A TWO-COMPONENT SPOT PRICING FRAMEWORK FOR LOSS-RATE GUARANTEED INTERNET SERVICE CONTRACTS (2009)
S. Chick, F J. Shchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Aparna Gupta, Lingyi Zhang, ...
The technological advances in recent years are allowing Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to provide Quality of Service (QoS) assurance for traffic through their domains. This article develops a spot...
ABSTRACT IMPLEMENTING A SIMULATION-BASED SCHEDULING SYSTEM FOR A TWO-PLANT OPERATION (2009)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Jeffrey A. Joines, Andrew B. Sutton, ...
Scheduling any complicated job shop becomes increasingly more difficult when the cycle time is reduced. This paper will discuss the implementation of a simulationbased scheduling system that properly...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Lawrence I. Goldman, Ethan Evans-hilton
In an increasingly competitive market, businesses are turning to new practices like Six Sigma, a structured methodology for accelerated process improvement, to help reduce costs and increase...
LOOSELY-COORDINATED, DISTRIBUTED, PACKET-LEVEL SIMULATION (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
The complexity and dynamics of the Internet is driving the demand for scalable and efficient network simulation. In this paper, we describe a novel approach that partitions the networks into domains...
INPUT MODEL UNCERTAINTY: WHY DO WE CARE AND WHAT SHOULD WE DO ABOUT IT? (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
An input model is a collection of distributions together with any associated parameters that are used as primitive inputs in a simulation model. Input model uncertainty arises when one is not...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Thomas Nocke, Heidrun Schumann
Information visualization exploits the phenomenal abilities of human perception to identify structures by presenting abstract data visually, allowing an intuitive exploration of data to get insight,...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
Building military simulations requires bridging the gap between the knowledge of commanders and computer representations of that knowledge. A significant part of this knowledge concerns military...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
Based on a discrete-event simulation model, Simulationbased Real-time Decision-Making (SRDM) is an innovative approach to real-time, goal-directed decision-making. When applied to a flexible...
AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURING SUPPLY CHAIN SIMULATION IN THE GRIDS ENVIRONMENT (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Na Zhao
A Supply Chain is the series of activities that an organization uses to deliver value to its customers. In today’s competitive environment, the globalization of markets has rapidly substituted the...
ABSTRACT SIMULATION OF LARGE-SCALE NETWORKS USING SSF (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, David M. Nicol, Jason Liu, ...
Some applications of simulation require that the model state be advanced in simulation time faster than the wall-clock time advances as the simulation executes. This faster than real-time requirement...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Júlíus Atlason, Marina A. Epelman
We study the problem of approximating a subgradient of a convex (or concave) discrete function that is evaluated via simulation. This problem arises, for instance, in optimization problems such as...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
An airplane’s ability to absorb delay while airborne is limited and costly. Because of this, the air traffic control system anticipates and manages excessive demand for scarce shared resources,...
ABSTRACT 0”E SIMULATION OF PEDESTRIAN FLOW IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS (2008)
D. Ferrin, D J. Morrice, Hdrb Haaisch, Juri Tolujew, Klaus Richter
Online simulation of pedestrian flow in public buildings is a new tool which can be especially useful for improving the aspects of safety and short-term planning in the phase of or-ganizing and...
ABSTRACT COMPUTER AUTOMATED MULTI-PARADIGM MODELLING: META-MODELLING AND GRAPH TRANSFORMATION (2008)
D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Hans Vangheluwe
Transformation. The syntax of a class of models of interest is graphically meta-modelled in an appropriate formalism such as Entity-Relationship Diagrams. From this descrip-tion of abstract syntax,...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Patrick F. Riley
Simulations are used extensively for studying artificial intelligence. However, the simulation technology in use by and designed for the artificial intelligence community often fails to take...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
DUALITY THEORY AND SIMULATION IN FINANCIAL ENGINEERING This paper presents a brief introduction to the use of duality theory and simulation in financial engineering. It focuses on American option...
ABSTRACT IMPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FOR EUKARYOTIC CELL CYCLE MODELS (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, A Modeling, Support Environment
Biological pathway modelers attempt to describe cellular processes and regulatory networks with continuous and discrete models of the cell cycle. Previous practice has been to develop these models...
A HYBRID APPROACH TO MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE SIMULATION (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sinchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Monice, Luis Rabelo, Magdi Held, ...
Manufacturing enterprise decisions can be classified into four groups: business decisions, design decisions, engi-neering decisions, and production decisions. Numerous physical and software...
PIGGY-BACKED TIME-STEPPED SIMULATION WITH ‘SUPER-STEPPING’ (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, S. C. Tay
We propose an optimization technique for reducing global synchronizations in traditional time-stepped simulations. Time-stepped simulations are known to be efficient when events are frequent or...
S. Chick, P. J. Sanchez, D. Ferrin, D J. Morrice
In semiconductor manufacturing facilities, there is often the need to speed np certain product types. This is usually done by either assigning higher priorities or by reducing due dates. In this...
DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERNET BACKBONE TOPOLOGY FOR LARGE-SCALE NETWORK SIMULATIONS (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
A number of network simulators are now capable of simulating systems with millions of devices, at the IP packet level. With this ability comes a need for realistic network descriptions of...
ABSTRACT VISUALIZATION METHODS FOR TIME-DEPENDENT DATA- AN OVERVIEW (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Wolfgang Müller, Ph Ludwigsburg
Visualization has been successfully applied to analyse time-dependent data for a long time now. Lately, a number of new approaches have been introduced, promising more effective graphs especially for...
OPTlMIZATION OF A TELECOMMUNICATIONS BILLING SYSTEM (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sanchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Mark Schouwenaar, Eleazer Martin
To remain competitive in a turbulent and rapidly evolving market, telecommunication companies have found it necessary to invest large sums of money on the latest tech-nologies and IT infrastructure....
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
The merging of optimization and simulation technologies has seen a rapid growth in recent years. A Google search on “Simulation Optimization ” returns more than six thousand pages where this...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sanchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
One of the main challenges in the modeling of business problems is to provide the modeler and the user with meaningful visual tools. The business model is usually presented by different types of flow...
ABSTRACT INCORPORATING FUZZY LOGIC ADMISSION CONTROL IN SIMULATION MODELS (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Qisheng Le
Admission Control is of great interest in computer, communication and production network applications. As systems become more complex or need to make decision based on multiple objectives or require...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Ray J. Paul, Tillal Eldabi, ...
SIMULATION EDUCATION IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT THINKING This paper presents a critique of the current teaching practices of Simulation. We challenge the current view of simulation, to the...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Fred Glover, James P. Kelly
OptFolio is a new portfolio optimization software system that simultaneously addresses financial return goals, catastrophic loss avoidance, and performance probability. The innovations embedded in...
ROBUST HYBRID DESIGNS FOR REAL-TIME SIMULATION TRIALS (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
Real time simulation trials involve people and are particularly subject to a number of natural constraints imposed by standard work patterns as well as to the vagaries of the availability of...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Donna D. Mayo, William J. Dalton
System dynamics simulation models provide a powerful and rigorous means of evaluating management options in dynamically complex settings such as a metro subway system. This paper explores how a...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
OBJECT-ORIENTED SIMULATION WITH SML AND SILK IN.NET AND JAVA This tutorial is for advanced simulation developers engaged in the use of object-oriented programming languages and libraries that support...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
ROBUST SIMULATION-BASED DESIGN OF HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS Hierarchical design scenarios arise when the performance of large-scale, complex systems can be affected through the optimal design of several...
ADVANCED EVENT SCHEDULING METHODOLOGY (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Paul Hyden, Lee W. Schruben, ...
Simulation Event Graphs (SEGs) are a graphical representation one of the three major simulation world views, event scheduling. This paper describes four advanced modeling techniques that allow the...
ABSTRACT SIMULATION BASED OPTIMIZATION FOR SUPPLY CHAIN CONFIGURATION DESIGN (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Tu Hoang Truong
The design of a supply chain network as an integrated system with several tiers of suppliers is a difficult task. It consists of making strategic decisions on the facility location, stocking...
ABSTRACT A FLEXIBLE AUTOMATED PROCEDURE FOR MODELING COMPLEX ARRIVAL PROCESSES (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Michael E. Kuhl, Sachin G. Sumant
To automate the multiresolution procedure of Kuhl and Wilson for modeling and simulating arrival processes that exhibit long-term trends and nested periodic effects (such as daily, weekly, and...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
HOW TO CONDUCT A SUCCESSFUL SIMULATION STUDY In this tutorial we give a definitive and comprehensive sevenstep approach for conducting a successful simulation study. Topics to be discussed include...
PAINT LINE COLOR CHANGE REDUCTION IN AUTOMOBILE ASSEMBLY THROUGH SIMULATION (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
The painting process is an important part of the entire automobile manufacturing system. Changing color in the painting process is expensive because of the wasted paint and solvent during color...
APPLICATIONS OF SIMULATION MODELS IN FINANCE AND INSURANCE (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Thomas N. Herzog, Graham Lord
ABSTRACT We assume that given a parameter θ, the random We describe a number of applications of simulation methods to practical problems in finance and insurance. The first entails the simulation of...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
Often in discrete-event simulation, factors being considered are qualitative such as machine type, production method, job release policy, and factory layout type. It is also often of interest to...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
RUNWAY SCHEDULE DETERMINATION BY SIMULATION OPTIMIZATION Many airport runway expansion projects are restricted by space limitations imposed by development in the vicinity of the airport. This often...
A TAXONOMY OF VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR SIMULATION IN PRODUCTION AND LOGISTICS (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Sigrid Wenzel, Jochen Bernhard, ...
ABSTRACT The present tendencies, e. g. in the automotive industry, Simulation has become one of the most important techniques with regard to manufacturing and logistics systems. During modeling and...
S. Chick, P. J. Sάnchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Ruby E. Blasak, Darrell W. Starks
The model allows management to see the operations of both units as well as how the processes of each unit impact the other. Due to the large amount of variability that can take place within these...
ABSTRACT TEACHING DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION TO BUSINESS STUDENTS: THE ALPHA AND OMEGA (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Richard G. Born
Managers of businesses worldwide are only beginning to realize the economic and improved decision-making value of discrete-event simulation. In order to accelerate the rate at which business managers...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Luiz Augusto, Gago Franzese, ...
This paper presents the procedures and results of a simulation project of a railroad coal transportation system. Locomotives and wagons are modeled at the system level, as opposed to other work that...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Dima Nazzal, Douglas A. Bodner
This paper describes a methodology to tackle the problem of designing Automated Material Handling Systems (AMHS) for 300mm wafer fabrication facilities. The proposed framework divides the design...
MODELS FOR CONTINOUS AND HYBRID (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Mariana C. D’abreu, Gabriel A. Wainer
ABSTRACT DEVS theory evolved and it was recently upgraded in The DEVS formalism was defined as a method for modeling and discrete event systems. DEVS theory evolved and it was recently upgraded in...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
BUILDING A VIRTUAL SHOP MODEL FOR STEEL FABRICATION Steel fabrication is a complex process, which encompasses product uniqueness, a high product mix, and a number of activities involving a variety of...
ABSTRACT INITIALIZING A DISTRIBUTION SUPPLY CHAIN SIMULATION WITH LIVE DATA (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Malay A. Dalal
This paper describes VinLogic, a simulation of a supply chain network for the distribution of new automobiles. The model is implemented in Simulation Dynamic’s Supply Chain Builder product. One of...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Ricky Butler, Jeffrey Maddalon
New air traffic management concepts distribute the responsibility for traffic separation among the several actors of the aerospace system. As a consequence, these concepts move the safety risk from...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
Constructive simulation provides an exploratory environment for performance – effectiveness tradeoffs. However, technology trade spaces comprise many potential experiments, each containing a large...
BETTER-THAN-OPTIMAL SIMULATION RUN ALLOCATION? (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Chun-hung Chen, Donghai He
Simulation is a popular tool for decision making. However, simulation efficiency is still a big concern particularly when multiple system designs must be simulated in order to find a best design....
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
Using Simulation Dynamics ’ Supply Chain Builder, a supply chain tool has been developed to study alternative inventory allocations in a network. The model represents the supply chain of a...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs) are sophisticated financial products that offer a range of investments, known as tranches, at varying risk levels backed by a collateral pool typically...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Michele Amico, Produzione Ingegneria Gestionale
This paper deals with a new methodology to evaluate the real operating options embedded in a manufacturing system investment. In a single product framework, the demand is assumed as the main source...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
THE ARENA PRODUCT FAMILY: ENTERPRISE MODELING SOLUTIONS This paper introduces the Arena suite of products for modeling, simulation, and optimization highlighting product architecture and technology...
Gas Pipeline Gas Demand (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Niels Stchedroff
This paper discusses the problem of modelling an LNG supply chain efficiently. The production, processing, transportation and consumption of LNG (Liquid National Gas) and the associated products are...
AGENT-BASED MODELING AND SIMULATION OF STORE PERFORMANCE FOR PERSONALIZED PRICING (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
In this paper, a simulation-based approach of optimizing a grocery store’s performance is discussed. Currently, most of the grocery stores provide special discounts to their customers under...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Rainer Guttkuhn, Todd Dawson, ...
This paper introduces a discrete event simulation for crew assignments and crew movements as a result of train traffic, labor rules, government regulations and optional crew schedules. The software...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
SIMULATION MODELLING IN SUPPORT OF EMERGENCY FIRE-FIGHTING IN NORFOLK In the fall of 2002 the Fire Brigade Union within the United Kingdom proposed a ballot on strike action in support of a wage...
ABSTRACT ROLLING HORIZON SCHEDULING OF MULTI-FACTORY SUPPLY CHAINS (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Eunkyoung G. Cho, Kristin A. Thoney
The Virtual Factory is a job shop scheduling tool that was developed at NC State. It has been found to provide nearoptimal solutions to industrial-sized problems in seconds. Recently, the Virtual...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
A SIMULATION APPROACH TO MANPOWER PLANNING This paper describes the development of a computerized line maintenance simulation model for strategic manpower planning at Continental Airlines for one of...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
TARGETING AVIATION DELAY THROUGH SIMULATION OPTIMIZATION Analyses of benefits due to changes in the National Airspace System (NAS) tend to focus on the delay reduction (or similar metric) given a...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
A META-THEORETIC APPROACH TO MODELING AND SIMULATION We aim at building a methodological framework that integrates various methods and key concepts in a more coherent Modeling and Simulation...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Bert Van Beek, Niek G. Jansen, ...
A hybrid automaton is one of the most popular formal models for hybrid system specification. The Chi language is a hybrid formalism for modeling, simulation and verification. It consists of a number...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Surya Dev Pathak, David M. Dilts
This paper introduces a multi-paradigm dynamic system simulator based on discrete time and discrete event formalism for simulating a supply chain as a complex adaptive system. Little is known about...
AN APPROACH TO ROBUST LAYOUT PLANNING OF AMHS (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
The simulation-based layout planning of automated material handling systems (AMHS) for microelectronics and semiconductor manufacturing demands adequate simulation models. An approach for measuring...
DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION WITH COTS SIMULATION PACKAGES (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Csaba Attila Boer
Connecting COTS (Commercial-off-the-Self) simulation packages entails various difficulties. First of all, commercially available simulation packages hide the access to some internal data that is...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
DATA DRIVEN DESIGN AND SIMULATION SYSTEM BASED ON XML Implementing a highly flexible manufacturing approach, like mass customization manufacturing, demands an integrated design and simulation system....
VARIABLE-SPEED RESOURCE MOTION IN ANIMATIONS OF DISCRETE-EVENT PROCESS MODELS (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Vineet R. Kamat
This paper presents research that addresses the problem of describing the accurate, variable-speed motion of simulation objects on realistically-shaped trajectories (i.e. paths) in animations of...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
PRIOR AND CANDIDATE MODELS IN THE BAYESIAN ANALYSIS OF FINITE MIXTURES This paper discusses the problem of fitting mixture models to input data. When an input stream is an amalgam of data from...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
PRE-RECKONING ALGORITHM FOR DISTRIBUTED VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS This paper proposes a pre-reckoning algorithm for distributed virtual environments. First, an overview of dead reckoning techniques used...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
A dynamic system model of continuous manufacturing systems has been developed based on analogies with electrical systems. This model has the capability to model both deterministic and stochastic...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Vera Z. Osidach
(NHANES), sponsored by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), uses large custombuilt Mobile Examination Centers (MECs) to gather confidential data on the residential...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Nicholas P. Anderson, Gerald W. Evans, ...
This paper describes a simulation model of a liquid fuel supplier operating on the Ohio River. Each day, orders arrive for six different fuel types at six different locations. The goal of this study...
SIMULATION- A KEY TOOL TO ACCELERATE AND ADD (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Niels Erik Larsen
Postal operators are increasingly facing new challenges to maintain competitiveness – most have already played the “card ” of facility consolidation and introduction of automation to reduce...
DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION MODEL FOR AIRLINE OPERATIONS: SIMAIR (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Loo Hay Lee, Huei Chuen Huang, ...
SIMAIR is a C++ based research tool meant for the simulation of airline operations. It provides a means for devising and evaluating various airline recovery mechanisms to handle disruptions, and can...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Amitava Nandi
The value of holding orders in a pre-shop pool, prior to their release to the factory floor, is a somewhat controversial topic. This is especially true for make-to-order manufacturing systems, where,...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
GENETIC PROGRAMMING WITH MONTE CARLO SIMULATION FOR OPTION PRICING I examine the role of programming parameters in determining the accuracy of Genetic Programming for option pricing. I use Monte...
PROPERTIES OF DISCRETE EVENT SYSTEMS FROM THEIR MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING REPRESENTATIONS (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
important class of discrete event systems, tandem queueing networks, are considered and formulated as mathematical programming problems where the constraints represent the system dynamics. The dual...
A SIMULATION STUDY ON SAMPLING AND SELECTING UNDER FIXED COMPUTING BUDGET (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
For many real world problems, when the design space is huge and unstructured and time consuming simulation is needed to estimate the performance measure, it is important to decide how many designs...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Hartwig Baumgaertel, Ulrich John, ...
ABSTRACT Another trend is that APS systems increasingly be-This paper introduces an approach for highly efficient simulation of supply networks in which several nodes use advanced planning and...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
PRACTICAL INTRODUCTION TO SIMULATION OPTIMIZATION The merging of optimization and simulation technologies has seen a rapid growth in recent years. A Google search on “Simulation Optimization ”...
ABSTRACT CAVEATS FOR SIMULATION MODELING IN SUPPORT OF DECISION MAKING (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Christopher M. Hill
Simulation modeling is a tool commonly used in support of intelligent decision making by senior managers, particularly for extremely complex problems. This article uses an example from the United...
RISK MANAGEMENT OF A P/C INSURANCE COMPANY SCENARIO GENERATION, SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, John M. Mulvey, Hafize G. Erkan, ...
A large conglomerate such as a property/casualty insurance firm in this case, can be divided along business boundaries. This division might be along commercial lines, homeowner lines and perhaps...
ABSTRACT DYNAMIC PATH-PLANNING FOR SEARCH AND DESTROY MISSIONS – THE BAY OF BISCAY SCENARIO (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Subhashini Ganapathy, Raymond R. Hill
Among the many modeling methods used for military applications, simulation modeling is one of the most popular as it offers flexibility and an ability to perform “what-if” analysis. In this...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, The City, Operations Branch
oversees the inspection, maintenance, and repair of the city’s drainage network of over an area of 700 km 2 to serve a population of over 600, 000. The maintenance activities consume a large amount...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
BAY OF BISCAY: EXTENSIONS INTO MODERN MILITARY ISSUES Multi-agent simulations are finding application in an increasing number of areas over a wide spectrum of disciplines. In recent years, the...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Cathy Wong, Glen Geiger, ...
Two simulation models have been built to quantify the advantages of an electronic medication ordering, dispensing and administration process compared with the current manual process at an acute care...
TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL PRACTICE OF SIMULATION (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Deborah A. Sadowski, Mark R. Grabau
Succeeding with a technology as powerful as simulation involves much more than the technical aspects you may have been trained in. The parts of a simulation study that are outside the realm of...
VISUALIZATION METHODS FOR TIME-DEPENDENT DATA- AN OVERVIEW (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Wolfgang Müller, Heidrun Schumann
Visualization has been successfully applied to analyse time-dependent data for a long time now. Lately, a number of new approaches have been introduced, promising more effective graphs especially for...
PIGGY-BACKED TIME-STEPPED SIMULATION WITH ‘SUPER-STEPPING’ (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, S. C. Tay
We propose an optimization technique for reducing global synchronizations in traditional time-stepped simulations. Time-stepped simulations are known to be efficient when events are frequent or...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Jinghua Xu, Kathleen L. Hancock
DYNAMIC FREIGHT TRAFFIC SIMULATION PROVIDING REAL-TIME INFORMATION The paper describes a prototype Dynamic Freight Traffic Simulation model called DyFTS, constructed for studying the effects of...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
Simulation projects provide a useful way to tie together the expected learning outcomes in a simulation class. Designing a good project is a challenging task and simulation instructors are always on...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
BUFFER ALLOCATION MODEL BASED ON A SINGLE SIMULATION Allocating buffers in manufacturing systems is one of easiest ways to improve the throughput of the system, as changes can be implemented quickly...
DISTRIBUTED SUPPLY CHAIN SIMULATION USING A GENERIC JOB RUNNING FRAMEWORK (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
For supply chain performance simulation that involves aggregating results from multiple runs of the same underlying model, simulation iterations can be distributed to networked computing resources to...
A SIMULATION-BASED CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP PRICING APPROACH UNDER JUMP-DIFFUSION ABSTRACT (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Tarja Joro
Diffusion-based Credit Default Swap (CDS) pricing models produce zero spreads for very short-term contracts, which contradict empirical data. We introduce a simulation-based CDS pricing approach that...
SIMULATION-BASED ASSESSMENT OF BATCHING HEURISTICS IN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
In this paper, we investigate the performance of different dispatching and scheduling heuristics for batching tools in a semiconductor wafer fabrication facility (wafer fab) by means of discrete...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Heng Cao, Haifeng Xi
We have used Reinforcement Learning together with Monte Carlo simulation to solve a multi-period production planning problem in a two-stage hybrid manufacturing process (a combination of...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
A CONSTRUCTION PROCESS SIMULATION WEB SERVICE This paper explores the potential of construction process simulation as a web service. This web service, or web based application, exploits the high...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
This paper describes how to achieve a desired speedup by careful selection of appropriate algorithms for parallelization. Our target simulation is the Total Airport and Airspace Model (TAAM), a...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, James K. Hazy, Brian F. Tivnan
to represent organizations as a network of agents, tasks, resources and knowledge (Krackhardt and Carley 1998) to explore the emergent effects of agent interactions on organizational outcomes. To do...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
In this paper, we present the formal transformation of Timed Input/Output Automata into simulation models, expressed in the DEVS formalism. This transformation takes place in an approach of a...
ABSTRACT SIMULATING QUANTUM COMPUTING: QUANTUM EXPRESS (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Kareem S. Aggour, Renee Guhde, ...
Quantum Computing (QC) research has gained a lot of momentum recently due to several theoretical analyses that indicate that QC is significantly more efficient at solving certain classes of problems...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
The paper presents a simulation-optimization approach using genetic algorithm to the supplier selection problem. The problem consists in selecting a portfolio of suppliers from a set of pre-selected...
S. Chick, P. J. Sdnchez, D. Ferrin, D J. Morrice, Heng Cao, Haifeng Xi
We have used Reinforcement Learning together with Monte Carlo simnlation to solve a multi-period production planning problem in a westage hybrid manufacturing process (a combination of build-to-plan...
MODELING AND SIMULATION OF TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS FOR CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
In this paper we describe methodologies for telecommunication networks modeling and simulation that are targeted to be useful as tools in on-line and off-line decision making of the type encountered...
LOOK-AHEAD STRATEGIES FOR CONTROLLING BATCH OPERATIONS IN INDUSTRY – AN OVERVIEW (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
Batching jobs in a manufacturing system is a very common policy in most industries. Main reasons for batching are avoidance of set ups and/or facilitation of material handling. Examples of batch-wise...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
A NEUTRAL INFORMATION MODEL FOR SIMULATING MACHINE SHOP OPERATIONS Small machine shops typically do not have the resources to develop custom simulations of their operations or data translators to...
PROPAGATION OF UNCERTAINTY IN A SIMULATION-BASED MARITIME RISK (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Varun Dinesh
Recent studies in the assessment of risk in maritime transportation systems have used simulation-based probabilistic techniques. Amongst them are the San Francisco Bay (SFB) Ferry exposure assessment...
ABSTRACT EVALUATION OF ARMY CORPS FOOD SUPPLY SYSTEM USING SIMULATION (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Ozan Pembe
The Food Supply System is one of the main elements of the Army Logistics System. The ultimate objective in a food supply system is to provide the food at the right time and in the right amount at the...
A FRAMEWORK FOR MODELING AND SIMULATION FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Sanjay Jain
A number of modeling and simulation tools have been developed and more are being developed for emergency response applications. The available simulation tools are meant mostly for standalone use....
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
SIMULATIONS ON.NET USING HIGHPOINT’S HIGHMAST ™ SIMULATION TOOLKIT This paper describes the philosophy, architectures and key features of a new.Net-based simulation object model and toolkit...
NIST XML SIMULATION INTERFACE SPECIFICATION AT BOEING: A CASE STUDY (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Roberto F. Lu
Efficient and consistent simulation data management is indispensable and a challenging problem to be solved in modeling manufacturing and business processes. An extensible markup language (XML) based...
MODELS FOR CONTINOUS AND HYBRID SYSTEM SIMULATION (2008)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Mariana C. D’abreu
The DEVS formalism was defined as a method for modeling and discrete event systems. DEVS theory evolved and it was recently upgraded in order to permit modeling of continuous and hybrid systems....
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Patrick F. Riley
Simulations are used extensively for studying artificial intelligence. However, the simulation technology in use by and designed for the artificial intelligence community often fails to take...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
This paper explains how DiffServ has been implemented in an IP network simulator using an asynchronous conservative parallel discrete event simulation (PDES) kernel. DiffServ provides Quality of...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Jack Corley
Emerging simulation, modeling and 3D visualization technologies (3D-SMV) could be used to dramatically improve how we prepare for, respond to and recover from disaster across federal, state, and...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Paul A. Fishwick, ...
Accomplishments and current issues in various aspects of simulation will be presented. We first discuss that simulation as a problem solving method has and continues to be used in a wide variety of...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
In steady-state simulation the output data of the transient phase often causes a bias in the estimation of the steadystate results. A common advice is to cut off this transient phase. Finding an...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Lawrence I. Goldman, ...
In an increasingly competitive market, businesses are turning to new practices like Six Sigma, a structured methodology for accelerated process improvement, to help reduce costs and increase...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Júlíus Atlason, ...
We study the problem of approximating a subgradient of a convex (or concave) discrete function that is evaluated via simulation. This problem arises, for instance, in optimization problems such as...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Hans Vangheluwe
We present ComputerAutomated Multi-Paradigm Modelling (CAMPaM) (Mosterman and Vangheluwe 2002) for ModelDriven Development based on Meta-Modelling and Graph Transformation. The syntax of a class of...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
In this paper we discuss verification and validation of simulation models. Four different approaches to deciding model validity are described; two different paradigms that relate verification and...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Subhashini Ganapathy, ...
Supply chain logistics planning is a complex process in both military and civilian operations. Poor planning may lead to system instability that might seriously influence the ability of the supply...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
A significant shortcoming of traditional simulation languages is the lack of attention paid to the modeling of control structures, i.e., the humans or systems responsible for manufacturing planning...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
The paper describes an approach for modeling complex systems by hiding as much formal details as possible from the user, still allowing verification and simulation of the model. The interface is...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
As businesses and industries become steadily more global in their operational scope, and more intensely competitive, achievement of a lean, efficient, reliable supply chain increases in both...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Eleazer Martin, ...
The Medical Division consists of 13 departments of which the Geriatric Department is one. The Geriatric Department consists of three wards (Wards A, B and C) which are open throughout the year and...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
Small machine shops typically do not have the resources to develop custom simulations of their operations or data translators to import their data from other manufacturing software applications. This...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Thomas J. Schriber
This paper provides simulation practitioners and consumers with a grounding in how discrete-event simulation software works. Topics include discrete-event systems; entities, resources, control...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
The performance of a manufacturing or logistic system is determined by its constraints. Therefore, in order to improve the performance, it is necessary to improve the constraints, also known as the...
Simulating Aircraft Delay, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Justin Boesel
It is difficult to model these dynamics in a standard queue-resource simulation framework. In a standard queue-resource model, there is no concept of limited delay absorption capacity. For instance,...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Emily K. Lada, ...
We develop an automated wavelet-based spectral method for constructing an approximate confidence interval on the steady-state mean of a simulation output process. This procedure, called WASSP,...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Chin Soon Chong
A simulation-based real-time scheduling mechanism for dynamic discrete manufacturing is presented in this paper. Modified mean flow time performance for different scheduling approaches is compared...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
A Military-based distributed interactive simulation (DIS) such as ModSAF has been used for many years. Several problems of the DIS-based simulation to support a large and heterogeneous virtual...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Martin J. Miller, ...
A large hospital in the southeast United States utilized simulation to aid project leaders in advancing to the next level of sophistication with Six Sigma. The project produced an ongoing, workable...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Anne M. Murray
The implementation of Automated Material Handling Systems (AMHS) in 300mm semiconductor facilities provides the opportunity to realize significant benefits in fabricator productivity and performance....
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, ...
Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) simulation packages are widely used in industry. Several international groups are currently investigating techniques to integrate distributed simulation facilities in...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
The Aviation and Transportation Security Act passed by Congress in November, 2001 required the nation's airports to perform 100% checked baggage screening by December 31, 2002. To determine the...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
Simulation is a relatively new tool for business process analysis in the Biotech industry. This paper discusses an application of discrete event simulation in analyzing the capacity needs of a shared...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
We discuss methods for statistically analyzing the output from stochastic discrete-event or Monte Carlo simulations. Both terminating and steady-state simulations are considered. 1
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
is the problem that finds a feasible schedule for carriers with the minimum total cost when sets of facilities, delivery orders, and carriers are given. In this paper, we propose a fast steepest...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
This paper describes how multitasking and merge bias may impact the procurement time of complex equipment, such as power distribution equipment used in capital projects. The time required to procure...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
In this paper, we discuss the design, development and testing of a prototype object-oriented framework for performing supply chain simulations. We define the primary objects required for supply chain...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Paul D. Faas, ...
The current Air Force aircraft logistics system is reactive in nature, meaning that once a fault is detected, maintenance personnel must perform fault isolation procedures and then take steps to...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Leonardo Chwif, ...
This paper discusses the use of simulation games as a complementary activity. It starts by reviewing learning styles models on section 2, to illustrate the need for "teaching around the...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Ricky Butler, ...
New air traffic management concepts distribute the responsibility for traffic separation among the several actors of the aerospace system. As a consequence, these concepts move the safety risk from...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Bradley P. Morrison, ...
Although discrete event simulation has made significant progress in the health care field, it has been tested primarily in hospitals and specialty clinics. Our mission was to assess the effectiveness...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
When designing a network simulation environment intended specifically for modeling large--scale topologies, a number of issues must be addressed by the simulator designer. Memory requirements for...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Lev Virine, ...
The analysis of the business model usually involves a number of calculations, analysis of alternatives and special conditions, concurrent processes based on multidimensional data. The visualization...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Richard M. Fujimoto
A second, increasingly important motivation for distributed simulation concerns the desire to integrate several different simulators into a single simulation environment. One example where this...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Demet Wood, ...
In Section 3 we talk about our solution. In sections 4, 5 and 6 we talk about specific types of human errors in detail. In Section 7 we discuss our conclusions and recommendations. This paper focuses...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Raja Sunkara
This article describes a methodology to model complex operation and process driven practices using a discrete event simulator. This level of detail in the model is critical for the analyses and...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Daniel Fu, ...
The behavior of automated forces in military training simulations is frequently hard-coded by a software developer after conferring with subject matter experts. These experts do not directly...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Jeremy Staum
We investigate the possibility of efficiency gains from schemes that reduce the expected cost of a simulated path, which allows more paths given a fixed computational budget. Many such schemes impart...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Pavel Slavik, ...
The main characteristics of technological processes is their dynamic behavior. As the data from most general applications can be visualized by means of static images the appropriate methods for...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Boon Ping Gan, ...
The HLA Runtime Infrastructure can support a conservative simulation protocol for its time management service. However, the performance of conservative simulation protocols is very much dependent on...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
A Circadian Alertness Simulator (CAS) is presented as an interactive tool for assessing sleep behavior and fatigue risk in 24/7 operations. The simulation model uses as input sleep-wake data and...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, David Krahl
Components with a complete user interface can be created by model builders with drag-and-drop ease. These components can then be saved in a library and used in any future modeling projects.
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Vei-chung Liang, ...
Controller Switch Ports = locations of intended interactions wipers windshield We study the concept of ports and we define an ontology for representing them. Ports define the locations of interaction...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, W. David Kelton, ...
How many runs should you make? . How should you interpret and analyze the output? This tutorial introduces some of the ideas, issues, challenges, solutions, and opportunities in deciding how to...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
Implementing a highly flexible manufacturing approach, like mass customization manufacturing, demands an integrated design and simulation system. This system must be able to cope with difficult...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
At its core, TLoaDS is a supply chain throughput model. It simulates how distribution resources like pallets, forklifts and trucks work together to move supply commodities from supply points forward...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Eberhard Bluemel, ...
Shortening of time interval for applying modifications: Often, products are constantly improved and modified. Thus, the equipment found in the training center becomes quickly outdated. This paper...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Aparna Gupta, ...
The technological advances in recent years are allowing Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to provide Quality of Service (QoS) assurance for traffic through their domains. This article develops a spot...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
The growing complexity and the safety-critical requirements of the embedded software in avionics systems present many challenges to current test-based verification technology. The use of formal...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Heng Cao, ...
In this paper, we describe a simulation-based inventory management tool developed for the IBM Enterprise Server Group. Through the Web interface of the tool, an inventory manager is able to visualize...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Luiz Felipe Perrone
This paper calls attention to important practices in the modeling and the simulation of wireless ad hoc networks. We present three case studies to highlight the importance of following...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
Business Process (BP) literature promotes the value of business processes as essential gearwheels that help organizations to reach their goals. Similarly, many process design approaches claim that...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Vijay Mehrotra
Using stochastic models to plan call center operations, schedule call center staff efficiently, and analyze projected performance is not a new phenomenon, dating back to Erlang 's work in the...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, John F. Shortle, ...
system. Detailed simulation models of the NAS are generally quite slow, so it can be difficult to obtain statistically valid samples from such models. This paper presents two methods for reducing the...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
Within the modeling and simulation community issues of fidelity and validity are often considered the fundamental metrics used to gauge the quality and utility of a model or simulation. The extent to...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
We study algorithms for sampling discrete-time paths of a gamma process and a variance gamma process, defined as a Brownian process with random time change obeying a gamma process. The attractive...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Ingolf Ståhl (moderator, ...
In order to get more people to use and understand simulation, improved teaching of simulation to beginners is important. The panel members share their experience in teaching the classic systems of...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Paul Fishwick, ...
We present a system called RUBE, which allows a modeler to customize model components and model structure in 2D and 3D. RUBE employs open source tools to assist in model authoring, allowing the user...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Time Warp
The optimistic synchronization paradigm, Time Warp, allows logical processes to advance aggressively. In the circumstances where the violation of the local causality constraint (LCC) is prone to...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, William B. Nordgren
The two major challenges to gaining knowledge about dynamic-flow systems are complexity and uncertainty. With an increasing number of components in a system, it becomes more and more difficult to...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
Physical system modeling benefits from the use of implicit equations because it is often an intuitive way to describe physical constraints and behaviors. To achieve efficient models, model...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Kenneth M. Hopkinson, Xiaoru Wang, ...
This paper reports on the development of EPOCHS, the Electric Power and Communication Synchronizing Simulator, a distributed simulation environment. Existing electric power simulation tools do a good...
ABSTRACT MODELING AMBULANCE SERVICE OF THE AUSTRIAN RED CROSS (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Othmar Koch
We discuss a simulation model used in the analysis of the transport logistics of the Austrian Red Cross rescue organization. The emphasis is on the details of modeling the scheduling of ambulance...
DESIGN ENVIRONMENTS FOR COMPLEX SYSTEMS (2007)
Corrado Priami, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
DESIGN ENVIRONMENTS FOR COMPLEX SYSTEMS The paper describes an approach for modeling complex systems by hiding as much formal details as possible from the user, still allowing verification and...
LOOSELY-COORDINATED, DISTRIBUTED, PACKET-LEVEL SIMULATION (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
The complexity and dynamics of the Internet is driving the demand for scalable and efficient network simulation. In this paper, we describe a novel approach that partitions the networks into domains...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
QUASI-MONTE CARLO METHODS FOR SIMULATION Quasi-Monte Carlo (QMC) methods are numerical techniques for estimating large-dimensional integrals, usually over the unit hypercube. They can be applied, at...
ABSTRACT MODELLING AND SIMULATION OF A TELEPHONE CALL CENTER (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
We consider a system with two types of traffic and two types of agents. Outbound calls are served only by blend agents, whereas inbound calls can be served by either inbound-only or blend agents. Our...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
We present a system called RUBE, which allows a modeler to customize model components and model structure in 2D and 3D. RUBE employs open source tools to assist in model authoring, allowing the user...
Importance Sampling For, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
Simulation is widely used to estimate losses due to default and other credit events in financial portfolios. The challenge in doing this e#ciently results from (i) rareevent aspects of large losses...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)
Chick Anchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
This paper describes staged simulation, a technique for improving the run time performance and scale of discrete event simulators. Typical wireless network simulations are limited in speed and scale...
MODELING SHIP ARRIVALS IN PORTS (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Eelco Van Asperen, Rommert Dekker, ...
ABSTRACT The model used in this report focuses on the analysis Ports provide jetty facilities for ships to load and unload their cargo. Since ship delays are costly, terminal operators attempt to...
AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURING SUPPLY CHAIN SIMULATION IN THE GRIDS ENVIRONMENT ABSTRACT (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Gary Tan, Na Zhao
A Supply Chain is the series of activities that an organization uses to deliver value to its customers. In today’s competitive environment, the globalization of markets has rapidly substituted the...
ABSTRACT EFFICIENT ANALYSIS OF RARE EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH INDIVIDUAL BUFFERS (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, In A Tandem, Jackson Network
Over the last decade, importance sampling has been a popular technique for the efficient estimation of rare event probabilities. This paper presents an approach for applying balanced likelihood ratio...
ABSTRACT AGENT-BASED MODELING AND SIMULATION IN CONSTRUCTION (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Anil Sawhney, Howard Bashford, ...
Agent-based Modeling and Simulation (ABMS) is a relatively new development that has found extensive use in areas such as social sciences, economics, biology, ecology etc. Can ABMS be effectively used...
HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS ISSUES IN SIMULATED UNINHABITED COMBAT AERIAL VEHICLES (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Sasanka V. Prabhala, Jennie J. Gallimore, ...
ABSTRACT Compared to manned aircraft, UCAVs are cost effec-The advancement in technology has brought a new revolution in the military domain. The success of the two unmanned reconnaissance prototypes...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
A KERNEL APPROACH TO ESTIMATING THE DENSITY OF A CONDITIONAL EXPECTATION Given uncertainty in the input model and parameters of a simulation study, the goal of the simulation study often becomes the...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Daniel T. Brunner, Ricki G. Ingalls, ...
The Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) is traditionally known as the most important annual conference serving the discrete event simulation community. The purpose of this panel session is to generate...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
This paper presents an overview of techniques for improving the efficiency of option pricing simulations, including quasi-Monte Carlo methods, variance reduction, and methods for dealing with...
DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERNET BACKBONE TOPOLOGY FOR LARGE-SCALE NETWORK SIMULATIONS (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
A number of network simulators are now capable of simulating systems with millions of devices, at the IP packet level. With this ability comes a need for realistic network descriptions of...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
CONTROL VARIATES TECHNIQUES FOR MONTE CARLO SIMULATION In this paper we present an overview of classical results about the variance reduction technique of control variates. We emphasize aspects of...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morris
Simulation models and business application software as they are used for decision support in enterprise management are both representations of an enterprise’s actual operations. This paper...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Tim Baines, Linda Hadfield, ...
Discrete Event Simulation of manufacturing systems has become widely accepted as an important tool to aid the design of such systems. Often, however, it is applied by practitioners in a manner which...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
Screening experiments are performed to eliminate unimportant factors so that the remaining important factors can be more thoroughly studied in later experiments. Sequential bifurcation (SB) is a...
INTRODUCTION TO MODELING AND SIMULATION (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, John S. Carson
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
This paper provides an introduction to the technique of simulation-based production planning and scheduling, a fast growing and popular area in the simulation industry. SIMUL8 and Visual8...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Jerry Banks, ...
In order to get more people to use simulation, improved teaching of simulation is important. In this context, textbooks and, more generally, teachware play a critical role. The panel looks at some of...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
DUALITY THEORY AND SIMULATION IN FINANCIAL ENGINEERING This paper presents a brief introduction to the use of duality theory and simulation in financial engineering. It focuses on American option...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
This paper introduces a new technique for estimating cycle time quantiles from discrete event simulation models run at a single traffic intensity. The Cornish-Fisher expansion is used as a vehicle...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Thomas Nocke, Heidrun Schumann
Information visualization exploits the phenomenal abilities of human perception to identify structures by presenting abstract data visually, allowing an intuitive exploration of data to get insight,...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
AN ALGORITHM FOR FULLY-REVERSIBLE OPTIMISTIC PARALLEL SIMULATION Typically, large-scale optimistic parallel simulations will spend 90 % or more of the total execution time forward processing events...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Eleazer Martin
Large corporations can achieve significant cost savings by developing and employing a sophisticated and continuously updated, billing and credit policy. Days of sale outstanding (DSO) is a major cost...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
Simulation modeling and analysis requires an investment in human resources and software. And the rewards from using simulation are significant. Many companies fine tune their operations and reduce...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Bert Van Beek, Niek G. Jansen, ...
A hybrid automaton is one of the most popular formal models for hybrid system specification. The Chi language is a hybrid formalism for modeling, simulation and verification. It consists of a number...
Power and Communication Synchronizing Simulator (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Kenneth M. Hopkinson, Kenneth P. Birman
This paper reports on the development of the Electric
ABSTRACT DEVELOPING EFFICIENT SIMULATION METHODOLOGY FOR COMPLEX QUEUEING NETWORKS (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Ying-chao Hung
Simulation can provide insight to the behavior of a complex queueing system by identifying the response surface of several performance measures such as delays and backlogs. However, simulations of...
SIMULATION OF THE RESIDENTIAL LUMBER SUPPLY CHAIN (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Kenneth D. Walsh
This paper describes the lumber supply chain for a case study of a large homebuilder, extending through multiple tiers from the homebuyer to the lumber company. The builder required its framing...
ABSTRACT ONLINE SIMULATION OF PEDESTRIAN FLOW IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, André Hanisch, Juri Tolujew, ...
Online simulation of pedestrian flow in public buildings is a new tool which can be especially useful for improving the aspects of safety and short-term planning in the phase of organizing and...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
standardized disaster environment consisting of three scenarios
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Charles Mclean, Swee Leong, ...
How could the manufacturing modeling and simulation process be improved? Today simulation analysts typically code their models from scratch and build custom data translators to import required data....
SIMULATION BASED SCHEDULING USING A TWO-PASS APPROACH (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Chin Soon Chong
Bottleneck-based scheduling is a popular approach in production scheduling, and it has achieved promising results in industry. To incorporate this approach in discrete event simulation tools is...
Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Felipe F. Baesler, Hector E. Jahnsen
This work presents the results obtained after using a simulation model for estimating the maximum possible demand increment in an emergency room of a private hospital in Chile. To achieve this...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
IMPORTANCE SAMPLING FOR A MIXED POISSON MODEL OF PORTFOLIO CREDIT RISK Simulation is widely used to estimate losses due to default and other credit events in financial portfolios. The challenge in...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Kazuo Miyashita
We develop a constant time interval production planning and control methodology, called CONSTIN, and its associated simulation system for a large-scale and unstable semiconductor manufacturing...
ABSTRACT ROSS.NET: OPTIMISTIC PARALLEL SIMULATION FRAMEWORK FOR LARGE-SCALE INTERNET MODELS (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, David Bauer, Garrett Yaun, ...
ROSS.Net brings together the four major areas of networking research: network modeling, simulation, measurement and protocol design. ROSS.Net is a tool for computing large scale design of experiments...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
Certifying that a large-scale complex modeling and simulation (M&S) application can be used for a set of specific purposes is an onerous task, which involves complex evaluation processes...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
MODELLING AND SIMULATION OF A TELEPHONE CALL CENTER We consider a system with two types of traffic and two types of agents. Outbound calls are served only by blend agents, whereas inbound calls can...
GENERIC CASE STUDIES FOR MANUFACTURING SIMULATION APPLICATIONS (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Charles Mclean, Guodong Shao
ABSTRACT Perhaps the most significant discriminating factor to Manufacturing managers typically commission simulation case studies to support their decision-making processes. These studies are used...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
SOME ISSUES IN MULTIVARIATE STOCHASTIC ROOT FINDING The stochastic root finding problem (SRFP) involves finding points in a region where a function attains a prespecified target value, using only a...
SIMULATION OF FREEWAY MERGING AND DIVERGING BEHAVIOR (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Daiheng Ni
Simplified theory of kinematic waves was proposed by Newell and uses cumulative arrival and departure counts to describe kinematic waves of freeway traffic. The original paper deals only with traffic...
ABSTRACT INFERENCES FROM INDIFFERENCE-ZONE SELECTION PROCEDURES (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, E. Jack Chen
Two-stage indifference-zone selection procedures have been widely studied and applied. It is known that most indifference-zone selection procedures also guarantee multiple comparisons with the best...
FAST SIMULATION MODEL FOR GRID SCHEDULING USING HYPERSIM (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Sugree Phatanapherom, Putchong Uthayopas, ...
ABSTRACT Therefore, a simulator is the most important tool for the To develop grid scheduling algorithms, a high performance simulator is necessary since grid is an uncontrollable and unrepeatable...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Lance Champagne, R. Greg Carl
SEARCH THEORY, AGENT-BASED SIMULATION, AND U-BOATS IN THE BAY OF BISCAY To date, most search theory study has focused either on analytical models of specific situations requiring rigid assumptions,...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Holger Vogt
ABSTRACT Analytical simulation is thus limited to special cases with high abstraction. Discrete-event simulation (Fishman Semiconductor fabrication factories are large enterprises 2001) is the method...
ISSUES USING COTS SIMULATION SOFTWARE PACKAGES FOR THE INTEROPERATION OF MODELS (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
This paper intends to examine the interoperation of simulation models from the viewpoint of a simulation engineer who uses standard tools and methods to create these models. The paper will look at...
SYNCSIM: A SYNCHRONOUS SIMPLE OPTIMISTIC SIMULATION TECHNIQUE (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
We developed and implemented two highly optimized optimistic discrete event simulation techniques based on an efficient and scalable Parallel Heap data structure as a global event queue. The primary...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
This paper describes an iterative technique between optimization and simulation models used to determine solutions to optimization problems and ensure that the solutions are feasible for real world...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
Quasi-Monte Carlo (QMC) methods are numerical techniques for estimating large-dimensional integrals, usually over the unit hypercube. They can be applied, at least in principle, to any simulation...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
The globalization of markets and world-wide competition forces manufacturing enterprises to enter into alliances leading to the creation of distributed manufacturing enterprises. Before forming a...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Jamie R. Wieland, Raghu Pasupathy, ...
QUEUEING-NETWORK STABILITY: SIMULATION-BASED CHECKING Queueing networks are either stable or unstable, with stable networks having finite performance measures and unstable networks having...
ABSTRACT REASONING ABOUT ACTIONS AND EVENTS IN SITUATIONAL SIMULATIONS (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Amlan Mukherjee
In this paper we have applied an interval representation of time to represent and reason about activities, events, actions and situations relevant to the construction domain. The first part of the...
DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A FLEXIBLE, OPEN ARCHITECTURE, TRANSPORTATION SIMULATION (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Michael Hunter
Simulation has been utilized in the planning and development of almost all sectors of the transportation field. The practicing transportation community primarily relies on simulation packages, as...
RESEARCH PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR MODELING AND SIMULATION OF MILITARY OPERATIONS IN URBAN TERRAIN (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
ABSTRACT A FACT is expected to be a body of expertise in a The transformation of the US Army to the Objective Force will rely heavily upon the use of modeling and simulation (M&S) for analysis,...
ABSTRACT INCREASING RETURN ON INVESTMENT FROM SIMULATION (PANEL) (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Randall Gibson, Andrew Sudar, ...
Growth in the use of simulation technology has been less than expected. Today there are still many applications that could benefit from simulation, but that do not use it. As companies decide whether...
THE USE OF SIMULATION TO REDUCE THE LENGTH OF STAY IN AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Simon Samaha, Darrell W. Starks, ...
This paper presents a simulation model of the operations in the Emergency Department (ED) at The Cooper Health System. Due to the large amount of variability that can take place within an ED, Cooper...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
We develop an observation that a simulation method introduced recently for heavy-tailed stochastic simulation, namely hazard-rate twisting, is equivalent to doing exponential twisting on a...
LOOSELY-COORDINATED, DISTRIBUTED, PACKET-LEVEL SIMULATION (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
The complexity and dynamics of the Internet is driving the demand for scalable and efficient network simulation. In this paper, we describe a novel approach that partitions the networks into domains...
ABSTRACT ROUTING HEURISTICS FOR MULTI-SKILL CALL CENTERS (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Ger Koole, Auke Pot, ...
We give an approximation method for analyzing the performance of call centers with skill-based routing, for both blocking and delay systems. We use this method to determine optimal skill sets for...
SIMULATION MODELING FOR QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY IN STEEL CORD MANUFACTURING (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Can Hulusi Türkseven
We describe the application of simulation modeling to estimate and improve quality and productivity performance of a steel cord manufacturing system. We describe the typical steel cord manufacturing...
ABSTRACT MODELING AMBULANCE SERVICE OF THE AUSTRIAN RED CROSS (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Othmar Koch
We discuss a simulation model used in the analysis of the transport logistics of the Austrian Red Cross rescue organization. The emphasis is on the details of modeling the scheduling of ambulance...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
“Spreadsheet simulation ” refers to the use of a spreadsheet as a platform for representing simulation models and performing the simulation experiment. This tutorial explains the reasons for...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
Selection procedures help identify the best of a finite set of simulated alternatives. The indifference-zone approach focuses on the probability of correct selection, but the expected opportunity...
SEMICONDUCTOR SUPPLY NETWORK SIMULATION (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Gary W. Godding, W. Ch, ...
More efficient and effective control of supply networks is conservatively worth billions of dollars to the national and world economy. Developing improved control requires simulation of physical...
MODELING AND SIMULATION IN HIGH SCHOOL (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Henry Herper, Ingolf Ståhl
Discrete simulation is a suitable application area for several disciplines in high schools. One such discipline is Computer Science. Other disciplines are e.g. mathematics and business. The main...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION FOR REAL OPTIONS VALUATION Real options valuation (ROV) considers the managerial flexibility to make ongoing decisions regarding implementation of investment projects and...
ABSTRACT MAKING OPTIMAL DESIGN DECISIONS FOR NEXT GENERATION DISPENSING TOOLS (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Brian P. Prescott
The competitive environment faced by semiconductor equipment suppliers leaves no room for error when designing next generation tools. In addition, time to market, footprint, and equipment...
EXPERIENCING NATURAL PHENOMENA WITH VIRTUAL, CONSTRUCTED AND MATHEMATICAL MODELS (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
In this paper we discuss how different kinds of models can be combined in an educational setting to enable students to experience natural phenomena, here earthquakes. Different tools enable students...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
ABSTRACT Models are often developed from the scratch to solve a Developing simulation models for related problems in the same domain is generally a repetitive process. Such simulation models are...
SIMULATION OF LARGE-SCALE NETWORKS USING SSF (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, David M. Nicol, Jason Liu, ...
Some applications of simulation require that the model state be advanced in simulation time faster than the wall-clock time advances as the simulation executes. This faster than real-time requirement...
INPUT MODEL UNCERTAINTY: WHY DO WE CARE AND WHAT SHOULD WE DO ABOUT IT? (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
An input model is a collection of distributions together with any associated parameters that are used as primitive inputs in a simulation model. Input model uncertainty arises when one is not...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
A SIMULATION TEST BED FOR PRODUCTON AND SUPPLY CHAIN MODELING Production systems and supply chains are difficult to model at the level of detail required to understand factors affecting the behavior...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
COMPARISON WITH A STANDARD VIA FULLY SEQUENTIAL PROCEDURES We develop fully sequential procedures for comparison with a standard. The goal is to find systems whose expected performance measures are...
ABSTRACT MONTE CARLO SIMULATION FOR SCHEDULE RISKS (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Brenda Mccabe
Research was undertaken to assist practitioners in undertaking Monte Carlo simulation of project schedules. A probabilistic model was developed to translate project characteristics into schedule risk...
ABSTRACT JTLS-JCATS FEDERATION SUPPORT OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Francis A. Bowers
The Joint Warfighting Center (JWFC) supports Combatant Commander exercise programs with several simulation suites. Ten years ago simulated scenarios involved combat. Increasingly, however, scenarios...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Jerry Banks, Peter Lendermann
Seven panelists representing a wide area of simulation interest address the future of the simulation industry. The panelists raise a host of issues. But, they also offer solutions
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Rita Marques Brandão
In this work, we extend the use of time series models to the output analysis of non-stationary discrete event simulations. In particular, we investigate and experimentally evaluate the applicability...
ABSTRACT SIMULATION-BASED FINITE SCHEDULING AT ALBANY INTERNATIONAL (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Juha-matti Lehtonen
Simulation-based production scheduling approaches are emerging as alternatives to optimization and simpler approaches such as priority rules. This paper presents an application of a simulation-based...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
Building military simulations requires bridging the gap between the knowledge of commanders and computer representations of that knowledge. A significant part of this knowledge concerns military...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
In semiconductor manufacturing facilities, there is often the need to speed up certain product types. This is usually done by either assigning higher priorities or by reducing due dates. In this...
ABSTRACT AN IMPROVED COMPUTATIONAL ALGORITHM FOR ROUND-ROBIN SERVICE (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Jorge R. Ramos, Vernon Rego
We present an efficient algorithm for effecting round-robin service in discrete-event simulation systems. The approach generalizes and improves upon a previous approach in which a single arrival and...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Patrick F. Riley
Simulations are used extensively for studying artificial intelligence. However, the simulation technology in use by and designed for the artificial intelligence community often fails to take...
ABSTRACT FLUID APPROXIMATIONS FOR A PRIORITY CALL CENTER WITH TIME-VARYING ARRIVALS (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Ahmad D. Ridley
We model a call center as a preemptive-resume priority queue with time-varying arrival rates and two priority classes of customers. The low priority customers have a dynamic priority where they...
MODELING IN A SUCCESSFUL SIMULATION STUDY (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sanchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morris, Averill M. Law, Michael G. Mccomas
In this paper, we discuss the critical role of simulation input modeling in a successful simulation study. Two pitfalls in simulation input modeling are then presented and we explain how any analyst,...
ABSTRACT NIST XML SIMULATION INTERFACE SPECIFICATION AT BOEING: A CASE STUDY (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Roberto F. Lu
Efficient and consistent simulation data management is indispensable and a challenging problem to be solved in modeling manufacturing and business processes. An extensible markup language (XML) based...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, John B. Gilmer, Frederick J. Sullivan
THE USE OF RECURSIVE SIMULATION TO SUPPORT DECISIONMAKING Recursive simulation is the technique of having simulated decisionmakers themselves use simulation to inform decisionmaking. In past...
AN INDIFFERENCE-ZONE SELECTION PROCEDURE WITH MINIMUM SWITCHING AND SEQUENTIAL SAMPLING (2007)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
Statistical ranking and selection (R&S) is a collection of experiment design and analysis techniques for selecting the “population ” with the largest or smallest mean performance from among a...
A Game Engine Based Simulation of the NIST Urban Search & Rescue Arenas (2003)
J Wang, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
We are developing interactive simulations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Reference Test Facility for Autonomous Mobile Robots (Urban Search and Rescue). The NIST USAR...
Hla-Cspif Panel On Commercial Off-The-Shelf Distributed Simulation (2003)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Simulation Modelling, ...
Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) simulation packages are widely used in many areas of industry. Several research groups are attempting to integrate distributed simulation principles and techniques...
Application Of Cluster Tool Modeling To A 300 Mm Fab Simulation (2003)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, Edward A. MacNair, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Sameer T. Shikalgar, ...
mm semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities, like conventional semiconductor fabs, contain many different types of tools. In this paper we discuss a realistic way of representing cluster tools in a...
Nicholas A. Allen, Clifford A. Shaffer, Marc T. Vass, Naren Ramakrishnan, Layne T. Watson, S. Chick, ...
Biological pathway modelers attempt to describe cellular processes and regulatory networks with continuous and discrete models of the cell cycle. Previous practice has been to develop these models...
From Simulation To Verification (and Back) (2003)
Harald Rueß, Leonardo De Moura, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
Symbolic evaluation is the execution of software and software designs on inputs given as symbolic or explicit constants along with constraints on these inputs. Efficient symbolic evaluation is now...
Towards Simulation-Based Business Process Management (2003)
Jon H. Weyland, Michael Engiles, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
Simulation and optimization of business processes can provide a basis for Business Process Management.
Information Structure To Support Discrete Event Simulation In Manufacturing Systems (2003)
Björn Johansson, Joacim Johnsson, Anders Kinnander, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, ...
Discrete Event Simulation (DES) is ranked among the top three tools for management support. However, it lags in becoming the successful tool in the industry that many experts have predicted. In this...
Selecting The Best System: Theory And Methods (2003)
S. Chick, Barry Nelson, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Seong-hee Kim
This paper provides an advanced tutorial on the construction of ranking-and-selection procedures for selecting the best simulated system. We emphasize procedures that provide a guaranteed probability...
Benchmarking Of A Stochastic Production Planning Model In A Simulation Testbed (2003)
S. Chick, Eta L., P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, German Riano, ...
A major problem in production planning is to determine when to release products into production to meet forecasted requirements. Recently, Riao et al. (2002) proposed the Stochastic Production...
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Donna D. Mayo
System dynamics models have been used to address strategic questions in many hundreds of companies and government agencies around the world over the past 40 years, including a broad range of...
Real-Time Decision Making Using Simulation (2003)
Mukesh Dalal, Brett Groel, Armand Prieditis, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, ...
Based on a discrete-event simulation model, Simulationbased Real-time Decision-Making (SRDM) is an innovative approach to real-time, goal-directed decision-making. When applied to a flexible...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2003)
Chick Snchez Ferrin, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Susan M. Sanchez
In recent years, the U.S. Marine Corps has begun developing an infrastructure for applying agent-based models and simulation, computing power, and data analysis and visualization technologies to help...
Pairing Emergency Severity Index-5-Level . . . (2003)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, S. Mahapatra, C. P. Koelling, ...
Patient waiting times and service quality problems characterize emergency departments worldwide. The purpose of this research is to develop a reliable decision support system using the Emergency...
A Hybrid Approach to Manufacturing Enterprise Simulation (2003)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Luis Rabelo, Magdi Helal, ...
Operations research (OR) techniques are highly mathematical in nature and usually attempt to find the optimal decision based on the given performance measures and constraints. Some examples include...
To Batch Or Not To Batch (2003)
Christos Alexopoulos, David Goldsman, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
one is often faced with the choice of batching observations in one long run or replicating a number of smaller runs. Both methods are potentially useful in simulation output analysis. In its simplest...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (2003)
Kevin Walsh, Emin Gun Sirer, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
This paper describes staged simulation, a technique for improving the run time performance and scale of discrete event simulators. Typical wireless network simulations are limited in speed and scale...
Simulation-Based Retrospective Optimization Of Stochastic Systems: A Family Of Algorithms (2003)
S. Chick, Bruce Schmeiser, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Jihong Jin
We consider optimizing a stochastic system, given only a simulation model that is parameterized by continuous decision variables. The model is assumed to produce unbiased point estimates of the...
A Framework For Modeling And Simulation For Emergency Response (2003)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Sanjay Jain
A number of modeling and simulation tools have been developed and more are being developed for emergency response applications. The available simulation tools are meant mostly for standalone use....
Simulation For Testing Software Agents - An Exploration Based On James (2003)
Jan Himmelspach, Mathias Röhl, Adelinde M. Uhrmacher, S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, ...
Agents are software systems aimed at working in dynamic environments. Simulation systems can be used to provide virtual environments for testing agents. The software to be tested, the objective of...
A Simulation-ILP based Tool for Scheduling ER (2003)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Martha A. Centeno, Ronald Giachetti, ...
Healthcare facilities, especially hospitals, are under financial pressure to control cost. One element that affects cost significantly is staff. We have developed a tool that integrates a simulation...
Sixth census of the height of first-grade school students (1996)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Lawrence Leemis
Most discrete-event simulation models have stochastic elements that mimic the probabilistic nature of the system under consideration. A close match between the input model and the true underlying...
Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference (1940)
S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice
Business Process (BP) literature promotes the value of business processes as essential gearwheels that help organizations to reach their goals. Similarly, many process design approaches claim that...