

Simulation of Job Scheduling for Small Scale Clusters ................................................................................................... 1195 Hassan Rajaei, Mohammad B. Dadfar, and Pankaj Joshi

Military Applications

Military Keynote

Simulators for Human-Oriented Training........................................................................................................................ 1202 William R. Swartout

Visualization for Military Simulation

Knowledge Glyphs as a Tactic for Multi-planar Visualization ....................................................................................... 1203 Gina Thomas-Meyers and Randall Whitaker

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Temporal Interface Designs for Modeling and Simulation: Reducing Display Clutter by Temporal Fusion ............ 1210 June Skelly

Visualization of the Battlespace: a Cornerstone of Modeling for Anticipatory Behavior............................................. 1216 Denise Aleva and Janet Miller

M&S Support to Future Combat Systems

Conceptual Linking of FCS C4ISR Systems Performance to Information Quality and Force Effectiveness Using the Castforem High Resolution Combat Model ..................................................................................................... 1222 H. Todd Minners and Doug Mackey

An Accurate, Scalable Communication Effects Server for the FCS System of Systems Simulation Environment..................................................................................................................................................... 1226 Rajive Bagrodia, Ken Tang, Steve Goldman, and Dilip Kumar

Design Approach to Implement Implicit Traffic in a Simulation Environment............................................................ 1234 Charles A. Brooks, Aaron Chesir, Erica Lindy, Jon A. McConnell, and Monica Farah-Stapleton

Military Aerospace Application

Learning Curve Application to Space Shuttle Processing Simulations .......................................................................... 1240 Michael G. Madden

Low Earth Orbit Rendezvous Strategy for Lunar Missions............................................................................................ 1248 Grant R. Cates, William M. Cirillo, and Chel Stromgren

Using Simulation, Data Mining, and Knowledge Discovery Techniques for Optimized Aircraft Engine Fleet Management ............................................................................................................................................................... 1253 Michael K. Painter, Madhav Erraguntla, Gary Hogg, and Brian Beachkofski

Simulation Architectures

The Modeling Architecture for Technology, Research, and Experimentation .............................................................. 1261 Tom Hurt, Tim McKelvy, and Joe McDonnell

The Migration of a Collaborative UAV Testbed Into the FLAMES Simulation Environment.................................... 1266 William Michael Niland

Specifying and Simulating Modern Warfare Scenarios with ITSimBw......................................................................... 1273 Philipp Hügelmeyer, Timo Steffens, and Thomas Zöller

Verification and Validation

Lessons Identified From Data Collection for Model Validation ..................................................................................... 1280 Alan Cowdale

A Methodology for Conducting Composite Behavior Model Verification in a Combat Simulation............................ 1286 Eric S. Tollefson, Harold M. Yamauchi, and Jeffrey B. Schamburg

The Mitre Meteor Robot Control Software: Simulate as You Operate.......................................................................... 1294 Richard M. Weatherly, Frederick S. Kuhl, Robert H. Bolling, and Robert J. Grabowski

Military Analysis I

Using Simulation and Evolutionary Algorithms to Evaluate the Design of Mix Strategies of Decoy and Jammers in Anti-Torpedo Tactics ..................................................................................................................................... 1299 Ko-Hsin Liang and Kuei-Ming Wang

GA Directed Self-organized Search and Attack UAV Swarms ....................................................................................... 1307 Ian Price and Gary B. Lamont

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Control of C2 Unit Using Arena Modeling and Simulation............................................................................................. 1316 Sudha Thavamani

Military Analysis II

SEM: Enterprise Modeling of JSF Global Sustainment .................................................................................................. 1324 V. Devon Smith, Don G. Searles, Bruce M. Thompson, and Robert M. Cranwell

A Design of Experiments Approach to Readiness Risk Analysis .................................................................................... 1332 Keebom Kang, Susan Sanchez, and Kenneth Doerr

Modeling and Simulation of Canadian Forces Strategic Lift Strategies ........................................................................ 1340 Ahmed Ghanmi and R. H. A. David Shaw

Military Analysis III

Assignment Scheduling Capability for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles................................................................................ 1349 Darryl Ahner, Arnold Buss, and John Ruck

Dynamic Allocation of Fires and Sensors (DAFS): A Low-Resolution Simulation for Rapid Modeling..................... 1357 Arnold Buss and Darryl Ahner

Using RFID Technologies to Capture Simulation Data in a Hospital Emergency Department ................................... 1365 David Ferrin, Martin Miller, Tanner Flynn, Marshall Ashby, K. Preston White, and Mike Maurer

Logistics, Transportation, and Distribution

Rail Simulation

Simulation Services to Support the Control Design of Rail Infrastructures .................................................................. 1372 Elisangela Mieko Kanacilo and Alexander Verbraeck

Passenger Travel Behavior Model in Railway Network Simulation............................................................................... 1380 Ting Li, Eric van Heck, Peter Vervest, Jasper Voskuilen, Freek Hofker, and Fred Jansma

A Simulation Study for Designing a Rail Terminal in a Container Port........................................................................ 1388 Byung Kwon Lee, Jeong Hoon Seo, Soon Oh Park, Bong Joo Jung, and Kap Hwan Kim

Transportation Simulation I

A Comparison of Transportation Network Resilience Under Simulated System Optimum and User Equilibrium Conditions ...................................................................................................................................................... 1398 Pamela M. Murray-Tuite

VISSIM: A Multi-parameter Sensitivity Analysis............................................................................................................ 1406 Nicholas E. Lownes and Randy B. Machemehl

An Investigation of Real-time Dynamic Data Driven Transportation Simulation ........................................................ 1414 Michael Hunter, Richard Fujimoto, Wonho Suh, and Hoe Kyoung Kim

Supply Chain I

Linking Strategic Objectives to Operations: Towards a More Effective Supply Chain Decision Making.................. 1422 Changrui Ren, Jin Dong, Hongwei Ding, and Wei Wang

Evaluating Refinery Supply Chain Policies and Investment Decisions Through Simulation-Optimization ............... 1431 Lee Ying Koo, Yuhong Chen, Arief Adhitya, Rajagopalan Srinivasan, and Iftekhar A. Karimi

Use of Federated Object Modeling to Develop a Macro-System Model ......................................................................... 1438 Mark F. Ruth, Keith B. Vanderveen, and Timothy J. Sa

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Supply Chain II

Observations on Material Flow in Supply Chains............................................................................................................ 1446 Silvanus T. Enns and Pattita Suwanruji

An Object-Oriented Framework for Simulating Multi-Echelon Inventory Systems .................................................... 1452 Manuel Rossetti, Mehmet Miman, Vijith Varghese, and Yisha Xiang

Earth to Orbit Logistics and Supply Chain Modeling and Simulation for NASA Exploration Systems..................... 1462 Mohamed Sam Fayez, Mansooreh Mollaghasemi, Dayana Cope, Assem Kaylani, Mike Callinan, and Edgar Zapata

Supply Chain III

Multi-Location Transshipment Problem with Capacitated Production and Lost Sales ............................................... 1470 Deniz Ozdemir, Enver Yucesan, and Yale T. Herer

Module-Based Modeling of Production-Distribution Systems Considering Shipment Consolidation......................... 1477 Xiaohua Wang and Soemon Takakuwa

A Simulation Framework for Real-Time Management and Control of Inventory Routing Decisions ........................ 1485 Shrikant Jarugumilli, Scott E. Grasman, and Sreeram Ramakrishnan

Transportation Simulation II

Application of Stochastic Optimization Method for an Urban Corridor ....................................................................... 1493 Ilsoo Yun and Byungkyu "Brian" Park

A Systems Approach to Scalable Transportation Network Modeling ............................................................................ 1500 Kalyan Perumalla

A Framework for New Generation Transportation Simulation...................................................................................... 1508 Daiheng Ni

Manufacturing and Transport Systems

Simulating the Operational Control of Free Ranging AGVs .......................................................................................... 1515 Mark B. Duinkerken, Tiemen Ter Hoeven, and Gabriel Lodewijks

Comparison of Routing Strategies for AGV Systems Using Simulation ........................................................................ 1523 Mark B. Duinkerken, Gabriel Lodewijks, and Jaap A. Ottjes

Fast Creation of Realistic and Efficient Free Path Network Within a Simulation Model of a Shop Floor and a Supply Chain System ................................................................................................................................................ 1531 Michal Stec

Transport and Data Collection

Assessment of Transport Infrastructure Projects by the Use of Monte Carlo Simulation: The CBA-DK Model .................................................................................................................................................................................... 1537 Kim Bang Salling and Steen Leleur

An Object-Oriented Framework for Simulating Automatic Data Collection Systems ................................................. 1545 Manuel Rossetti, Bradley Hobbs, and Paul Faas

A Proposed Multiagent Model for Bus Crew Scheduling ................................................................................................ 1554 Abdul Samad Shibghatullah, Tillal Eldabi, and Jasna Kuljis

Air Transportation and Maritime Simulation

Airspace Geometry and 4D Flight Proximity Detection for Simulation of the National Airspace System.................. 1562 Paul T. R. Wang and Richard E. Snow

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Estimating Operational Benefits of Aircraft Navigation and Air Traffic Control Procedures Using an Integrated Aviation Modeling and Evaluation Platform ................................................................................................. 1569 Ralf H. Mayer

The Northwest Passage: A Simulation .............................................................................................................................. 1578 Saran Somanathan, Peter Flynn, and Jozef Szymanski

Computational Systems Biology

Keynote I: Software in Systems Biology

Innovation in Software for Systems Biology. Is There Any? ........................................................................................... 1586 Herbert M Sauro

Exploiting Data Exchange and Data Base Technology for Computational Biology

Development and Implementation of the PSI MI Standard for Molecular Interaction................................................ 1587 Samuel Kerrien and Henning Hermjakob

A Corpus-Driven Approach for Design, Evolution and Alignment of Ontologies......................................................... 1595 Thomas Waechter, He Tan, Andre Wobst, Patrick Lambrix, and Michael Schroeder

A Method for Comparison of Standardized Information Within Systems Biology....................................................... 1603 Lena Strömbäck

Parameter Estimation and Optimization

Nonuniform Sampling for Global Optimization of Kinetic Rate Constants in Biological Pathways........................... 1611 Steven H. Kleinstein, Dean Bottino, Anna Georgieva, Ramesh Sarangapani, and G. Scott Lett

Prediction of In Vitro Hepatic Biliary Excretion Using Stochastic Agent-Based Modeling and Fuzzy Clustering.................................................................................................................................................................. 1617 Shahab Sheikh-Bahaei and C. Anthony Hunt

Keynote II: Comprehensive Modelling

Comprehensive and Realistic Modeling of Biological Systems ....................................................................................... 1625 David Harel

Modularity and Composition

The Role of Composition and Aggregation in Modeling Macromolecular Regulatory Networks ............................... 1628 Clifford A. Shaffer, Ranjit Randhawa, and John J. Tyson

SBW - a Modular Software Framework for Systems Biology......................................................................................... 1637 Frank Thomas Bergmann and Herbert Martin Sauro

Modeling and Analysis of Biological Processes by Mem(brane) Calculi and Systems .................................................. 1646 Nadia Busi and Claudio Zandron

Verification and Simulation

Symbolic Modeling of Signal Transduction in Pathway Logic........................................................................................ 1656 Carolyn Talcott

Simulation and Verification for Computational Modelling of Signalling Pathways ..................................................... 1666 Marta Zofia Kwiatkowska, Gethin Norman, David Parker, Oksana Tymchyshyn, John Heath, and Eamonn Gaffney

Executable Biology .............................................................................................................................................................. 1675 Jasmin Fisher and Thomas A. Henzinger

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Complexity Reduction

Approaches to Complexity Reduction in a Systems Biology Research Environment (SYCAMORE) ........................ 1683 Irina Surovtsova, Sven Sahle, Juergen Pahle, and Ursula Kummer

Complexity Reduction of Biochemical Networks ............................................................................................................. 1690 Ravishankar R. Vallabhajosyula and Herbert M. Sauro

Simulation Tools for Systems Biology

Simulation of Biochemical Networks Using COPASI-- a Complex Pathway Simulator............................................... 1698 Stefan Hoops, Sven Sahle, Ralph Gauges, Christine Lee, Juergen Pahle, Natalia Simus, Mudita Singhal, Liang Xu, Pedro Mendes, and Ursula Kummer

CellDesigner: A Modeling Tool for Biochemical Networks............................................................................................. 1707 Akira Funahashi, Yukiko Matsuoka, Akiya Jouraku, Norihiro Kikuchi, and Hiroaki Kitano

Think Simulation - Think Experiment: The Virtual Cell Paradigm .............................................................................. 1713 Ion I. Moraru, James C. Schaff, and Leslie M. Loew

Panel Discussion: Challenges for Modeling and Simulation in Computional Biology

Challenges for Modeling and Simulation Methods in Systems Biology.......................................................................... 1720 Herbert M. Sauro, Adelinde M. Uhrmacher, David Harel, Michael Hucka, Marta Kwiatkowski, Pedro Mendes, Clifford A. Shaffer, Lena Strömbäck, and John J. Tyson

Simulation-Based Scheduling

Simulation-Based Scheduling I

Sequence Step Algorithm for Continuous Resource Utilization in Probabilistic Repetitive Projects.......................... 1731 Photios G. Ioannou and Chachrist Srisuwanrat

Simulation-Based Scheduling System in a Semiconductor Backend Facility ................................................................ 1741 Sven Horn, Gerald Weigert, Sebastian Werner, and Thomas Jähnig

Pareto Control in Multi-Objective Dynamic Scheduling of a Stepper Machine in Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication ............................................................................................................................................................... 1749 Amit Kumar Gupta and Appa Iyer Sivakumar

Simulation-Based Scheduling II

Simulation-Based Multi-Objective Optimization of a Real-World Scheduling Problem ............................................. 1757 Anna Persson, Henrik Grimm, Amos Ng, Thomas Lezama, Jonas Ekberg, Stephan Falk, and Peter Stablum

A Reinforcement Learning Algorithm to Minimize the Mean Tardiness of a Single Machine with Controlled Capacity ............................................................................................................................................................ 1765 Hadeel D. Idrees, Mahdy O. Sinnokrot, and Sameh Tawfiq Al-Shihabi

Stochastic Shipyard Simulation with SimYard ................................................................................................................ 1770 Oliver Dain, Matthew Ginsberg, Erin Keenan, John Pyle, Tristan Smith, Andrew Stoneman, and Iain Pardoe

Simulation-Based Scheduling III

SIMUL8-Planner for Composites Manufacturing Center............................................................................................... 1779 Kim Hindle and Matt Duffin

Simulation Assisted Optimization and Real-Time Control Aspects of Flexible Production Systems Subject to Disturbances .................................................................................................................................................................... 1785 Kiran R. Mahajan, Wilhelm Dangelmaier, Thomas Seeger, Benjamin Klöpper, and Mark Aufenanger

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Semiconductor Manufacturing

Factory Simulation

Estimating Expected Completion Times with Probabilistic Job Routing ...................................................................... 1804 Nirmal Govind and Theresa M. Roeder

Modeling Semiconductor Tools for Small Lotsize Fab Simulations ............................................................................... 1811 Kilian Schmidt, Oliver Rose, and Joerg Weigang

Economy of Scale Effects for Larger Wafer Fabs ............................................................................................................ 1817 Oliver Rose

Performance Analysis in Semiconductor Manfacturing

Simulation Analysis on the Impact of Furnace Batch Size Increase in a Deposition Loop........................................... 1821 Boon Ping Gan, Peter Lendermann, Kelvin Paht Te Quek, Bart van der Heijden, Chen Chong Chin, and Choon Yap Koh

Indirect Cycle-Time Quantile Estimation for Non-FIFO Dispatching Policies ............................................................. 1829 Jennifer M. Bekki, Gerald T. Mackulak, and John W. Fowler

A Full Factory Transient Simulation Model for the Analysis of Expected Performance in a Transition Period................................................................................................................................................................. 1836 Moti Klein and Adar Kalir

Dispatching and Scheduling Approaches

The Use of Slow Down Factors for the Analysis and Development of Scheduling Algorithms for Parallel Cluster Tools ........................................................................................................................................................................ 1840 Robert Unbehaun and Oliver Rose

Simulation-Based Selection of Machine Criticality Measures for a Shifting Bottleneck Heuristic.............................. 1848 Jens Zimmermann and Lars Moench

Planning Approaches in Semiconductor Manfacturing

Using System Dynamics Simulations to Compare Capacity Models for Production Planning .................................... 1855 Seza Orcun, Reha Uzsoy, and Karl Kempf

Flexible Experimentation and Analysis for Hybrid DEVS and MPC Models ............................................................... 1863 Dongping Huang, Hessam S. Sarjoughian, Daniel E. Rivera, Gary W. Godding, and Karl G. Kempf

An Analytical Model of Vehicle-Based Automated Material Handling Systems in Semiconductor Fabs................... 1871 Dima Nazzal and Leon F. McGinnis

Modeling Approaches for Wafer Fabs

Systems Engineering and Design of High Tech Factories................................................................................................ 1880 Leon McGinnis, Edward Huang, and Kan Wu

Simulation-Based Scheduling of Parallel Wire-Bonders with Limited Clamp&Paddles ............................................. 1887 Daniel Quadt

Manufacturing Applications

Manufacturing Systems Design

Effective Design of an Assembly Line Using Modeling & Simulation ............................................................................ 1893 Francesco Longo, Giovanni Mirabelli, and Enrico Papoff

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Digital Factory - Simulation Enhancing the Product and Production Engineering Process ........................................ 1899 Wolfgang Kuehn

Why Lean Needs Simulation .............................................................................................................................................. 1907 Charles R. Standridge and Jon H. Marvel

Production Management I

The Effects of Backorder Information and Reduced-Setup Dispatching Under Reorder Point or Kanban Replenishment ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1914 Silvanus T. Enns

Simulation Intelligence and Modeling for Manufacturing Uncertainties....................................................................... 1920 Ahad Ali and Hamid Seifoddini

Discrete Event Simulation for Batch Processing .............................................................................................................. 1929 Craig W. Alexander

Production Management II

Productivity Simulation with ProModel for an Automotive Assembly Workstation Involving a Lift Device ............ 1935 Qiuli Yu, Vincent Duffy, John McGinley, and Zachary Rowland

Material Handling Resource Utilization Simulation Study for Stamping Plant............................................................ 1940 Edward John Williams, Onur M. Ulgen, Sheldon Bailiff, and Ravindra Lote

Applications of Discrete-event Simulation to Support Manufacturing Logistics Decision-making: A Survey........... 1946 Marco Semini, Hakon Fauske, and Jan Ola Strandhagen

Production Management III

A Bee Colony Optimization Algorithm to Job Shop Scheduling..................................................................................... 1954 Chin Soon Chong and Malcolm Yoke Hean Low, Appa Iyer Sivakumar, and Kheng Leng Gay

Simulation-Based Early Warning Systems as a Practical Approach for the Automotive Industry............................. 1962 Ingo Hotz, André Hanisch, and Thomas Schulze

Increased Energy Efficiency in a Swedish Iron Foundry Through Use of Discrete Event Simulation........................ 1971 Petter Solding and Patrik Thollander

Production Management IV

Application of Factorial Designs for Reducing Factors to Optimization Via Discrete-Event Simulation................... 1977 José Arnaldo Barra Montevechi, Renaldo Gonzaga Almeida Filho, and André Luiz Medeiros

A Decision Support Tool for Dofasco's Primary Steelmaking Operations..................................................................... 1985 Darrell W. Starks, Daniel Creses, and Robert S. Schwieters

Database-Intensive Process Simulation ............................................................................................................................. 1989 Reid L. Kress, Karen Bills, Jack Dixon, and Richard Rinehart

MTO/Pull Systems

Pull Production Cycle-time Under Varying Product Mixes ............................................................................................ 1997 Chakkaphan Athapornmongkon, Jochen Deuse, and Chee Yew Wong

Optimal Control of Make-to-order Manufacturing Systems Via Selected Order Acceptance..................................... 2003 Amitava Nandi and Paul Rogers

Simulating Order Fulfillment with Product Substitutions in an Assemble-To-Order Supply Chain.......................... 2012 Thomas R. Ervolina, Markus Ettl, Young M. Lee, and Daniel J. Peters

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Construction Engineering and Project Management

Simulation Tools for Construction

Sensitivity Analysis of Construction Simulation Using Cell-DEVS and Microcyclone ................................................. 2021 Amin Hammad, Hong Pang, and Cheng Zhang

Simulation and Visualization of Air-side Operations at Detroit Metropolitan Airport................................................ 2029 Hiam Mayez Khoury, Vineet Rajendra Kamat, and Photios G. Ioannou

Bridge_Sim: Framework for Planning and Optimizing Bridge Deck Construction Using Computer Simulation ............................................................................................................................................................................ 2039 Mohamed Marzouk, Hisham Zein, and Moheeb Elsaid

Construction Simulation Methodologies I

Eucalyptus Project: Intelligent Infrastructure Enabled Participatory Design Studio .................................................. 2047 Michael Jemtrud, Philam Nguyen, Bruce Spencer, Martin Brooks, Sandy Liu, Yong Liang, Bo Xu, Libo Zhang

Structure of an Extensible Augmented Reality Framework for Visualization of Simulated Construction Processes ....................................................................................................................................................... 2055 Amir H. Behzadan, Hiam M. Khoury, and Vineet R. Kamat

Attaining Cost Efficiency in Constructing Sports Facilities for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games by Use of Operations Simulation ........................................................................................................................................................ 2063 Wah-Ho Chan, Ming Lu, and Jian-Ping Zhang

Construction Simulation Methodologies II

Using a CFD Simulation in Designing a Smoke Management System in a Building..................................................... 2071 George Hadjisophocleous and Yoon Jeung Ko

Application of the DEVS Framework in Construction Simulation................................................................................. 2077 Sivakumar Palaniappan, Anil Sawhney, and Hessam S. Sarjoughian

Productivity Simulation During the Planning Phase of the Glencoe Tunnel in Calgary, Canada: A Case Study........................................................................................................................................................................ 2087 Hussien AL-Battaineh, Simaan AbouRizk, James Tan, and Siri Fernando

Dynamic Data Driven Application Simulation

Verification, Validation, and Semi-Automated Optimization

Underlying Issues Associated with Validation and Verification of Dynamic Data Driven Simulation ....................... 2093 John G. Michopoulos and Samuel G. Lambrakos

Requirements for DDDAS Flexible Point Support........................................................................................................... 2101 Joseph C. Carnahan and Paul F. Reynolds

SWORD: Scalable and Flexible Workload Generator for Distributed Data Processing Systems ............................... 2109 Kay S. Anderson, Joseph P. Bigus, Eric Bouillet, Parijat Dube, Nagui Halim, Zhen Liu, and Dimitrios Pendarakis

Sensor / Simulation Fusion

DDDAS Approaches to Wildland Fire Modeling and Contaminant Tracking .............................................................. 2117 Craig C. Douglas, Robert A. Lodder, Jonathan D. Beezley, Jan Mandel, Richard E. Ewing, Yalchin Efendiev, Guan Qin, Mohamed Iskandarani, Janice Coen, Anthony Vodacek, Mauricio Kritz, and Gundolf Haase

Society of Simulation Approach to Dynamic Integration of Simulations....................................................................... 2125 Alok R. Chaturvedi

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Telecommunication Applications

Analysis and Simulation

Multi-Scale Integrated Information and Telecommunications System (MIITS): First Results from a Large-Scale End-to-End Network Simulator.................................................................................................................... 2132 Roman Waupotitsch, Stephan Eidenbenz, Lukas Kroc, and James P. Smith

Quantile Estimation: A Minimalist Approach.................................................................................................................. 2140 Yury Bakshi and David A. Hoeflin

A Highly Efficient M/G/Infinity Generator of Self-Similar Traces ................................................................................ 2146 Maria Estrella Sousa-Vieira, Andres Suarez-Gonzalez, Manuel Fernandez-Veiga, Candido Lopez-Garcia, and Raul Fernando Rodriguez-Rubio

Network Simulation Methods

Simulation-Based Routing Protocol Performance Analysis - A Case Study .................................................................. 2154 Talal Jaafar, George Riley, Dheeraj Reddy, and Dana Blair

Packet-Level Integration of Fluid TCP Models in Real-Time Network Simulation ..................................................... 2162 Jason Liu

Towards Simulator Interoperability and Model Interreplaceability in Network Simulation and Emulation Through AMINES-HLA ..................................................................................................................................................... 2170 Erek Gokturk

Simulation Methods

Evaluating Arrival Rate Uncertainty in Call Centers ...................................................................................................... 2180 Thomas R. Robbins, D. J. Medeiros, and Paul Dum

Improving Confidence in Network Simulations ............................................................................................................... 2188 Michele C. Weigle

Analyzing Internet Packet Traces Using Lindley’s Recursion ........................................................................................ 2195 Martin J. Fischer and Denise M. Masi

Network Simulation I

A Methodology for the Evaluation of Web Graph Models and a Test Case .................................................................. 2202 Antonios Kogias and Dimosthenis Anagnostopoulos

Path Preserving Scale Down for Validation of Internet Inter-Domain Routing Protocols........................................... 2210 Glenn Carl, George Kesidis, Shashi Phoha, and Bharat Madan

A MANET Simulation Tool to Study Algorithms for Generating Propagation Maps.................................................. 2219 Scott L. Rosen, John A. Stine, and William J. Weiland

Network Simulation II

Wireless Network Simulation Extensions in SIDE/SMURPH......................................................................................... 2225 Pawel Gburzynski and Ioanis Nikolaidis

A Simulation Analysis of Multicasting in Delay Tolerant Networks .............................................................................. 2234 Muhammad Abdulla and Robert Simon

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Simulation Education

Curriculum Development and Enhancement

Grand Challenge Case Studies in a Simulation Curriculum ........................................................................................... 2242 Michael Spiegel, Paul Reynolds, and David Brogan

Using the Introductory Simulation Course to Teach Process Dynamics and Extended Operations Management Concepts........................................................................................................................................................ 2250 Timothy S. Vaughan

Teaching with the Problem Solving Power of Simulation................................................................................................ 2256 Charles R. Standridge

Improving Simulation Course Content

Controlling Simulation Games Through Rule-Based Scenarios ..................................................................................... 2261 Stijn-Pieter van Houten and Alexander Verbraeck

Why Transient Analysis Can be De-emphasized in Undergraduate Simulation Courses ............................................ 2270 Huong T. L. Pham, Jennifer L. Pittman, and Mary C. Court

Discrete-Event Simulation of Queues with Spreadsheets: A Teaching Case ................................................................. 2277 Marco A. Mesquita and Alvaro E. Hernandez

Poster Session

Development of Criterion Models for Use in Simulation Analysis.................................................................................. 2284 Gerald W. Evans and Nicholas P. Anderson

Finding Probably Best Systems Quickly Via Simulation ................................................................................................. 2285 Takayuki Osogami

Epidemics Alert & Response Framework and Technology based on Spreading Dynamics Simulation ..................... 2286 Chunhua Tian, Xun Zhang, Wei Ding, and Rongzeng Cao

Volume Fusion: A Unified Frame Work for Multi-Scale Dynamic and Heterogeneous Scenes .................................. 2287 Duoduo Liao and Shiaofen Fang

Modeling of Individual Decision Making in Mass Customization Markets ................................................................... 2288 Zbigniew J. Pasek

Quantitative Studies on the Organizational Structure of SMEs: A Case Study of Pharmaceutical Industry in China ................................................................................................................................................................................ 2289 Linlin Cui, Jin Dong, and Yueting Chai

Information Fusion and Component Development for Space Launch Risk Analysis ................................................... 2290 Serge N. Sala-Diakanda and Luis Rabelo

An Object Oriented Library for Sawmill Simulation ...................................................................................................... 2291 Francisco J. Ramis, Jorge L. Palma, Felipe F. Baesler, Jóse A. Sepúlveda, and Reinaldo Moraga

Risk Analysis Using Monte Carlo Simulation and Bayesian Networks.......................................................................... 2292 Cláudio Flores, Fernando Makiyama, Silvia Nassar, Paulo Jose Freitas, and Carlos Magno Jacinto

Interactive Simulation and Probability Management ...................................................................................................... 2293 Sam Savage

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Parallel Simulations of Manufacturing Processing using SimPy, a Python-based Discrete Event Simulation Tool ................................................................................................................................................................... 2294 Victor M. Castillo

SOA-Standard-Conform Modeling as a High-Level-Standard for Discrete Simulation .............................................. 2295 Thomas Wiedemann and Peter Eichhorst

Use of a Computer Algebra Software in the Functional Validation of Continuous Simulations ................................. 2296 Yvon Resplandy

A Visual Aproach To Enhance Discrete-Event Simulation Model Interoperability ..................................................... 2297 Tai-Chi Wu and Allen Greenwood

SETAC 2 Web: A Web Based Tactical Training Simulator for the Chilean Army ...................................................... 2299 Luis F. Robledo, Jose Robles, and Juan C. Perez

PLSE-Based Generic Simulation Training Platform for Typical Weapon Equipments............................................... 2300 Ying Liu

In Silico Analogues of Epithelial Cell Growth and Morphogenesis ................................................................................ 2301 Sean H.J. Kim, Mark R. Grant, Sunwoo Park, and C. Anthony Hunt

Barriers To and Driving Forces for the Implementation of Manufacturing Simulation in the Swedish Foundry Industry ................................................................................................................................................................ 2302 Patrik Thollander

Conspace Simulation Application ...................................................................................................................................... 2303 Tarek M. Zayed

Comparative Analysis of Process Interaction and Activity Scanning Approaches in Simulation of Construction Operations .................................................................................................................................................... 2304 Rita Awwad, Amir Behzadan, and Omer Tsimhoni

Simulation of the Pig Iron Transportation System in Companhia Siderurgica Tubarão - Arcelor Group ................ 2305 Alain de Norman et d'Audenhove

Supply-Chain Simulation and Analysis of Petroleum Refinery Systems: A Reusable Template with Incremental Approach ........................................................................................................................................................ 2306 Luiz Augusto Franzese, Marcelo Moretti Fioroni, Daniel Pablo Paz, Rui Carlos Botter, Carlos Alberto Gratti, Alberto Omar Martinez, and Carlos Maria Bacigalupo

The Operational Risk Tree Methodology for Managing Operational Risk Exposure and Measuring Capital Requirements ......................................................................................................................................................... 2307 Henry Lee Author Directory ................................................................................................................................................................. 2309 Author Index........................................................................................................................................................................ 2371

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