K. Kang

Publication List Details

Period

1976 - 2009

Number

560

Co-Authors

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS VS. TIME WARP: AN ANALYTICAL COMPARISON (2009)

Ed. C. Alexopoulos, K. Kang, W. R. Lilegdon, D. Goldsman, Sudhir Srinivasan, Paul E Reynolds

in particular, the partitioning of a discrete event simulation Adaptive synchronization algorithms have been into components called logical processes (LP’s). Each LP proposed to improve upon...

ABSTRACT VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION OF OBJECT-ORIENTED ARTIFACTS THROUGHOUT THE SIMULATION MODEL DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE (2009)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, John T. Carr, Osman Balci

The purpose of this paper is to present a series of questions (or indicators) for assessing the verity and validity of the artifacts produced during the entire object-oriented simulation model...

Proceedings of the 1995 Winter Simulation Conference (2009)

Ed. C. Alexopoulos, K. Kang, W. R. Lilegdon, D. Gofdsman

This paper provides introduction to SLX (Henriksen 1993) for readers who are already familiar with simulation. Com-parisons with GPSS/H (Banks, Carson and Sy 1989; Henriksen and Crain 1989; Schriber...

Proceedings of the 1995 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)

Ed. C. Alexopoulos, K. Kang, W. R. Lilegdon, D. Goldsman, Richard E. Nance

SIMULATION PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES: AN ABRIDGED HISTORY Knowing history can be protective; we have all heard that those who do not are doomed to repeat it. Considering one well regarded expert’s...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

EFFECTIVE REAL-TIME SIMULATIONS OF EVENT-BASED SYSTEMS This paper presents a set of novel tools that allow the efficient simulation, at fixed time steps, of event-based dynamic systems. The so-called...

System-Size Independence of Directed Flow Measured at the BNL Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (2008)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

We measure directed flow (ν_1) for charged particles in Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at √S_(NN)=200 and 62.4 GeV, as a function of pseudorapidity (η), transverse momentum (p_t), and collision...

ABSTRACT SIMULATION RUN LENGTH PLANNING FOR STOCHASTIC LOSS MODELS (2008)

Ed. C. Alexopoulos, K. Kang, W. R. Lilegdon, D. Goldsman, Rayadurgam Srikant, Ward Whitt

We derive approximate formulas for the asymptotic variance of estimators of the steady-state blocking probability in a multi-server loss system. These for-mulas can be used to predict simulation run...

Proceedings of the 1995 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)

Ed. C. Alexopoulos, K. Kang, W. R. Lilegdon, D. Goldsman

This tutorial is an introduction to Simulation Graphs for simulation modeling. The Simulation Graph methodology is a paradigm that directly models the future event list underlying the Discrete Event...

ABSTRACT (2008)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Theodore Allen

We propose “low cost response surface methods ” (LCRSM) that typically require half the experimental runs of standard response surface methods based on central composite and Box Behnken designs...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Siniirlatiori Conference (2008)

J. A. Joines, U. U. Barton, K. Kang, I A. Fishwick

Simulations often operate on static datasets and data sources, but many simulations would benefit from access to dynamic data. This paper describes our work developing a software agent-based...

Exploratory Analysis and a Case History of Multiresolution, (2008)

Multiperspective Modeling, Paul K. Davis, James H. Bigelow, Jimmie Mcever, Simulation Conference, Jeffrey A. Joines, ...

The papers reprinted here originated in an effort to illustrate concretely how modeling and analysis could and should be used to help inform efforts by the Department of Defense to understand and...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

JAVABEANS-BASED FRAMEWORK FOR CONSTRUCTION SIMULATION The modeling and analysis of construction processes is gaining recognition in the construction industry. Recent developments such as Java-based...

Proceedings of the 1995 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)

Ed. C. Alexopoulos, K. Kang, W. R. Lilegdon, D. Goldsman

This presentation is a tutorial on Autoview, an AutoMod extension package that recreates model animation according to a user-defined script. AufoView allows users to restart animation and move back...

Beam-Energy and System-Size Dependence of Dynamical Net Charge Fluctuations (2008)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

We present measurements of net charge fluctuations in $Au + Au$ collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = $ 19.6, 62.4, 130, and 200 GeV, $Cu + Cu$ collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = $ 62.4, 200 GeV, and $p + p$...

Transverse momentum and centrality dependence of high-pt non-photonic electron suppression in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV (2008)

Abelev, B.I., Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., ...

The STAR collaboration at RHIC reports measurements of the inclusive yield of non-photonic electrons, which arise dominantly from semi-leptonic decays of heavy flavor mesons, over a broad range of...

Strange Particle Production in $p+p$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$= 200 GeV (2008)

Abelev, B.I., Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., ...

We present strange particle spectra and yields measured at mid-rapidity in sqrt text s=200 GeV proton-proton (p+p) collisions at RHIC. We find that the previously observed universal transverse mass...

Neutral Kaon Interferometry in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV (2008)

Abelev, B.I., Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., ...

We present the first statistically meaningful results from two-K0s interferometry in heavy-ion collisions. A model that takes the effect of the strong interaction into account has been used to fit...

Longitudinal double-spin asymmetry and cross section for inclusive jet production in polarized proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 200 GeV (2008)

Abelev, B.I., Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., ...

We report a measurement of the longitudinal double-spin asymmetry A_LL and the differential cross section for inclusive midrapidity jet production in polarized proton collisions at sqrt(s)=200 GeV....

Mass, quark-number, and sqrt sNN dependence of the second and fourth flow harmonics in ultra-relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions (2008)

Abelev, B.I., Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., ...

We present STAR measurements of the azimuthal anisotropy parameter v_2 for pions, kaons, protons, Lambda, bar Lambda, Xi+bar Xi, and \Omega + bar Omega, along with v_4 for pions, kaons, protons, and...

Global polarization measurement in Au+Au collisions (2008)

Abelev, B.I., Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., ...

The system created in non-central relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions possesses large orbital angular momentum. Due to spin-orbit coupling, particles produced in such a system could become...

Measurement of Transverse Single-Spin Asymmetries for Di-Jet Production in Proton-Proton Collisions at sqrt s = 200 GeV (2008)

Abelev, B.I., Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., ...

We report the first measurement of the opening angle distribution between pairs of jets produced in high-energy collisions of transversely polarized protons. The measurement probes (Sivers)...

ABSTRACT ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION POLICY EVALUATION (2008)

S. G. Henderson, B. Biller, J. Shortle, J. D. Tew, R. R. Barton, ...

This paper on the UNOS Liver Allocation Model (uLAM) describes the building of a simulation model that supports policy evaluation for a national medical problem. The modeling and simulation...

ABSTRACT A FRAMEWORK FOR RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY FOR SIMULATION OPTIMIZATION (2008)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, H. Gonda Neddermeijer

We develop a framework for automated optimization of stochastic simulation models using Response Surface Methodology. The framework is especially intended for simulation models where the calculation...

ADVANTAGES OF THE ACTIVITY SCANNING APPROACH IN THE MODELING OF COMPLEX CONSTRUCTION PROCESSES (2008)

C. Alexopoulos, K. Kang, W. R. Lilegdon, D. Goldsman, Julio C. Martinez, Photios G. Ioannou

Construction processes are very complex and include highly interdependent components subject to complex activity startup conditions. A simulation language based on activity cycle diagrams can express...

ABSTRACT ANALYZING TRANSFORMATION-BASED SIMULATION METAMODELS (2008)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Emily K. Lada, ...

We present a technique for analyzing a simulation metamodel that has been constructed using a variancestabilizing transformation. To compute a valid confidence interval for the expected value of the...

Kumiko Ito (2008)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Soemon Takakuwa, The Chubu Branch

The distribution warehouse is located between manufacturers and customers. Storage facilities are designed around four primary functions: holding, consolidation, break-bulk, and mixing. In addition,...

ABSTRACT VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION OF OBJECT-ORIENTED ARTIFACTS THROUGHOUT THE SIMULATION MODEL DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE (2008)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, John T. Carr

The purpose of this paper is to present a series of questions (or indicators) for assessing the verity and validity of the artifacts produced during the entire object-oriented simulation model...

Proceedings of the 1995 Winter Simulation Conference (2008)

Ed. C. Alexopoulos, K. Kang, W. R. Lilegdon, D. Goldsman

Adaptive approaches to synchronization in parallel discrete event simulations hold significant potential for performance improvement. We contend that an adaptive approach based on low cost...

STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS IN VERIFICATION, VALIDATION, (2008)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Robert G. Sargent, Averill M. Law

Six simulation professionals present their views on the directions that they believe that verification, validation, and accreditation research should take. Two of the six are active verification,...

UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF EQUIPMENT AND PROCESS CHANGES WITH A HETEROGENEOUS SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT (2008)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Jeffrey W. Herrmann

Simulation models are useful to predict and understand the impact of changes to a manufacturing system. Typical factory simulation models include the parts being manufactured in the factory and the...

ABSTRACT PLANNING FOR VERIFICATION, VALIDATION, AND ACCREDITATION OF MODELING AND SIMULATION APPLICATIONS (2008)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Osman Balci

A comprehensive and detailed verification, validation, and accreditation (VV&A) plan and its proper execution are crucially important for the successful accreditation of a modeling and simulation...

ABSTRACT WELL-DEFINED INTENDED USES: AN EXPLICIT REQUIREMENT FOR ACCREDITATION OF MODELING AND SIMULATION APPLICATIONS (2008)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Osman Balci

A modeling and simulation (M&S) application is built for a specific purpose and its acceptability assessment is carried out with respect to that purpose. The accreditation decision for an M&S...

Spin alignment measurements of the K*(0)(892) and phi(1020) vector mesons in heavy ion collisions at root S-NN=200 GeV (2008)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

We present the first spin alignment measurements for the K*(0)(892) and phi(1020) vector mesons produced at midrapidity with transverse momenta up to 5 GeV/c at root s(NN) = 200 GeV at RHIC. The...

Centrality dependence of charged hadron and strange hadron elliptic flow from root s(NN)=200 GeVAu+Au collisions (2008)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

We present STAR results on the elliptic flow upsilon(2) Of charged hadrons, strange and multistrange particles from,root s(NN) = 200 GeV Au+Au collisions at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider...

Enhanced strange baryon production in Au+Au collisions compared to p+p at root s(NN)=200 GeV (2008)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

We report on the observed differences in production rates of strange and multistrange baryons in Au+Au collisions at s(NN)=200 GeV compared to p+p interactions at the same energy. The strange baryon...

rho(0) photoproduction in ultraperipheral relativistic heavy ion collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV (2008)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

Photoproduction reactions occur when the electromagnetic field of a relativistic heavy ion interacts with another heavy ion. The STAR Collaboration presents a measurement of rho(0) and direct...

Longitudinal double-spin asymmetry for inclusive jet production in (p)over-right-arrow + (p)over-right-arrow collisions at root s=200 GeV (2008)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

We report a new STAR measurement of the longitudinal double-spin asymmetry A(LL) for inclusive jet production at midrapidity in polarized p+p collisions at a center-of-mass energy of root s = 200...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Boon Ping Gan, Li Liu, ...

The effective practice of supply chain management (SCM) is crucial to improve corporations ’ competitive advantage. Many corporations have built simulation models to facilitate the application of...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

SIMULATION IN A BOX (A GENERIC REUSABLE MAINTENANCE MODEL) Simulation models can be time-consuming to build and often multiple models are built to simulate similar systems that have small...

ABSTRACT NEUTRAL TEMPLATE LIBRARIES FOR EFFICIENT DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Within A Manufacturing, System Engineering Platform

The MISSION project develops an environment for integrated applications of simulation tools which can be offered by different vendors. The template library supports the generation of models from the...

PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF SIMULATING SYSTEMS HAVING ARRIVAL PROCESSES WITH LONG-RANGE DEPENDENCE (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

Analysis of network traffic indicates that packet arrival processes have significant stochastic dependence. It has been suggested that this dependence is so strong as to be wellmodeled by long-range...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

Various aspects of being a professional are discussed in this paper. These include personal qualities, lifetime professional development, professional responsibilities, job responsibilities, service,...

INTEGRATING COLD WEATHER IMPACTS ON HUMAN PERFORMANCE INTO ARMY M&S APPLICATIONS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

Exposure to cold weather has deleterious effects on the performance of soldiers. Gross and fine motor skills as well as cognitive ability are all diminished by exposure to low ambient temperatures....

AN UPDATE ON A SUCCESSFUL SIMULATION PROJECT: THE UNOS LIVER ALLOCATION MODEL (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

of the cadaveric liver allocation system in the United States. ULAM was created by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) in collaboration with Pritsker Corporation/Symix Systems, to permit...

ABSTRACT (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Paulo Garcia Martins

In this work we want to show the importance of visualization, interfaces and re-design techniques through 3D modeling, animations and VRML in the developing of the simulation games for education or...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

ALPHA/Sim is a general-purpose, discrete-event simulation tool. ALPHA/Sim allows a user to graphically build a simulation model, enter input data via integrated forms, execute the simulation model,...

ABSTRACT MODEL COMPOSABILITY AS A RESEARCH INVESTMENT: RESPONSES TO THE FEATURED PAPER (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Paul C. Davis, C. Michael Overstreet, ...

Responses to the featured paper are provided by four authors who represent different elements of the simulation research community: industry, private research laboratory, and university. As is...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

SIMPHONY – AN INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION SIMULATION This paper discusses Simphony as an integrated environment for building special purpose simulation tools for modeling construction...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

We describe a framework for analyzing simulation output in order to find solutions that will work well after implementation. We show how the use of a loss function that incorporates both system mean...

SIMULATION BASED COMPARISON OF SEMICONDUCTOR AMHS ALTERNATIVES: (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Continuous Flow, Vs. Overhead Monorail

Automation is an essential component in today’s semiconductor manufacturing As factories migrate to 300 mm technology, automated handling becomes increasingly important for variety of ergonomic,...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

FACILITATING LEVEL THREE CACHE STUDIES USING SET SAMPLING We discuss some of the difficulties present in trace collection and trace-driven cache simulation. We then describe our multiprocessor...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Sarayuth Poolsup, Salil Deshpande

CLUSTER TOOL SIMULATION ASSISTS THE SYSTEM DESIGN Designing semiconductor cluster tool systems is a complicated task due to the nature of automatic operations and various configurations of modules...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

A simulation model was developed and tested using Taylor II to justify the implementation of a Flexible Manufacturing Cell (FMC). The current production capacity at the existing Continuous Flow (CF)...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

AN ENTERPRISE MODELING AND ANALYSIS TOOLKIT A fully integrated modeling and analysis toolkit, which facilitates multi-perspective knowledge capturing, sharing and reusing, is necessary for today’s...

ABSTRACT LONG RANGE ARTILLERY SIMULATION USING COMPONENT BASED DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES AND THE HIGH LEVEL ARCHITECTURE (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Simon A. Colby

This paper describes the use and development of an artillery synthetic environment. This SE will be used to support system concept development and validation for long range and smart munitions. It...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

3D VISUALIZATION OF SIMULATED CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS Significant advances have been made in the field of construction process modeling. However, no convenient graphical support tools exist that can...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

TEACHING SYSTEM MODELING, SIMULATION AND VALIDATION Simulation is used in the design process of dynamic systems. The results of simulation are employed for validating a model, and they are helpful...

ABSTRACT A JAVA-BASED SIMULATION MANAGER FOR WEB-BASED SIMULATION (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Charles Marr, Christopher Storey, ...

This paper discusses a Web-based simulation manager program that executes an Application Service Provider (ASP) event for a customer who does not possess the inhouse capability to program complex...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

This paper presents an approach to the operational analysis of future space transportation systems. The approach combines knowledge from government and industry space operation and design experts,...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

SMART MODELING – BASIC METHODOLOGY AND ADVANCED TOOLS The paper discusses how a complex simulation project can be executed efficiently and effectively following simple basic methodology, and using...

ABSTRACT OPTIMAL PRODUCTION-DISTRIBUTION PLANNING IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Using A Hybrid, Simulation-analytic Approach

Production-distribution planning is the most important activity in supply chain management (SCM). To solve this planning problem, either analytic or simulation approaches have been used. However...

USING LATTICE RULES FOR VARIANCE REDUCTION IN SIMULATION (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Christiane Lemieux

Quasi-Monte Carlo methods are designed to improve upon the Monte Carlo method for multidimensional numerical integration by using a more regularly distributed point set than the i.i.d. sample...

ABSTRACT AUTOMATIC RANDOM VARIATE GENERATION FOR SIMULATION INPUT (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, W. Hörmann

We develop and evaluate algorithms for generating random variates for simulation input. One group called automatic, or black-box algorithms can be used to sample from distributions with known...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

ORGANIZATION AND SELECTION OF RECONFIGURABLE MODELS This paper introduces the concept of reconfigurable simulation models and describes how these models can be used to support simulation-based...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Yun Bae Kim, Deok Seon Roh

Simulating rare events in telecommunication networks such as estimation for cell loss probability in Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) networks requires a major simulation effort due to the slight...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

ANALYSIS OF SIMULATION FACTORIAL EXPERIMENTS BY EDF RESAMPLE STATISTICS The output from simulation factorial experiments can be complex and may not be amenable to standard methods of estimation like...

ABSTRACT “PLUG AND TEST ” – SOFTWARE AGENTS IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Adelinde M. Uhrmacher, Bernd G. Kullick

James- A Java Based agent modeling environment for simulation has been developed to support the compositional construction of test beds for multi-agent systems and their execution in distributed...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

I survey several mathematical techniques and results that are useful in the context of stochastic simulation. The concepts are introduced through the study of a simple model of ambulance operation to...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Paul E. Joustra, ...

This paper describes the development of a traffic-modeling tool as an Arena template and two applications of it: one to evaluate alternative designs for the road network on the premises of Amsterdam...

ABSTRACT PARTITIONING PARALLEL SIMULATION OF WIRELESS NETWORKS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Azzedine Boukerche, Alessandro Fabbri

In this paper, we present a simulation testbed for wireless and mobile telecommunication systems, a two-stage PCS parallel simulation testbed which makes use of a conservative scheme at Stage 1, and...

ABSTRACT RANKING AND SELECTION FOR STEADY-STATE SIMULATION (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, David Goldsman

We present and evaluate two ranking-and-selection procedures for use in steady-state simulation experiments when the goal is to find which among a finite number of alternative systems has the largest...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

SIMULATION EDUCATION: PAST REFLECTIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS The results of two surveys of persons concerned with simulation education in the 1974-76 timeframe are compared with the results of a 1997...

ABSTRACT EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN FOR SIMULATION (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, W. David Kelton

This tutorial introduces some of the ideas, issues, challenges, solutions, and opportunities in deciding how to experiment with a simulation model to learn about its behavior. Careful planning, or...

ABSTRACT DYNAMIC COMPONENT SUBSTITUTION IN WEB-BASED SIMULATION (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Dhananjai Madhava Rao, Philip A. Wilsey

Recent breakthroughs in communication and software engineering has resulted in significant growth of web-based computing. Web-based techniques have been employed for modeling, simulation, and...

AUTOMOD TUTORIAL (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Matthew W. Rohrer

Whether designing a new system or modifying an existing one, engineers want to take the guesswork out of finding the best possible solution. While there are many analysis methods for designing...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

WHY DO SIMPLE WAFER FAB MODELS FAIL IN CERTAIN SCENARIOS? Previous work has proved that simple simulation models are sufficient for analyzing the behavior of complex wafer fabs in certain scenarios....

IMPROVED DECISION PROCESSES THROUGH SIMULTANEOUS SIMULATION AND TIME DILATION (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Paul Hyden

Simulation models are often not used to their full potential in the decision-making process. The default simulation strategy of simple serial replication of fixed length runs means that we often...

ABSTRACT WEB-BASED MODELING AND SIMULATION (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, S. Narayanan

This paper introduces the emerging area of web-based simulations and presents an overview of the opportunities and challenges in this field. This introduction begins with an outline of the World Wide...

ABSTRACT APPLICATIONS OF BUSINESS PROCESS SIMULATION AND LEAN TECHNIQUES IN BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Simon Dennis, Ben King, ...

Business processes are increasingly key to the success of companies in the service industry. It is important that these processes are designed and maintained to deliver the most cost effective and...

ABSTRACT (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Leonardo Chwif, Marcos Ribeiro, ...

Nowadays the size and complexity of models is growing more and more, forcing modelers to face some problems that they were not accustomed to. Before trying to study ways to deal with complex models,...

A SIMULATION-BASED COST MODELING METHODOLOGY FOR EVALUATION OF (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Interbay Material, Handling In, ...

In the next generation of semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities, decisions concerning material handling systems will be a major factor in initial facility cost, operational cost, production...

ABSTRACT MULTI-AGENT ENABLED MODELING AND SIMULATION TOWARDS COLLABORATIVE INVENTORY MANAGEMENT IN SUPPLY CHAINS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Robert De Souza

This paper is framed to address the preliminary approach towards process-oriented collaborative inventory management in supply chains, taking advantage of multiagent technology in terms of modeling...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

Micro-robots will soon be available for deployment by the thousands. Consequently, controlling and coordinating a force this large to accomplish a prescribed task is of great interest. This paper...

ABSTRACT INTEGRATING OPTIMIZATION AND SIMULATION: RESEARCH AND PRACTICE (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Michael C. Fu, John S. Carson, ...

The integration of optimization and simulation has become nearly ubiquitous in practice, as most discrete-event simulation packages now include some type of optimization routine. This panel...

ABSTRACT (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Charles R. Standridge

We have developed and applied modeling, simulation, and analysis capabilities for addressing strategic and tactical logistics problems in the chemical industry. These problems have to do with...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, James D. Arthur, Richard E. Nance

VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION WITHOUT INDEPENDENCE: A RECIPE FOR FAILURE Verification and validation (V&V) is a prominent technical area within simulation, attested to by the 12 tutorial sessions...

THE MONARC TOOLSET FOR SIMULATING LARGE NETWORK-DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING SYSTEMS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Iosif C. Legrand, Harvey B. Newman

The next generation of High Energy Physics experiments have envisaged the use of network-distributed Petabytescale data handling and computing systems of unprecedented complexity. The general concept...

USING INFORMATION GENERATED BY A DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION TO EVALUATE REAL OPTIONS IN A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

This article examines how a discrete event simulation can be developed to evaluate the impact of real options on a research and development project. Previous work with real options has been primarily...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

On average more than 1000 tornado touchdowns hit the continental U.S. every year causing significant human and economic losses. In order to manage tornado risk, we need to assess tornado hazard, the...

AVATAR KINEMATICS MODELING FOR TELECOLLABORATIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

This paper introduced the application of a more efficient mathematical representation of the kinematics of avatars, or digital human beings, in telecollaborative virtual reality environments (VRE)....

ABSTRACT ADAPTIVE IMPORTANCE SAMPLING SIMULATION OF QUEUEING NETWORKS Pieter-Tjerk de Boer (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Telematics Systems

In this paper, a method is presented for the efficient estimation of rare-event (overflow) probabilities in Jackson queueing networks using importance sampling. The method differs in two ways from...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Wang Lixin, Francis Tay, ...

This paper focuses on the production scheduling in MEMS (Micro-Electro Mechanical System) manufacturing. The whole MEMS production process can be organized into 3 sub-processes, i.e., the wafer...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

This tutorial describes some ways that Bayesian methods address problems that arise during simulation studies. This includes quantifying uncertainty about input distributions and parameters,...

The Qualitative Simulation Graph Methodology (QSCM) (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Ricki G. Ingalls

The Qualitative Simulation Graph Methodology (QSGM) is well suited to address the PERT scheduling with resources problem. The coverage property of QSGM has two important implications for the PERT...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

Seven panelists, all simulation consultants, give their view of the future of simulation. There is some consistency in the views with four areas being mentioned by three of the panelists, and four...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

We summarize progress achieved on an interactive land use VRML application (ILUVA) with servlet assist. The purpose of this application is to enable one to take a virtual land area and add buildings,...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Jerry Banks

This introduction begins with an example of simulation done by hand. Modeling concepts in simulation are then introduced based on the example. Next, the advantages and disadvantages of simulation are...

ABSTRACT A SIMULATION APPROACH TO ESTIMATING AIRCRAFT MISSION CAPABLE RATES FOR THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Harold S. Balaban, Robert T. Brigantic, ...

This paper presents the results of a simulation model designed to estimate aircraft Mission Capable Rates (MCR) for the United States Air Force. This simulation model originated out of the need to...

ABSTRACT (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, James Ritchie-dunham, Douglas J. Morrice, ...

In this paper, we describe a simulation game designed to quantify the benefits of an enterprise resource planning system coupled with the balanced scorecard framework in an extended enterprise. We...

TOWARD A STANDARD PROCESS: THE USE OF UML FOR DESIGNING SIMULATION MODELS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

Designing complex simulation models is a task essentially associated with software engineering. In this paper, the Unified Modeling Language (UML) is used to specify simulation models. It is shown...

SIMULATION IN DAILY FACTORY OPERATION: ‘SETTING THE LINE BOGEY IN AUGUSTA’ (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Gordon D. Rehn

The John Deere Augusta Works uses discrete event simulation in predicting assembly line output as a function of varying model and option mix quantities in daily production schedules. The most unique...

LINKING SPATIALLY EXPLICIT PARALLEL CONTINUOUS AND DISCRETE MODELS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

This paper advocates the use of mobile agents for linking simulations running on different computers. A Mobile Component approach is proposed to enhance reusability of existing simulations and to...

ABSTRACT ANALYZING TRANSFORMATION-BASED SIMULATION METAMODELS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Emily K. Lada, ...

We present a technique for analyzing a simulation metamodel that has been constructed using a variancestabilizing transformation. To compute a valid confidence interval for the expected value of the...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

ON HYBRID COMBINATION OF QUEUEING AND SIMULATION This paper aims to and illustrate that simulation and queuing theory can and should go hand in hand for a variety of practical problems, both in...

THE USE OF SIMULATION MODELING FOR INTERMODAL CAPACITY ASSESSMENT (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Beth C. Kulick, James T. Sawyer

Simulation modeling that has been successfully used to analyze intermodal capacity issues for a wide variety of facilities. Simulation technology provides an analysis mechanism for large intermodal...

ABSTRACT MAXIMIZING DELIVERY PERFORMANCE IN SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER FABRICATION FACILITIES (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Scott J. Mason

This paper is motivated by the problem of scheduling customer orders (jobs) in a semiconductor fabrication facility (“wafer fab”) to maximize delivery performance when the jobs have non-identical...

ABSTRACT SIMFONE′: AN OBJECT-ORIENTED SIMULATION FRAMEWORK (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Manuel D. Rossetti

This paper presents an overview of a software design framework for the development of object-oriented simulations. The framework is documented using the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and is divided...

ABSTRACT OUTPUT ANALYSIS PROCEDURES FOR COMPUTER SIMULATIONS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, David Goldsman

This paper concerns the statistical analysis of output from discrete-event computer simulations. In particular, we discuss problems involving terminating simulations, the initialization of...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

AN UNDERLYING MODEL FOR DEFEAT MECHANISMS Defeat mechanisms are strategies for achieving victory over an opponent. Although defeat mechanisms often rely on influencing the opponent psychologically...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

A REVIEW OF WEB BASED SIMULATION: WHITHER WE WANDER? This paper considers a variety of new technologies for discrete-event simulation software development. Environments and languages for web based...

SIMULATION OPTIMIZATION OF STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS WITH INTEGER VARIABLES BY SEQUENTIAL LINEARIZATION (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

Discrete-event simulation is widely used to analyse and improve the performance of manufacturing systems. The related optimization problem often includes integer design variables and is defined by...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

Investigation of the performance and operation of complex systems in manufacturing or other environments, analytical models of these systems become very complicated. Because of the complex stochastic...

ABSTRACT USING AGENT-BASED MODELING TO CAPTURE AIRPOWER STRATEGIC EFFECTS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Richard K. Bullock

Airpower’s strength lies in quickly striking the enemy directly where they are vulnerable while being unhampered by geography and surface forces. Airpower theory suggests the effects of these...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

VERIFICATION, VALIDATION, AND ACCREDITATION OF SIMULATION MODELS This paper discusses verification, validation, and accreditation of simulation models. The different approaches to deciding model...

ABSTRACT (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Susan M. Sanchez, Tom Ogazon, ...

Despite the size and importance of the health care industry, simulation is less prevalent in health care than in other fields such as manufacturing, logistics, and military applications. Yet...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

GPSS/H was first placed into commercial service in November, 1977. Over the ensuing 23 years, it has become well known for its speed and dependability. In GPSS/H, the process-interaction world view...

ABSTRACT COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF INTERVAL JUMPING IN POWER-CONTROL SIMULATION (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, David M. Nicol

Computation of power control calculations is one of the most time-consuming aspects of simulating wireless communication systems. These calculations are critical to understanding how a wireless...

ABSTRACT (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, John R. Surdu

A new approach to military planning and execution has been proposed. This approach seeks to merge planning and execution, and replaces reaction to events with anticipation of events. This paper...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

JAVA ENGINE FOR UML BASED HYBRID STATE MACHINES One of the approaches to modeling hybrid systems is to assign algebraic-differential equations describing the continuous behavior to states of state...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

MEDICAL EDUCATION AS A MODEL FOR SIMULATION EDUCATION Simulation professionals need to see themselves first as systems analysts, i.e., problem solvers, rather than just simulation users. As the...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

A SUPPLY CHAIN CASE STUDY OF A FOOD MANUFACTURING MERGER A large food manufacturer recently decided to merge with another food manufacturer of similar size. The companies anticipated dealing with...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

SIMULATION MODELLING: THE LINK BETWEEN CHANGE MANAGEMENT PANACEAS Although change management panaceas have been widely discussed in the business and management literature for several decades, not...

A METHOD FOR ACHIEVING STABLE DISTRIBUTIONS OF WIRELESS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

A cellular engineer typically estimates system performance via simulation. Most cellular operations software provides data from which one can infer the average, busy hour, subscriber location...

ALTERNATIVE LOADING AND DISPATCHING POLICIES FOR FURNACE OPERATIONS IN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING: A COMPARISON BY SIMULATION (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Elif Akçalõ, Reha Uzsoy

In semiconductor manufacturing, furnaces are used for diffusion and deposition operations. A furnace is a batch processing machine, which can simultaneously process a number of lots together as a...

ABSTRACT SIMULATION BASED DECISION SUPPORT FOR FUTURE 300MM AUTOMATED MATERIAL HANDLING (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Mathias Schulz, Timothy D. Stanley, ...

Integrated factory models of semiconductor fabrication facilities allow conclusions to be drawn on the impact of a given Automated Material Handling System (AMHS) and interactions between material...

ABSTRACT ENHANCING MODELING AND SIMULATION ACCREDITATION BY STRUCTURING VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION RESULTS Model Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VV&A) (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

is as complex as developing a Modeling and Simulation (M&S) application itself. For the purpose of structuring both Verification and Validation (V&V) activities and V&V results, we...

ABSTRACT AGENT-BASED SIMULATION OF DYNAMIC ONLINE AUCTIONS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Hideyuki Mizuta

The need to understand dynamic behavior in auctions is increasing with the popularization of online auctions. Applications include designing auction mechanisms, bidding strategies, and server...

ABSTRACT EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS ENABLED BY MULTIRESOLULTION, (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Multiperspective Modeling, Paul K. Davis

The objective of exploratory analysis is to gain a broad understanding of a problem domain before going into details for particular cases. Its focus is understanding comprehensively the consequences...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

OPTIMIZING PRODUCTION WORK FLOW USING OPEMCSS A graphical discrete event simulation library is proposed for system simulation that is based on interacting concurrent processes. This library works...

SEEING IS BELIEVING: THE IMPORTANCE OF VISUALIZATION IN MANUFACTURING SIMULATION (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

Visualization has become a critical component of simulation technology. Today we can’t imagine doing a simulation without some kind of visualization to help communicate results and get better...

ABSTRACT A STOPPING PROCEDURE BASED ON PHI-MIXING CONDITIONS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, E. Jack Chen, W. David Kelton

The use of batch means is a well-known technique for estimating the variance of mean point estimators computed from a simulation experiment. This paper discusses implementation of a sequential...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

JAVABEANS-BASED FRAMEWORK FOR CONSTRUCTION SIMULATION The modeling and analysis of construction processes is gaining recognition in the construction industry. Recent developments such as Java-based...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

This paper recognises that good communication and interaction are key factors to the success of a simulation project and suggests that groupware technology can increase the chances of success. To...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

Discrete event simulations often require a future event list structure to manage events according to their timestamp. The choice of an efficient data structure is vital to the performance of discrete...

THE MERGER OF DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION WITH ACTIVITY BASED COSTING FOR COST ESTIMATION IN MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

Activity based costing (ABC) has revolutionized product costing, planning, and forecasting in the last decade. It is based on a philosophy of estimation that: “it is better to be approximately...

ABSTRACT ELIMINATE BOTTLENECKS WITH INTEGRATED ANALYSIS TOOLS IN eM-PLANT (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Matthias U. Heinicke, Alan Hickman

To build a realistic simulation model is all very well- to add real value you must identify the major difficulties and generate better alternatives. Tecnomatix Technologies, developers of eM-Plant,...

ABSTRACT SIMULATING GI/GI/1 QUEUES AND INSURANCE RISK PROCESSES WITH SUBEXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Nam Kyoo Boots

This paper deals with estimating small tail probabilities of the steady-state waiting time in a GI/GI/1 queue with heavy-tailed (subexponential) service times. The problem of estimating infinite...

ABSTRACT AN INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE ON THE ROLE OF EQUIPMENT-BASED EARTHMOVING SIMULATION (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Luc Schmitz

Over the last two decades, simulation of construction operations has gained momentum in its ability to provide solutions and understand complex problems. However, there still remains a distinct gap...

A SURVEY OF SIMULATION OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, James R. Swisher, Sheldon H. Jacobson

Discrete-event simulation optimization is a problem of significant interest to practitioners interested in extracting useful information about an actual (or yet to be designed) system that can be...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

SCHEDULING FLOW-SHOPS WITH LIMITED BUFFER SPACES The work described in this paper attempts to validate the implicit assumption in traditional flow shop scheduling research that there is a buffer of...

ABSTRACT DESIGN PRINCIPLES FOR TEACHING SIMULATION WITH EXPLORATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Heimo H. Adelsberger, Markus Bick, ...

Teaching the highly complex domain of simulation requires well-elaborated strategies for efficient education. In this paper we present a well-structured approach to define the requirements for...

THE DESIGN OF A SOLID-STATE PHYSICAL MODEL OF AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM TO BE USED AS A TEST BED FOR CONTROL APPLICATIONS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

In order to develop, test, and validate control software for managing automated systems, laboratories have traditionally constructed experimental test beds using actual physical equipment (small...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Larry E. Owen, Yunlong Zhang, ...

This paper presents an overview of the concept and features of the CORSIM traffic simulation program and the TSIS package that provides an integrated, user-friendly interface and environment for...

MODELING IN A SUCCESSFUL SIMULATION STUDY (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, 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 CAPABILITY MATURITY MODELS SUPPORT OF MODELING AND SIMULATION VERIFICATION, VALIDATION, AND ACCREDITATION (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Candace L. Conwell

Both government and industry are involved in the acquisition and development of modeling and simulation (M&S) products. The effectiveness and maturity of an organization’s acquisition process...

ABSTRACT (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Stephen Kasputis

While there has been much attention paid to the applications of Modeling and Simulation (M&S) by the Department of Defense (DoD) lately, little has been done to address those broad technology...

ABSTRACT A MODEL-BASED APPROACH FOR COMPONENT SIMULATION DEVELOPMENT (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Perakath Benjamin, Dursun Delen, ...

The increasing complexity of systems has enhanced the use of simulation as a decision-support tool. Often, simulation is the only scientific methodology available to practitioners for the analysis of...

INPUT MODELING (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Lawrence Leemis

Discrete-event simulation models typically have stochastic elements that mimic the probabilistic nature of the system under consideration. Successful input modeling requires a close match between the...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

Robotic workcell simulation is a modeling-based problem solving approach developed for the design, analysis, and offline programming of robotic workcells. Current industrial practices show that...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

Modeling requires considerable knowledge of the various stages of the simulation process. The modeler needs to know a great deal of the system to be modeled (domain specific knowledge), the ins and...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Francois Panneton

A NEW CLASS OF LINEAR FEEDBACK SHIFT REGISTER GENERATORS An efficient implementation of linear feedback shift register sequences with a given characteristic polynomial is obtained by a new method. It...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

Simulations often operate on static datasets and data sources, but many simulations would benefit from access to dynamic data. This paper describes our work developing a software agent-based...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

Monte Carlo simulation is a popular method for pricing financial options and other derivative securities because of the availability of powerful workstations and recent advances in applying the tool....

SIMULATION BASED CAUSE AND EFFECT ANALYSIS OF CYCLE TIME DISTRIBUTION IN SEMICONDUCTOR BACKEND (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

We analyzed the effect of a number of controllable input parameters on cycle time distribution and other output variables in a complex semiconductor backend manufacturing system, using a data driven,...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Diane L. Evans, Lawrence M. Leemis

INPUT MODELING USING A COMPUTER ALGEBRA SYSTEM Input modeling that involves fitting standard univariate parametric probability distributions is typically performed using an input modeling package....

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

In this tutorial we present an introduction to simulationbased optimization, which is, perhaps, the “hottest ” topic in discrete-event simulation today. We give a precise statement of the problem...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

The Extend modeling environment provides an integrated structure for building simulation models and developing new simulation tools. This environment supports simulation modelers on a wide range of...

ABSTRACT ENSURING THE SUCCESSFUL ADOPTION OF DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

Discrete event simulation has long been recognized as a valuable tool for manufacturers, but converting the recognition of value into an embrace of the technology can be a challenge. Like most...

VERIFICATION, VALIDATION, AND ACCREDITATION IN THE LIFE CYCLE OF MODELS AND SIMULATIONS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Jennifer Chew

Verification, validation, and accreditation (VV&A) activities should be an on-going process throughout the life cycle of models and simulations (M&S). It is important to note that there is no...

ABSTRACT UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS AERIAL REFUELING REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, William R. Gates

operates a fleet of KC130 aerial refueling tanker aircraft. This paper uses queuing and simulation models to examine the USMC KC130 tanker requirement, contrasts the results and explores the...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

SLX, Simulation Language with Extensibility, is the newest member in Wolverine Software’s family of simulation and animation software. SLX features unique extensibility mechanisms that allow users...

ABSTRACT SIMULATION BASED DESIGN FOR A SHIPYARD MANUFACTURING PROCESS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, D. J. Medeiros, Mark Traband, ...

Discrete event simulation can be used for virtual prototyping of new manufacturing facilities. Models built for this purpose must be easy to use, flexible, and provide a realistic graphical view of...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

ADDING ANIMATION TO A SIMULATION USING PROOF™ Proof Animation ™ is a family of products for adding animation to discrete event simulations. Proof is available in a variety of versions, including...

A SIMULATION TEST-BED TO EVALUATE MULTI-AGENT CONTROL OF MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

Current research in the area of manufacturing planning and control has moved away from traditional centralized solutions towards distributed architectures that range from hierarchical to...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, John B. Gilmer, Frederick J. Sullivan

RECURSIVE SIMULATION TO AID MODELS OF DECISIONMAKING Recursive simulation involves a simulation, or an entity in the simulation, creating another instance of the same simulation, running it and using...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

SIMULATION AS A TOOL FOR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT The decision-making process is a very essential part of any construction operation. Simulation can be used as a tool to assist construction managers in...

INFORMING AND CALIBRATING A MULTIRESOLUTION EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS MODEL WITH HIGH RESOLUTION SIMULATION: THE INTERDICTION PROBLEM AS A CASE HISTORY (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

Exploratory analysis uses a low-resolution model for broad survey work. High-resolution simulation can sometimes be used to inform development and calibration of such a model. This paper is a case...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

A REAL OPTIONS DESIGN FOR QUALITY CONTROL CHARTS We develop a financial model for a manufacturing process where quality can be affected by an assignable cause. We evaluate the options associated with...

CONCEPTIONS OF CURRICULUM FOR SIMULATION EDUCATION (PANEL) (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Jerry Banks, Tuncer I. Ören

series of discussions, conversations, and exchanges on the topic of personnel to meet the current modeling and simulation demands of the civilian application and world

A COMPARISON OF FIVE STEADY-STATE (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, K. Preston White, Michael J. Cobb, ...

We compare the performance of five well-known truncation heuristics for mitigating the effects of initialization bias in the output analysis of steady-state simulations. Two of these rules are...

CONTINUOUS DOMAINS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Marc S. Atkin, Paul R. Cohen

Many artificial intelligence techniques rely on the notion of a “state ” as an abstraction of the actual state of the world, and an “operator ” as an abstraction of the actions that take you...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

This paper presents a series of experiments that were conducted to investigate in the instationary behavior of a wafer fab after changes in product mix. The experiments were performed using a...

AMOUNTS OF DATA (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, The Sdi, Richard A. Phelps, ...

simulation toolset for solving problems of whole enterprises. It adds important capabilities to an existing simulation package, Extend™, which provides a robust simulation architecture and a wealth...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

In recent years simulation proved to be a useful technology to support the making of recurring decisions. This paper describes the integrated simulator concept and requirements to make simulation...

ABSTRACT EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF BATCH MEANS PROCEDURES FOR SIMULATION OUTPUT ANALYSIS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Natalie M. Steiger

We summarize the results of an extensive experimental performance evaluation of selected batch means procedures for building a confidence interval for a steady-state expected simulation response. We...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

This paper presents an automated system for optimizing earthmoving operations. The proposed system can assist earthmoving contractors, during bid preparation stage, in estimating the time and cost...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

SIMAIR: A STOCHASTIC MODEL OF AIRLINE OPERATIONS Airline transportation systems are inherently random. However, airline planning models do not explicitly consider stochasticity in operations. Because...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

MODELS AND REPRESENTATION OF THEIR OWNERSHIP Models, similar to other intellectual properties, are increasingly being treated as commodities worthy of protection. Providing ownership for models is...

ABSTRACT USING EMULATION TO VALIDATE A CLUSTER TOOL SIMULATION MODEL (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, H. Todd Lebaron

Getting the most productivity per square foot of clean room space is a common goal for today’s semiconductor fabs. Cluster tool throughput is an important factor in a tool’s productivity index....

ABSTRACT INTEGRATING DYNAMIC FAB CAPACITY AND AUTOMATION MODELS FOR 300MM SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Chad D. Dejong, Seth A. Fischbein

Semiconductor fabrication facilities (fabs) continue to expand in both complexity and volume. As a result, integrated models are required to determine even high level impacts to key success...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

The dominance of the Internet in the development of information and communication technology has made Web-based distributed solutions increasingly attractive. Apart from providing other services, the...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

EFFECTIVE REAL-TIME SIMULATIONS OF EVENT-BASED SYSTEMS This paper presents a set of novel tools that allow the efficient simulation, at fixed time steps, of event-based dynamic systems. The so-called...

VERIFICATION OF CONTROLLER SOFTWARE (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

The basic idea of Soft-Commissioning (SoftCom) is to test industrial control software by connecting a controller, e. g. a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) to a commercial discrete event simulator...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

Analysis of large, complex systems requires simulations of hybrid-system dynamics, i.e., dynamics which are best described by a combination of continuous-time and discrete-event models, and their...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

Silk ® is a set of Java classes that support object-oriented, general-purpose simulation and animation using the Java programming language. Silk enables the development of complex, yet manageable...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Lee W. Schruben

MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING MODELS OF DISCRETE EVENT SYSTEM DYNAMICS Analytical models for the dynamics of some discrete event systems are introduced where the system trajectories are solutions to...

LOOK-AHEAD STRATEGIES FOR CONTROLLING BATCH OPERATIONS IN INDUSTRY – OVERVIEW, COMPARISON AND EXPLORATION (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

Batching jobs in a manufacturing system is a very common policy in most industries. The main reasons for batching are avoidance of set ups and/or facilitation of material handling. Good examples of...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

QUASI-MONTE CARLO METHODS IN CASH FLOW TESTING SIMULATIONS What actuaries call cash flow testing is a large-scale simulation pitting a company’s current policy obligation against future earnings...

ABSTRACT A PERSPECTIVE OF BATCHING METHODS IN A SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT OF MULTIPLE REPLICATIONS IN PARALLEL (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Edjair Mota

Discrete event simulation is frequently time-consuming either because modern dynamic systems, such as telecommunication networks, are becoming increasingly complex and/or a great number of...

ABSTRACT A FRAMEWORK FOR RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY FOR SIMULATION OPTIMIZATION (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, H. Gonda Neddermeijer

We develop a framework for automated optimization of stochastic simulation models using Response Surface Methodology. The framework is especially intended for simulation models where the calculation...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

ADAPTIVELY CHOOSING THE BEST PROCEDURE FOR SELECTING THE BEST SYSTEM This paper presents a method that uses initial sample data to choose between statistical procedures for identifying the simulated...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

This paper presents a component-based framework for designing simulation models and discusses its implementation in a package called Simkit. In this framework, Components are defined to be monolith...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

NEW RESULTS ON PROCEDURES THAT SELECT THE BEST SYSTEM USING CRN One use of simulation is to inform decision makers that seek to select the best of several alternative systems. The system with the...

ABSTRACT MONTE CARLO SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS FOR ANALYSIS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Of Hiv, ...

The field of infectious disease epidemiology has increasingly adopted stochastic simulation technologies to simulate complex infectious disease transmission systems. Such simulations have both...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

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...

ABSTRACT (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Peter Mullarkey, E. Francisco Blvd, ...

We describe the design and implementation of a generic, real-time, in-line output analysis procedure for controlling simulations of discrete manufacturing environments. We implemented this capability...

ABSTRACT LANGUAGE BASED SIMULATION MODELS AS MANAGEMENT TOOLS FOR ASSEMBLY LINES (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Thomas Schulze

This paper demonstrates that despite the trend to Point & Click environments, the traditional approach of using general-purpose simulation languages is still eligible. The authors share their...

ABSTRACT (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Michael J. Evans

This paper considers the development of envelope methods as a tool for simulation. Envelope methods are based on the construction of simple envelopes to functions. The proposed envelopes are general,...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

This paper deals with the issue of how one can teach simulation in the most time-efficient way. We first distinguish between different types of student as regards their background and future needs....

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference Davis (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

SIMULATION-BASED ACQUISITION: AN IMPETUS FOR CHANGE The military has recently introduced simulation-based acquisition where simulation technologies would be applied throughout all phases of system...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

IMPORTANCE SAMPLING IN DERIVATIVE SECURITIES PRICING We formulate the importance sampling problem as a parametric minimization problem under the original measure and use a combination of...

SIMULATION AS EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT FOR PRODUCTION (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

The proposed implementation is a monitor system able to train operators for on-line real time manufacturing control in order to analyze the performance of a production process. This system integrates...

ABSTRACT OPTIMAL SELECTION PROBABILITY IN THE TWO-STAGE NESTED PARTITIONS METHOD FOR SIMULATION-BASED OPTIMIZATION (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Sigurdur Ólafsson, Nithin Gopinath

We investigate a new algorithm for simulation-based optimization where the number of alternatives is finite but very large. This algorithm draws on recent work in adaptive random search and from...

ABSTRACT THE ARGESIM-COMPARISONS ON DISCRETE SIMULATION RESULTS AND EVALUATION (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Felix Breitenecker, Martin Lingl, ...

This paper describes how to set up courses in (advanced) simulation techniques based on ARGESIM/EUROSIM Comparisons. SNE has defined 13 Software Comparisons, of which 6 concern discrete models, and...

ABSTRACT USING SIMULATION FOR MANUFACTURING PROCESS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

This paper presents a simulation study carried out to solve a problem of manufacturing process reengineering. The specific company in which the study took place is a medium size manufacturer of chest...

FINDING IMPORTANT INDEPENDENT VARIABLES THROUGH SCREENING DESIGNS: (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, A Comparison, Of Methods

Once a simulation model is developed, designed experiments may be employed to efficiently optimize the system. Designed experiments are used on “real” production systems as well. The first step...

ABSTRACT AGENT-DIRECTED SIMULATION – CHALLENGES TO MEET DEFENSE AND CIVILIAN REQUIREMENTS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Tuncer I. Ören, S. K. Numrich, ...

The aim of this panel session is to point out the importance of agent-directed simulation, as a scientific concept and technological possibility, to enhance the potential of simulation in both...

ABSTRACT MODELING FOR ENGINEERING AND ENGAGEMENT LEVEL SIMULATIONS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Robert M. Mcgraw, Richard A. Macdonald

Today’s industrial and defense communities are increasingly reliant on the use simulation to reduce cost. At times, due to their stove-piped nature, these simulations themselves have resulted in a...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

The growing popularity of stochastic discrete event simulation in areas such as telecommunication, combined with much marketing hype about ease of use, has coaxed some practitioners into a misguided...

ABSTRACT SIMULATION METHODS FOR ANALYSIS OF TRAFFIC PROCESSES IN ATM NETWORKS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Kenneth Y. Jo

This paper presents efficient simulation methods for analyzing modern, large-scale networks and evaluating their performance attributes. Characterizing traffic flows from multiple sources and...

VENTURE LAUNCH: USE OF SIMULATION TO SUPPORT STRATEGIC OPERATIONAL DECISIONS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

This paper describes how discrete-event simulation enhanced a traditional process design effort for a new media company in pre-launch mode. Because the company’s business model is new, and thus its...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

A VIRTUAL TEXTBOOK FOR MODELING AND SIMULATION The theory of modeling and simulation is well defined in result of about 30 years of research and practice. There are commonly accepted approaches and...

ABSTRACT JOINT WARFARE SYSTEM (JWARS) VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION LESSONS LEARNED (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Jwars V

VA) has been responsible for conducting the verification and validation (V&V) of the JWARS simulation since September of 1997. This paper describes the lessons learned during the conduct of the...

ABSTRACT DISTRIBUTED WEB-BASED SIMULATION OPTIMIZATION (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Yuh-chuyn Luo, Enver Yücesan

Web technology is having a significant impact on computer simulation. Most of the effort in web-based simulation is aimed at modeling, particularly at building simulation languages and at creating...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, José A. Díaz

Cuba is one of the world’s major sugar producers, producing on average more than five millions tons per year. The sugar cane harvest is a huge logistical operation in which between 45 and 50...

AUTOMATED MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEM TRAFFIC CONTROL BY MEANS OF NODE BALANCING (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

This paper presents a logistic algorithm that improves traffic conditions in a network-like automated material handling system (AMHS). The algorithm uses a lookahead procedure and series of nodal...

VIRTUAL MACHINES FOR MESSAGE BASED, REAL-TIME AND INTERACTIVE SIMULATION (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Hansoo Kim, Chen Zhou

An advanced processing machine interacts with the material handling system, personnel and cell or shop floor controller in real-time via messaging and control. However, current simulation models are...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

SIMULATION OUTPUT ANALYSIS VIA DYNAMIC BATCH MEANS This paper is focused on estimating the quality of the sample mean from a steady-state simulation experiment with consideration of computational...

ABSTRACT (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Richard A. Kilgore

An object-oriented modeling infrastructure using the Javabased, Silk simulation classes is defined that enables the simulation of multitasking, distributed systems using symmetric multiprocessors....

ABSTRACT (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Christos Alexopoulos

This paper reviews statistical methods for analyzing output data from computer simulations of single systems. In particular, it focuses on the estimation of steady-state system parameters. The...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

In this paper, we describe a general-purpose communication network simulator that we designed to examine the performance of transport protocols over wireless networks. The general-purpose simulator...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

Amongst the majority of work done in Supply Chain Simulation, papers have emerged that examine the area of model distribution. The executions of simulations on distributed hosts as a coupled model...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

SIMULATION OF THE REMOTE UNIT ASSEMBLY AND TEST: A CASE STUDY This paper will present a case study on the use of simulation to develop and implement an assembly line for the assembly and test of...

THE IMS MISSION ARCHITECTURE FOR DISTRIBUTED MANUFACTURING SIMULATION (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

This paper presents an overview of a neutral reference architecture for integrating distributed manufacturing simulation systems with each other, with other manufacturing software applications, and...

ABSTRACT VALIDATION OF TRACE-DRIVEN SIMULATION MODELS: (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, More On, ...

‘Trace-driven ’ or ‘correlated inspection ’ simulation means that the simulated and the real systems have some common inputs (say, arrival times) so the two systems ’ outputs are...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Mary Albert, George Koenig

For predicting soil conditions in support of mobility, combat, or engineering simulations, it is important to have verified models that can reliably predict the state of the ground in all weather...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Albert T. Jones

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have proposed the development of neutral libraries of simulation components. The availability of such libraries would simplify the...

ABSTRACT TIRE MODEL FOR SIMULATIONS OF VEHICLE MOTION ON HIGH AND LOW FRICTION ROAD SURFACES (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

on-road analytical tire model has been developed to predict tire forces and moments at the tire/road interface. The model is computationally efficient and it only requires a limited set of easily...

USING SIMULATION FOR THE ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF LIVER TRANSPLANTATION (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Lynne P. Baldwin, Tillal Eldabi, ...

This paper demonstrates the use of simulation in an evaluative study for the technology of liver transplantation from cost-effectiveness point of view. This study is conducted in the United Kingdom...

ABSTRACT SIMPLY SIMULATION: AN INTERACTIVE CD-ROM-BASED APPROACH FOR LEARNING SIMULATION CONCEPTS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Graham Nott

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a new approach to teaching an introductory simulation course using an interactive CD-ROM titled “Simply Simulation”. This method utilizes several...

ABSTRACT (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, John M. Petrakis

SIMPROCESS ® was used to plan a phased migration from a traditional municipal court to a paperless court. The simulation model was also used to provide the financial justification, communication of...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Raymond L. Smith

This paper introduces a software architecture that has been used to enable voice assistance for a simulation-animation environment by integrating technologies that recognize spoken language input and...

ABSTRACT MODEL ABSTRACTION FOR DISCRETE EVENT SYSTEMS USING NEURAL NETWORKS AND SENSITIVITY INFORMATION (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Christos G. Panayiotou, Christos G. Cassandras

Simulation is one of the most powerful tools for modeling and evaluating the performance of complex systems, however, it is computationally slow. One approach to overcome this limitation is to...

ABSTRACT INTERACTIVE WEB-BASED ANIMATIONS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Michael Syrjakow, Joerg Berdux

Web-based study resources can be viewed as a basic requirement in order to remain a competitive player on a more and more globalised educational market. For that reason it is getting increasingly...

ABSTRACT USE OF DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION TO VALIDATE AN AGENT BASED SCHEDULING ENGINE (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Shubhabrata Biswas, Sara Merchawi

This paper discusses the use of simulation in a new context. Most often QUEST is viewed as a stand-alone simulation tool to analyze and understand shop floor behavior. It has rarely been used in...

SIMULATION OF A PRODUCTION PLANT IN THE BRICK INDUSTRY (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Erwin Rybin

The paper deals with a simulation study on a planned production plant in the brick industry. We implemented this plant in TAYLOR II. Although the boundary conditions seemed relatively simple, we had...

DEVELOPING INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH SIMULATION MODELS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

that use input data from spreadsheets. These original applications used a standalone Basic program to convert Lotus 123 ® data into Siman Experiment Frames. While this process has evolved overtime,...

SIMULATION OF AN EVOLUTIONARY TUNED FUZZY DISPATCHING SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLES (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

This paper presents the development and simulation of a novel Genetic Algorithm (GA) based methodology applied to optimal tuning of a fuzzy dispatching system for a fleet of automated guided vehicles...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Nagy Bengiamin

A new systematic algorithm to build adaptive linguistic fuzzy models directly from input-output data is presented in this paper. Based on clustering and projection in the input and output spaces,...

ABSTRACT (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, 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...

A SIMULATION MODEL OF BACKFILLING AND I/O SCHEDULING (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

A special type of scheduling called backfilling is presented using a parallel system upon which multiple jobs can be executed simultaneously. Jobs consist of parallel tasks scheduled to execute...

ABSTRACT AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO VERIFICATION, VALIDATION, AND ACCREDITION OF MODELS AND SIMULATIONS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, In An M, ...

is used throughout the development process not just as an analysis tool but also as a development tool. In general, development of a system capability using M&S-Based Systems Development will...

ABSTRACT PREDICTING ENEMY FORCE CLOSURE WITH SIMULATION (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Mark R. Grabau

This paper presents a model and an analysis done to predict enemy force closure. The simulation replaces a pencil and ruler method that has been used by Department of Defense planners for over a...

OBJECT-ORIENTED TECHNOLOGY FOR ENHANCING ACTIVITY-BASED MODELING FUNCTIONALITY (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Jonathan Jingsheng Shi

Computer simulation is a powerful tool for analyzing and optimizing real-world systems with a wide range of successful applications. However, construction engineers have difficulty in mastering such...

The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), as the operator of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Sarah E. Taranto, Ann M. Harper, ...

The UNOS Kidney Allocation Model (UKAM) is a software tool for the simulation and analysis of national cadaveric kidney and kidney-pancreas allocation policies for transplantation. UKAM is modular...

OPTIMIZING SIMULATIONS WITH CSIM18/OPTQUEST: FINDING THE BEST CONFIGURATION (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

In many cases, a simulation model of a system is used to evaluate alternative configurations of that system, with the goal of finding the configuration which maximizes (or minimizes) the value of an...

A BASIC STUDY ON AUTONOMOUS CHARACTERIZATION OF SQUARE ARRAY MACHINING CELLS FOR AGILE MANUFACTURING (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

In this study, a manufacturing system locating machining cells in a square array is considered as an agile manufacturing system that can manufacture a variety of kinds of products with varying...

ABSTRACT PARALLEL EXECUTION OF A SEQUENTIAL NETWORK SIMULATOR (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Kevin G. Jones

Parallel discrete event simulation (PDES) techniques have not yet made a substantial impact on the network simulation community because of the need to recast the simulation models using a new set of...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

PRODUCT-MIX ANALYSIS WITH DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION Discrete Event Simulation (DES) has been used as a design and validation tool in various production and business applications. DES can also be...

ABSTRACT (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Theodore Allen

We propose “low cost response surface methods ” (LCRSM) that typically require half the experimental runs of standard response surface methods based on central composite and Box Behnken designs...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO SAMPLE-PATH SIMULATION OPTIMIZATION We propose solving continuous parametric simulation optimizations using a deterministic nonlinear optimization algorithm and sample-path...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Marc S. Atkin, David L. Westbrook, ...

DOMAIN-GENERAL SIMULATION AND PLANNING WITH PHYSICAL SCHEMAS Physical schemas are representations of simple physically grounded relationships and interactions such as “move,” “push, ” and...

ABSTRACT HIERARCHY-OF-MODELS APPROACH FOR AGGREGATED-FORCE ATTRITION (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Ugur Ziya Yildirim

This paper presents some innovations for overcoming shortcomings in the current state-of-the-art for the hierarchy-of-models approach to modeling aggregatedforce attrition in ground-combat models....

VISUALSLX – AN OPEN USER SHELL FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE MODELING AND SIMULATION (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

SLX by Wolverine software is actually one of the fastest simulation languages. Besides the high performance the SLX-compiler can be extended very easily by user specific syntax rules and new basic...

SIMULATION OF THE DRUG DEVELOPMENT PROCESS: (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, A Case, Study From, ...

This paper uses a case study from the pharmaceutical industry to show how simulation modeling can be applied to understanding large, highly-complex processes such as drug development. I conclude that...

AN ANALYTICAL MODEL AND AN OPTIMAL SCHEDULING HEURISTIC FOR COLLECTIVE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

In the this paper, we study the problem of collective resource management. We first introduce the problem through realworld examples. Then we generalize the problem and build an analytical model...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Clyde R. Wetteland, Jeff L. Miller, ...

The limitations that human operators impose on task execution are rarely integrated into simulations of complex systems, resulting in considerable loss of outcome fidelity. A discrete-event...

NONPARAMETRIC ESTIMATION OF NONHOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESSES USING WAVELETS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

frequently used in stochastic simulations to model nonstationary point processes. These NHPP models are often constructed by estimating the rate function from one or more observed realizations of the...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

We have developed and implemented a case-based approach for introducing discrete event simulation to undergraduate and graduate manufacturing engineering students. Students learn only the simulation...

ABSTRACT AN ENHANCED TWO-STAGE SELECTION PROCEDURE (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, E. Jack Chen, W. David Kelton

This paper discusses implementation of a two-stage procedure to determine the simulation run length for selecting the best of k designs. We purpose an Enhanced Two-Stage Selection (ETSS) procedure....

ABSTRACT (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Colin R. Mason

Military Command and Control (C2) is the process by which commanders organise and employ force elements in order to achieve military objectives. This process needs to be represented in models of...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

This paper discusses the problems involved in developing a Java based simulation model of autonomous entities that can navigate themselves in 2-dimensional space. We develop some ideas for solving...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

The Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) enables the integration of interactive 3D graphics into the web. At the German Aerospace Center we have been using the new language in robotic...

ABSTRACT A READINESS ANALYSIS FOR THE ARGENTINE AIR FORCE AND THE BRAZILIAN NAVY A-4 FLEET VIA CONSOLIDATED LOGISTICS SUPPORT (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Marcelo B. Rodrigues, Rua Engenheiro, ...

The Argentine Air Force and the Brazilian Navy recently added the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk aircraft to their military services. Each country maintains its own limited repair facility and spare parts...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

EFFECTIVE USES OF BUSINESS PROCESS SIMULATION This paper evaluates a number of tools for the redesign of processes through the use of two case studies based in the UK Police Service. There is a...

ABSTRACT GENERATING “DEPENDENT ” QUASI-RANDOM NUMBERS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Shane G. Henderson

Under certain conditions on the integrand, quasi-Monte Carlo methods for estimating integrals (expectations) converge faster asymptotically than Monte Carlo methods. Motivated by this result we...

ABSTRACT CIRCUMSTANCE DESCRIPTORS: A METHOD FOR GENERATING PLAN MODIFICATIONS AND FRAGMENTARY ORDERS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, John B. Gilmer

Circumstance Descriptors are offered as a way to organize spatial and other military knowledge that may be difficult to formulate, particularly the kinds of details that are most often illustrated by...

USING SIMULATION TECHNIQUES FOR CONTINUOUS PROCESS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

The purpose of this paper is to describe how discrete event simulation should be used as a tool for continuous process verification in industrial system development. Results include a specification...

TO THE MODELING PROCESS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

We present a mapping of Best Practices from the field of software engineering to the practice of discrete event simulation model construction. There are obvious parallels between the two activities....

ABSTRACT EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GROUP SCREENING METHODS AS COMPARED TO NO GROUP SCREENING (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Dima Nazzal

The focus of the paper is on the comparison of results obtained using group screening versus not using group screening in an experimental design methodology applied to a semiconductor manufacturing...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

Now that the High Level Architecture (HLA) (DMSO 1998) is a technical reality and DoD M&S programs are moving toward compliance, there’s a growing market for computer scientists and software...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

WHY DO SIMPLE WAFER FAB MODELS FAIL IN CERTAIN SCENARIOS? Previous work has proved that simple simulation models are sufficient for analyzing the behavior of complex wafer fabs in certain scenarios....

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

Monte Carlo simulation is a popular method for pricing financial options and other derivative securities because of the availability of powerful workstations and recent advances in applying the tool....

ABSTRACT VARIANCE REDUCTION TECHNIQUES FOR VALUE-AT-RISK WITH HEAVY-TAILED RISK FACTORS (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Paul Glasserman, Perwez Shahabuddin, ...

The calculation of value-at-risk (VAR) for large portfolios of complex instruments is among the most demanding and widespread computational challenges facing the financial industry. Current methods...

Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2007)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

Discrete event simulations often require a future event list structure to manage events according to their timestamp. The choice of an efficient data structure is vital to the performance of discrete...

Energy dependence of $\pi^{\pm}$, $p$ and $\bar{p}$ transverse momentum spectra for Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$=62.4 and 200 GeV (2007)

Abelev, B.I., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G.S., ...

We study the energy dependence of the transverse momentum $(p_T)$ spectra for charged pions, protons and anti-protons for Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{S_{NN}$=62.4 and 200 GeV. Data are presented at...

Strange Particle Production in $p+p$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$= 200 GeV (2007)

Abelev, B.I., Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., ...

We present strange particle spectra and yields measured at mid-rapidity in $\sqrt{\text{s}}=200$ GeV proton-proton ($p+p$) collisions at RHIC. We find that the previously observed universal...

Transverse momentum and centrality dependence of high-pt non-photonic electron suppression in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV (2007)

Abelev, B.I., Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., ...

The STAR collaboration at RHIC reports measurements of the inclusive yield of non-photonic electrons, which arise dominantly from semi-leptonic decays of heavy flavor mesons, over a broad range of...

Forward Lambda Production and Nuclear Stopping Power in d + Au Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV (2007)

Abelev, B.I., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G.S., ...

We report the measurement of Lamda and Anti-Lamda yields and inverse slope parameters in d + Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV at forward and backward rapidities (y = +- 2.75), using data from...

Enhanced strange baryon production in Au+Au collisions compared to p+p at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV (2007)

Abelev, B.I., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G.S., ...

We report on the observed differences in production rates of strange and multi-strange baryons in Au+Au collisions at sqrts = 200 GeV compared to p+p interactions at the same energy. The yields in...

Global polarization measurement in Au+Au collisions (2007)

Abelev, B.I., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G.S., ...

The system created in non-central relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions possesses large orbital angular momentum. Due to spin-orbit coupling, particles produced in such a system could become...

Measurement of Transverse Single-Spin Asymmetries for Di-Jet Production in Proton-Proton Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 200$ GeV (2007)

Abelev, B.I., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G.S., ...

We report the first measurement of the opening angle distribution between pairs of jets produced in high-energy collisions of transversely polarized protons. The measurement probes (Sivers)...

$\delta\phi\delta\eta$ correlations in central Au plus Au collisions at $\sqrt{S_{NN}}$= 200 GeV (2007)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Anderson, M., ...

We report charged particle pair correlation analyses in the space of $\delta\phi$ (azimuth) and $\delta\eta$ (pseudorapidity), for central Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{S_NN}$=200 GeV in the STAR...

Analytic Amplitudes for Hadronic Forward Scattering : COMPETE Update (2007)

Nicolescu, B., Cudell, J. R., Ezhela, V. V., Gauron, P., Kang, K., Kuyanov, Yu. V., ...

We consider several classes of analytic parametrizations of hadronic scattering amplitudes, and compare their predictions to all available forward data in hadron-hadron, gamma-p and gamma-gamma...

The stability and dynamics of a spike in the 1D Keller-Segel model (2007)

Kang, K., Kolokolnikov, T., Ward, M. J.

In the limit of a large mass M ≫ 1 and on a finite interval of length 2L, an equilibrium spike solution to the classical Keller–Segel chemotaxis model with a linear chemotactic function is...

Partonic flow and $\phi$-meson production in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV (2007)

Abelev, B.I., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G.S., ...

We present first measurements of the $\phi$-meson elliptic flow ($v_{2}(p_{T})$) and high statistics $p_{T}$ distributions for different centralities from $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV Au+Au collisions...

The energy dependence of p$_t$ angular correlations inferred from mean-pt fluctuation scale dependence in heavy ion collisions at the SPS and RHIC (2007)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Anderson, M., ...

We present the first study of the energy dependence of p$_t$ angular correlations inferred from event-wise mean transverse momentum (p$_$t) fluctuations in heavy ion collisions. We compare our...

Charged particle distributions and nuclear modification at high rapidities in d+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV (2007)

Abelev, B.I., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G.S., ...

The measurements of the centrality dependence of $dN/d\eta$ and transverse momentum spectra from mid- to forward rapidity in d+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{\rm NN}}} =$ 200 GeV are reported. They...

Scaling properties of hyperon production in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$=200 GeV (2007)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Anderson, M., ...

We present the scaling properties of Lambda, Xi, and Omega in midrapidity Au+Au collisions at the Brookhaven National Laboratory Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at root s(NN)=200 GeV. The yield of...

Multi-strange baryon elliptic flow in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$= 200 GeV (2007)

Adams, J., M. Aggarwal, M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., D. Anderson, B., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We report on the first measurement of elliptic flow $v_2(p_T)$ of multi-strange baryons $\Xi+\bar{Xi}$ and $\Omega+\bar{Omega} in heavy-ion collisions. In minimum bias Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN)...

Longitudinal Double-Spin Asymmetry and Cross Section for Inclusive Jet Production in Polarized Proton Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ =200 GeV (2007)

I. Abelev, B., M. Aggarwal, M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., D. Anderson, B., Anderson, M., ...

We report a measurement of the longitudinal double-spin asymmetry A(LL) and the differential cross section for inclusive midrapidity jet production in polarized proton collisions at s=200 GeV. The...

Neutral Kaon Interferometry in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV (2007)

Abelev, B.I., M. Aggarwal, M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., D. Anderson, B., Anderson, M., ...

We present the first statistically meaningful results from two-K0s interferometry in heavy-ion collisions. A model that takes the effect of the strong interaction into account has been used to fit...

Proton-Lambda correlations in central Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{^{s}NN}$=200 GeV (2007)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We report on p-$\lambda$,p-$\lambdabar$,$\pbar$-$\lambda, and - correlation functions constructed in central Au-Au collisions at $\sqrt{^{s}NN}$=200 GeV by the STAR experiment at RHIC. The proton and...

Scaling properties of hyperon production in Au+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV (2007)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Anderson, M., ...

We present the scaling properties of Lambda, Xi, and Omega in midrapidity Au+Au collisions at the Brookhaven National Laboratory Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at root s(NN)=200 GeV. The yield of...

Two-particle correlations on transverse momentum and momentum dissipation in Au-Au collisions at root sNN=130 GeV (2007)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Anderson, M., ...

Measurements of two-particle correlations on transverse momentum p(t) for Au-Au collisions at root s(NN) = 130 GeV are presented. Significant large-momentum-scale correlations are observed for...

The energy dependence of p(t) angular correlations inferred from mean-p(t) fluctuation scale dependence in heavy ion collisions at the SPS and RHIC (2007)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Anderson, M., ...

We present the first study of the energy dependence of pt angular correlations inferred from event-wisemean transversemomentum < p(t)> fluctuations in heavy ion collisions. We compare our...

Rapidity and species dependence of particle production at large transverse momentum for d+Au collisions at root S-NN=200 GeV (2007)

Abelev, B. I., Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., ...

We determine rapidity asymmetry in the production of charged pions, protons, and antiprotons for large transverse momentum (p(T)) for d+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV. The rapidity asymmetry is...

Strange particle production in p+p collisions at root s=200 GeV (2007)

Abelev, B. I., Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., ...

We present strange particle spectra and yields measured at midrapidity in root s = 200 GeV proton-proton (p + p) collisions at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). We find that the...

Mass, quark-number, and root s(NN) dependence of the second and fourth flow harmonics in ultrarelativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions (2007)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

We present STAR measurements of the azimuthal anisotropy parameter v(2) for pions, kaons, protons, Lambda,(Lambda) over bar,Xi+ (Xi) over bar, and Omega+ (Omega) over bar, along with v(4) for pions,...

Forward Lambda production and nuclear stopping power in d+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV (2007)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

We report the measurement of Lambda and (Lambda) over bar yields and inverse slope parameters in d+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV at forward and backward rapidities (y=+/- 2.75), using data from...

Strangelet search in Au plus Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV (2007)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

We have searched for strangelets in a triggered sample of 61 million central (top 4%) Au+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV near beam rapidities at the STAR solenoidal tracker detector at the BNL...

Global polarization measurement in Au plus Au collisions (2007)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

The system created in noncentral relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions possesses large orbital angular momentum. Because of spin-orbit coupling, particles produced in such a system could become...

Delta phi Delta eta correlations in central Au plus Au collisions at root S-NN = 200 GeV (2007)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Anderson, M., ...

We report charged particle pair correlation analyses in the space of Delta phi (azimuth) and Delta eta (pseudorapidity), for central Au+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV in the STAR detector. The...

Measurement of transverse single-spin asymmetries for dijet production in proton-proton collisions at root s=200 GeV (2007)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

We report the first measurement of the opening angle distribution between pairs of jets produced in high-energy collisions of transversely polarized protons. The measurement probes (Sivers)...

Partonic flow and phi-meson production in Au+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV (2007)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

We present first measurements of the phi-meson elliptic flow (v(2)(p(T))) and high-statistics p(T) distributions for different centralities from root s(NN) = 200 GeV Au+Au collisions at RHIC. In...

Transverse momentum and centrality dependence of High-p(T) nonphotonic electron suppression in Au plus Au collisions at root(NN)-N-S=200 GeV (2007)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

The STAR collaboration at the BNL Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC) reports measurements of the inclusive yield of nonphotonic electrons, which arise dominantly from semileptonic decays of heavy...

Scaling properties of hyperon production in Au+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV (2007)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Anderson, M., ...

We present the scaling properties of Lambda, Xi, and Omega in midrapidity Au+Au collisions at the Brookhaven National Laboratory Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at root s(NN)=200 GeV. The yield of...

Energy dependence of pi(+/-), p and (p)over-bar transverse momentum spectra for Au+Au collisions at root SNN=62.4 and 200 GeV (2007)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

We study the energy dependense of the transverse momentum (PT) spectra for charged pions, protons and anti-protons for An + An collisions at root(NN)-N-s = 62.4 and 200 GeV. Data are presented at...

The stability and dynamics of a spike in the 1D Keller-Segel model (2007)

Kang, K, Kolokolnikov, T, Ward, MJ

In the limit of a large mass M ≫ 1 and on a finite interval of length 2L, an equilibrium spike solution to the classical Keller–Segel chemotaxis model with a linear chemotactic function is...

Direct observation of dijets in central Au plus Au collisions at $\sqrt{{^}NN}=200 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., M. Aggarwal, M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., D. Anderson, B., Anderson, M., ...

The STAR Collaboration at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider reports measurements of azimuthal correlations of high transverse momentum (p(T)) charged hadrons in Au+Au collisions at higher p(T) than...

Forward neutral pion production in p+p and d+Au collisions at $\sqrt{^{S}NN}$=200 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

Measurements of the production of forward pi(0) mesons from p+p and d+Au collisions at root s(NN) = 200 GeV are reported. The p+p yield generally agrees with next-to-leading order perturbative QCD...

Identified baryon and meson distributions at large transverse momenta from Au plus Au collisions at $\sqrt{^{S}NN}$=200 GeV (2006)

Abelev, B.I., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B.D., Anderson, M., Arkhipkin, D., ...

Transverse momentum spectra of pi(+/-), p, and (p) over bar p up to 12 GeV/c at midrapidity in centrality selected Au + Au collisions at root s(NN) = 200 GeV are presented. In central Au + Au...

Strange Baryon Resonance Production in $\sqrt{^{S}NN}$=200 GeV p+p and Au+Au Collisions (2006)

Abelev, B.I., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Anderson, M., ...

We report the measurements of Sigma(1385) and Lambda(1520) production in p+p and Au+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV from the STAR Collaboration. The yields and the p(T) spectra are presented and...

The multiplicity dependence of inclusive $p_t$ spectra from p-p collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 200 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., M. Aggarwal, M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., D. Anderson, B., Anderson, M., ...

We report measurements of transverse momentum $p_t$ spectra for ten event multiplicity classes of p-p collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 200$ GeV. By analyzing the multiplicity dependence we find that the...

Transverse-momentum $p_t$ correlations on $(\eta,\phi)$ from mean-$p_{t}$ fluctuations in Au-Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = $ 200 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present first measurements of the pseudorapidity and azimuth $(\eta,\phi)$ bin-size dependence of event-wise mean transverse momentum $$ fluctuations for Au-Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200$...

Minijet deformation and charge-independent two-particle correlations on momentum subspace ($\eta, \phi$) in Au-Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 130 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present first measurements of charge-independent correlations on momentum-space difference variables $\eta_1 - \eta_2$ (pseudorapidity) and $\phi_1 - \phi_2$ (azimuth) for charged primary hadrons...

Identified hadron spectra at large transverse momentum in p+p and d+Au collisions at $\sqrt{{^s}NN}$ = 200 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Anderson, M., ...

We present the transverse momentum (p$_T$) spectra for identified charged pions, protons and anti-protons from p+p and d+Au collisions at $\sqrt{^s}NN}$ . The spectra are measured around midrapidity...

Analytic parametrizations of the non-perturbative Pomeron and QCD-inspired models (2006)

Nicolescu, B., Cudell, J. R., Ezhela, V. V., Gauron, P., Kang, K., Kuyanov, Yu. V., ...

We consider several classes of analytic parametrizations of hadronic scattering amplitudes, and compare their predictions to all available forward data (proton- proton, antiproton-proton,...

Directed flow in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{{^S}NN}$ =62.4 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present the directed flow (v1) measured in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt((^S)NN)$=62.4 GeV in the midpseudorapidity region |\eta|

Multiplicity and pseudorapidity distributions of charged particles and photons at forward pseudorapidity in Au+Au collisons at $\sqrt{{^S}NN}$=62.4 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present the centrality-dependent measurement of multiplicity and pseudorapidity distributions of charged particles and photons in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt((^S)NN)$=62.4 GeV. The charged...

Hadronization geometry from net-charge angular correlations on momentum subspace ($\eta, \phi$) in Au-Au collisions at $\sqrt{{^S}NN}$)=130 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present the first measurements of charge-dependent correlations on angular difference variables $\eta_1-\eta_2$ (pseudorapidity) and $\Phi_1-\Phi_2 (azimuth) for primary charged hadrons with...

Hadronization geometry and charge-dependent two-particle correlations on momentum subspace ($\eta, \phi$) in Au-Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 130 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present the first measurements of charge-dependent two-particle correlations on momentum-space difference variables $\eta_1 - \eta_2$ (pseudorapidity) and $\phi_1 - \phi_2$ (azimuth) for primary...

Multiplicity and pseudorapidity distributions of charged particles and photons at forward pseudorapidity in Au plus Au collisons at root s(NN)=62.4 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present the centrality-dependent measurement of multiplicity and pseudorapidity distributions of charged particles and photons in Au+Au collisions at root s(NN)=62.4 GeV. The charged particles and...

Directed flow in Au plus Au collisions at root s(NN)=62.4 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present the directed flow (v(1)) measured in Au+Au collisions at root s(NN)=62.4 GeV in the midpseudorapidity region parallel to eta parallel to < 1.3 and in the forward pseudorapidity region...

Minijet deformation and charge-independent angular correlations on momentum subspace (eta, phi) in Au-Au collisions at root S-NN=130 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Anderson, M., ...

Measurements of two-particle correlations on angular difference variables eta(1)-eta(2) (pseudorapidity) and phi(1)-phi(2) (azimuth) are presented for all primary charged hadrons with transverse...

Hadronization geometry from net-charge angular correlations on momentum subspace (eta, phi) in Au-Au collisions at (root SNN)=130 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present the first measurements of charge-dependent correlations on angular difference variables eta(1) - eta(2) (pseudorapidity) and phi(1) - phi(2) (azimuth) for primary charged hadrons with...

Identified hadron spectra at large transverse momentum in p+p and d+Au collisions at,root(NN)-N-S=200 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Anderson, M., ...

We present the transverse momentum (PT) spectra for identified charged pions, protons and anti-protons from p + p and d + Au collisions at root sNN = 200 GeV. The spectra are measured around...

Transverse-momentum p(t) correlations on (eta, phi) from mean-p(t) fluctuations in Au-Au collisions at root(s)(NN)=200 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present first measurements of the pseudorapidity and azimuth (eta, phi) bin-size dependence of event-wise mean transverse-momentum < pt > fluctuations for Au-Au collisions at root sNN = 200...

Identified hadron spectra at large transverse momentum in p+p and d+Au collisions at,root(NN)-N-S=200 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Anderson, M., ...

We present the transverse momentum (PT) spectra for identified charged pions, protons and anti-protons from p + p and d + Au collisions at root sNN = 200 GeV. The spectra are measured around...

Minijet deformation and charge-independent angular correlations on momentum subspace (eta, phi) in Au-Au collisions at root S-NN=130 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Anderson, M., ...

Measurements of two-particle correlations on angular difference variables eta(1)-eta(2) (pseudorapidity) and phi(1)-phi(2) (azimuth) are presented for all primary charged hadrons with transverse...

Transverse-momentum p(t) correlations on (eta, phi) from mean-p(t) fluctuations in Au-Au collisions at root(s)(NN)=200 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present first measurements of the pseudorapidity and azimuth (eta, phi) bin-size dependence of event-wise mean transverse-momentum < pt > fluctuations for Au-Au collisions at root sNN = 200 GeV....

Directed flow in Au plus Au collisions at root s(NN)=62.4 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present the directed flow (v(1)) measured in Au+Au collisions at root s(NN)=62.4 GeV in the midpseudorapidity region parallel to eta parallel to < 1.3 and in the forward pseudorapidity region 2.5

Multiplicity and pseudorapidity distributions of charged particles and photons at forward pseudorapidity in Au plus Au collisons at root s(NN)=62.4 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present the centrality-dependent measurement of multiplicity and pseudorapidity distributions of charged particles and photons in Au+Au collisions at root s(NN)=62.4 GeV. The charged particles and...

Hadronization geometry from net-charge angular correlations on momentum subspace (eta, phi) in Au-Au collisions at (root SNN)=130 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present the first measurements of charge-dependent correlations on angular difference variables eta(1) - eta(2) (pseudorapidity) and phi(1) - phi(2) (azimuth) for primary charged hadrons with...

Direct observation of dijets in central Au plus Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Anderson, M., ...

The STAR Collaboration at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider reports measurements of azimuthal correlations of high transverse momentum (p(T)) charged hadrons in Au+Au collisions at higher p(T) than...

Forward neutral pion production in p+p and d+Au collisions at root(S)(NN)=200 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

Measurements of the production of forward pi(0) mesons from p+p and d+Au collisions at root s(NN) = 200 GeV are reported. The p+p yield generally agrees with next-to-leading order perturbative QCD...

Multiplicity dependence of inclusive p(t) spectra from p-p collisions at root s=200 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Anderson, M., ...

We report measurements of transverse momentum p(t) spectra for ten event multiplicity classes of p-p collisions at root s=200 GeV. By analyzing the multiplicity dependence we find that the spectrum...

Proton-Lambda correlations in central Au+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We report on p-Lambda, p-(Lambda) over bar, (p) over bar-Lambda, and (p) over bar-(Lambda) over bar correlation functions constructed in central Au-Au collisions at root s(NN) = 200 GeV by the STAR...

Proton-Lambda correlations in central Au+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We report on p-Lambda, p-(Lambda) over bar, (p) over bar-Lambda, and (p) over bar-(Lambda) over bar correlation functions constructed in central Au-Au collisions at root s(NN) = 200 GeV by the STAR...

Hadronization geometry from net-charge angular correlations on momentum subspace ($\eta, \phi$) in Au-Au collisions at $\sqrt{{^S}NN}$)=130 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present the first measurements of charge-dependent correlations on angular difference variables $\eta_1-\eta_2$ (pseudorapidity) and $\Phi_1-\Phi_2 (azimuth) for primary charged hadrons with...

Multiplicity and pseudorapidity distributions of charged particles and photons at forward pseudorapidity in Au+Au collisons at $\sqrt{{^S}NN}$=62.4 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present the centrality-dependent measurement of multiplicity and pseudorapidity distributions of charged particles and photons in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt((^S)NN)$=62.4 GeV. The charged...

Directed flow in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{{^S}NN}$ =62.4 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present the directed flow (v1) measured in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt((^S)NN)$=62.4 GeV in the midpseudorapidity region |\eta|

Identified hadron spectra at large transverse momentum in p+p and d+Au collisions at $\sqrt{{^s}NN}$ = 200 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Anderson, M., ...

We present the transverse momentum (p$_T$) spectra for identified charged pions, protons and anti-protons from p+p and d+Au collisions at $\sqrt{^s}NN}$ . The spectra are measured around midrapidity...

Transverse-momentum $p_t$ correlations on $(\eta,\phi)$ from mean-$p_{t}$ fluctuations in Au-Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = $ 200 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present first measurements of the pseudorapidity and azimuth $(\eta,\phi)$ bin-size dependence of event-wise mean transverse momentum $$ fluctuations for Au-Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200$...

The multiplicity dependence of inclusive $p_t$ spectra from p-p collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 200 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., M. Aggarwal, M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., D. Anderson, B., Anderson, M., ...

We report measurements of transverse momentum $p_t$ spectra for ten event multiplicity classes of p-p collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 200$ GeV. By analyzing the multiplicity dependence we find that the...

Vorticity banding in rodlike virus suspensions (2006)

Kang, K., Lettinga, M.P., Dogic, Z., Dhont, J.K.G.

This version is available at the following Publisher URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRE/v74/e026307

Vorticity banding in rodlike virus suspensions (2006)

Kang, K., Lettinga, M. P., Dogic, Z., Dhont, J. K. G.

This version is available at the following Publisher URL: http://pre.aps.org

Age-related changes in monocyte and platelet cycloxxygenase expression in healthy male humans and rats (2006)

Kang, K, Iannazzo, L, Majewski, H

Cyclooxygenase (COX) catalyses the formation of prostanoids that are crucial in maintaining hemostasis and important in inflammation. Animal studies reveal that COX-1 and COX-2 expression increase in...

Incident energy dependence of $pt$ correlations at relativistic energies (2005)

Adams, J., M. Aggarwal, M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., D. Anderson, B., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present results for two-particle transverse momentum correlations, $$, as a function of event centrality for Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_ {NN}}$=20, 62, 130, and 200 GeV at the BNL Relativistic...

Experimental and theoretical challenges in the search for the quark gluon plasma : The STAR collaboration's critical assessment of the evidence from RHIC collisions (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We review the most important experimental results from the first three years of nucleus-nucleus collision studies at RHIC, with emphasis on results from the STAR experiment, and we assess their...

Multiplicity and pseudorapidity distributions of photons in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 62.4 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present the first measurement of multiplicity and pseudorapidity distributions of photons in the pseudorapidity region 2.3 $\le$ $\eta$ $\le$ 3.7 for different centralities in Au + Au collisions...

Pion interferometry in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present a systematic analysis of two-pion interferometry in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{\mathrm{s}_{_{\mathrm{NN}}}}$ = 200 GeV using the STAR detector at RHIC. We extract the HBT radii and study...

K(892)$^{\star}$ Resonance production in Au+Au and p+p collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV at RHIC (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

The short-lived K(892)* resonance provides an efficient tool to probe properties of the hot and dense medium produced in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. We report measurements of K* in sqrt(sNN) =...

Azimuthal anisotropy in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

The results from the STAR Collaboration on directed flow ($v_1$), elliptic flow ($v_2$), and the fourth harmonic ($v_4$) in the anisotropic azimuthal distribution of particles from Au+Au collisions...

Incident energy dependence of pt correlations at relativistic energies (2005)

Adams, J, Aggarwal, M M, Ahammed, Z, Amonett, J, Anderson, B D, Arkhipkin, D, ...

We present results for two-particle transverse momentum correlations, , as a function of event centrality for Au+Au collisions at sqrt(sNN) = 20, 62, 130, and 200 GeV at the Relativistic Heavy Ion...

Schrodinger Flow Near Harmonic Maps (2005)

Gustafson, S., Kang, K.

For the Schr\"odinger flow from $R^2 \times R^+$ to the 2-sphere $S^2$, it is not known if finite energy solutions can blow up in finite time. We study equivariant solutions whose energy is near the...

Synthesis and characterization of Na03RhO206H2O - a semiconductor with a weak ferromagnetic component (2005)

Park, S., Kang, K., Si, W., Lee, Y., Moodenbaugh, A. R., ...

We have prepared the oxyhydrate Na03RhO206H2O by extracting Na+ cations from NaRhO2 and intercalating water molecules using an aqueous solution of Na2S2O8. Synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction,...

Transverse-momentum dependent modification of dynamic texture in central Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

Correlations in the hadron distributions produced in relativistic Au+Au collisions are studied in the discrete wavelet expansion method. The analysis is performed in the space of pseudorapidity...

Open charm yields in d+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

Open charm spectra at mid-rapidity from direct reconstruction of $D^{0}$($\bar{D^0}$)$\to K^{\mp}\pi^{\pm}$ in d+Au collisions and indirect electron/positron measurements via charm semileptonic...

Azimuthal anisotropy and correlations at large transverse momenta in $p+p$ and Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

Results on high transverse momentum charged particle emission with respect to the reaction plane are presented for Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}}$= 200 GeV. Two- and four-particle correlations...

Azimuthal anisotropy in Au plus Au collisions at root S-NN=200 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

The results from the STAR Collaboration on directed flow (v(1)), elliptic flow (v(2)), and the fourth harmonic (v(4)) in the anisotropic azimuthal distribution of particles from Au+Au collisions at...

Open charm yields in d+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

Midrapidity open charm spectra from direct reconstruction of D-0((D) over bar (0))-->K(-/+)pi(+/-) in d(+)Au collisions and indirect electron-positron measurements via charm semileptonic decays in...

Multistrange baryon elliptic flow in Au plus Au collisions at root(NN)-N-S=200 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We report on the first measurement of elliptic flow nu(2)(p(T)) of multistrange baryons Xi(-)+Xi(+) and Omega(-)+Omega(+) in heavy-ion collisions. In minimum-bias Au+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200...

K(892)(*) resonance production in Au+Au and p+p collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

The short-lived K(892)* resonance provides an efficient tool to probe properties of the hot and dense medium produced in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. We report measurements of K* in root...

Pion interferometry in Au+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present a systematic analysis of two-pion interferometry in Au+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV using the STAR detector at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. We extract the Hanbury-Brown and...

Transverse-momentum dependent modification of dynamic texture in central Au+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

Correlations in the hadron distributions produced in relativistic Au+Au collisions are studied in the discrete wavelet expansion method. The analysis is performed in the space of pseudorapidity...

Incident energy dependence of p(t) correlations at relativistic energies (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present results for two-particle transverse momentum correlations, <Delta p(t,i)Delta p(t,j)>, as a function of event centrality for Au+Au collisions at root SNN = 20, 62, 130, and 200 GeV...

Multiplicity and pseudorapidity distributions of photons in Au plus Au collisions at root s(NN)=62.4 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present the first measurement of pseudorapidity distribution of photons in the region 2.3 <= eta <= 3.7 for different centralities in Au+Au collisions at root sNN = 62.4 GeV. We find that...

Experimental and theoretical challenges in the search for the quark-gluon plasma: The STAR Collaboration's critical assessment of the evidence from RHIC collisions (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We review the most important experimental results from the first three years of nucleus-nucleus collision studies at RHIC, with emphasis on results from the STAR experiment, and we assess their...

Pion, kaon, proton and anti-proton transverse momentum distributions from p+p and d+Au collisions at root(NN)-N-S=200GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

Identified mid-rapidity particle spectra of pi(+/-), K+/-, and p((p) over bar) from 200 GeV p + p and d + Au collisions are reported. A time-of-flight detector based on multi-gap resistive plate...

Incident energy dependence of p(t) correlations at relativistic energies (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present results for two-particle transverse momentum correlations, <Delta p(t,i)Delta p(t,j)>, as a function of event centrality for Au+Au collisions at root SNN = 20, 62, 130, and 200 GeV...

Experimental and theoretical challenges in the search for the quark-gluon plasma: The STAR Collaboration's critical assessment of the evidence from RHIC collisions (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We review the most important experimental results from the first three years of nucleus-nucleus collision studies at RHIC, with emphasis on results from the STAR experiment, and we assess their...

Multistrange baryon elliptic flow in Au plus Au collisions at root(NN)-N-S=200 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We report on the first measurement of elliptic flow nu(2)(p(T)) of multistrange baryons Xi(-)+Xi(+) and Omega(-)+Omega(+) in heavy-ion collisions. In minimum-bias Au+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200...

Multiplicity and pseudorapidity distributions of photons in Au plus Au collisions at root s(NN)=62.4 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present the first measurement of pseudorapidity distribution of photons in the region 2.3 <= eta <= 3.7 for different centralities in Au+Au collisions at root sNN = 62.4 GeV. We find that...

Azimuthal anisotropy in Au plus Au collisions at root S-NN=200 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

The results from the STAR Collaboration on directed flow (v(1)), elliptic flow (v(2)), and the fourth harmonic (v(4)) in the anisotropic azimuthal distribution of particles from Au+Au collisions at...

K(892)(*) resonance production in Au+Au and p+p collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

The short-lived K(892)* resonance provides an efficient tool to probe properties of the hot and dense medium produced in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. We report measurements of K* in root...

Pion interferometry in Au+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present a systematic analysis of two-pion interferometry in Au+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV using the STAR detector at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. We extract the Hanbury-Brown and...

Transverse-momentum dependent modification of dynamic texture in central Au+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

Correlations in the hadron distributions produced in relativistic Au+Au collisions are studied in the discrete wavelet expansion method. The analysis is performed in the space of pseudorapidity...

Pion, kaon, proton and anti-proton transverse momentum distributions from p+p and d+Au collisions at root(NN)-N-S=200GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

Identified mid-rapidity particle spectra of pi(+/-), K+/-, and p((p) over bar) from 200 GeV p + p and d + Au collisions are reported. A time-of-flight detector based on multi-gap resistive plate...

Open charm yields in d+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

Midrapidity open charm spectra from direct reconstruction of D-0((D) over bar (0))-->K(-/+)pi(+/-) in d(+)Au collisions and indirect electron-positron measurements via charm semileptonic decays in...

Incident energy dependence of $pt$ correlations at relativistic energies (2005)

Adams, J., M. Aggarwal, M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., D. Anderson, B., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present results for two-particle transverse momentum correlations, $$, as a function of event centrality for Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_ {NN}}$=20, 62, 130, and 200 GeV at the BNL Relativistic...

Recent high- $p_{\rm T}$ results from STAR (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

The STAR Collaboration has a broad range of recent results on intermediate and high- $p_{\rm T}$ phenomena in Au + Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 and 62 GeV and in d + Au at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ =...

Open charm production from d + Au collisions in STAR (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

Charmed hadrons are interesting observables in heavy ion collisions. They are becoming more accessible to experimental scrutiny at RHIC energies due to the increased production cross-section of charm...

Experimental and theoretical challenges in the search for the quark gluon plasma : The STAR collaboration's critical assessment of the evidence from RHIC collisions (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We review the most important experimental results from the first three years of nucleus-nucleus collision studies at RHIC, with emphasis on results from the STAR experiment, and we assess their...

Multiplicity and pseudorapidity distributions of photons in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 62.4 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present the first measurement of multiplicity and pseudorapidity distributions of photons in the pseudorapidity region 2.3 $\le$ $\eta$ $\le$ 3.7 for different centralities in Au + Au collisions...

Pion interferometry in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present a systematic analysis of two-pion interferometry in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{\mathrm{s}_{_{\mathrm{NN}}}}$ = 200 GeV using the STAR detector at RHIC. We extract the HBT radii and study...

K(892)$^{\star}$ Resonance production in Au+Au and p+p collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV at RHIC (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

The short-lived K(892)* resonance provides an efficient tool to probe properties of the hot and dense medium produced in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. We report measurements of K* in sqrt(sNN) =...

Hadronization geometry and charge-dependent two-particle correlations on momentum subspace ($\eta, \phi$) in Au-Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 130 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present the first measurements of charge-dependent two-particle correlations on momentum-space difference variables $\eta_1 - \eta_2$ (pseudorapidity) and $\phi_1 - \phi_2$ (azimuth) for primary...

Transverse-momentum dependent modification of dynamic texture in central Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

Correlations in the hadron distributions produced in relativistic Au+Au collisions are studied in the discrete wavelet expansion method. The analysis is performed in the space of pseudorapidity...

Open charm yields in d+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

Open charm spectra at mid-rapidity from direct reconstruction of $D^{0}$($\bar{D^0}$)$\to K^{\mp}\pi^{\pm}$ in d+Au collisions and indirect electron/positron measurements via charm semileptonic...

Azimuthal anisotropy in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

The results from the STAR Collaboration on directed flow ($v_1$), elliptic flow ($v_2$), and the fourth harmonic ($v_4$) in the anisotropic azimuthal distribution of particles from Au+Au collisions...

Incident energy dependence of $pt$ correlations at relativistic energies (2005)

Adams, J., M. Aggarwal, M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., D. Anderson, B., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present results for two-particle transverse momentum correlations, $$, as a function of event centrality for Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_ {NN}}$=20, 62, 130, and 200 GeV at the BNL Relativistic...

Recent high- $p_{\rm T}$ results from STAR (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

The STAR Collaboration has a broad range of recent results on intermediate and high- $p_{\rm T}$ phenomena in Au + Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 and 62 GeV and in d + Au at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ =...

Open charm production from d + Au collisions in STAR (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

Charmed hadrons are interesting observables in heavy ion collisions. They are becoming more accessible to experimental scrutiny at RHIC energies due to the increased production cross-section of charm...

Experimental and theoretical challenges in the search for the quark gluon plasma : The STAR collaboration's critical assessment of the evidence from RHIC collisions (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We review the most important experimental results from the first three years of nucleus-nucleus collision studies at RHIC, with emphasis on results from the STAR experiment, and we assess their...

Multiplicity and pseudorapidity distributions of photons in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 62.4 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present the first measurement of multiplicity and pseudorapidity distributions of photons in the pseudorapidity region 2.3 $\le$ $\eta$ $\le$ 3.7 for different centralities in Au + Au collisions...

Pion interferometry in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present a systematic analysis of two-pion interferometry in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{\mathrm{s}_{_{\mathrm{NN}}}}$ = 200 GeV using the STAR detector at RHIC. We extract the HBT radii and study...

K(892)$^{\star}$ Resonance production in Au+Au and p+p collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV at RHIC (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

The short-lived K(892)* resonance provides an efficient tool to probe properties of the hot and dense medium produced in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. We report measurements of K* in sqrt(sNN) =...

Hadronization geometry and charge-dependent two-particle correlations on momentum subspace ($\eta, \phi$) in Au-Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 130 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present the first measurements of charge-dependent two-particle correlations on momentum-space difference variables $\eta_1 - \eta_2$ (pseudorapidity) and $\phi_1 - \phi_2$ (azimuth) for primary...

Transverse-momentum dependent modification of dynamic texture in central Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

Correlations in the hadron distributions produced in relativistic Au+Au collisions are studied in the discrete wavelet expansion method. The analysis is performed in the space of pseudorapidity...

Open charm yields in d+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

Open charm spectra at mid-rapidity from direct reconstruction of $D^{0}$($\bar{D^0}$)$\to K^{\mp}\pi^{\pm}$ in d+Au collisions and indirect electron/positron measurements via charm semileptonic...

Azimuthal anisotropy in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200 GeV (2005)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

The results from the STAR Collaboration on directed flow ($v_1$), elliptic flow ($v_2$), and the fourth harmonic ($v_4$) in the anisotropic azimuthal distribution of particles from Au+Au collisions...

Diffusion of spheres in crowded suspensions of rods (2005)

Kang, K., Gapinski, J., Lettinga, M. P., Buitenhuis, J., Meier, G., Ratajczyk, M., ...

This version is available at the following Publisher URL: http://jcp.aip.org

Two-particle correlations on transverse momentum and minijet dissipation in Au-Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 130 GeV (2004)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present the first measurements of two-particle correlations on transverse momentum $p_t$ for Au-Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 130$ GeV. Significant large-momentum-scale correlation structures...

Azimuthal anisotropy in Au+Au collisions at sqrt sNN = 200 GeV (2004)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Akhipkin, D., ...

The results from the STAR Collaboration on directed flow (v_1), elliptic flow (v_2), and the fourth harmonic (v_4) in the anisotropic azimuthal distribution of particles from Au+Au collisions at...

Pseudorapidity asymmetry and centrality dependence of charged hadron spectra in d+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV (2004)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

The pseudorapidity asymmetry and centrality dependence of charged hadron spectra in d+Au collisions at roots(NN)=200 GeV are presented. The charged particle density at midrapidity, its pseudorapidity...

Production of e(+)e(-) pairs accompanied by nuclear dissociation in ultraperipheral heavy-ion collisions (2004)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present data on e(+)e(-) pair production accompanied by nuclear breakup in ultraperipheral gold-gold collisions at a center of mass energy of 200 GeV per nucleon pair. The nuclear breakup...

Centrality and pseudorapidity dependence of charged hadron production at intermediate p(T) in Au plus Au collisions at root s(NN)=130 GeV (2004)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present STAR measurements of charged hadron production as a function of centrality in Au+Au collisions at roots(NN)=130 GeV. The measurements cover a phase space region of 0.2

Measurements of transverse energy distributions in Au plus Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV (2004)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

Transverse energy (ET) distributions have been measured for Au+Au collisions at roots(NN)=200 GeV by the STAR Collaboration at RHIC. E-T is constructed from its hadronic and electromagnetic...

Multistrange baryon production in Au-Au collisions at root s(NN)=130 GeV (2004)

Adams, J., Adler, C., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., ...

The transverse mass spectra and midrapidity yields for Xis and Omegas are presented. For the 10% most central collisions, the (&UXi;) over bar (+)/h(-) ratio increases from the Super Proton...

Azimuthal anisotropy and correlations at large transverse momenta in p+p and Au+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV (2004)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

Results on high transverse momentum charged particle emission with respect to the reaction plane are presented for Au+Au collisions at roots(NN=)200 GeV. Two- and four-particle correlations results...

Minijet deformation and charge-independent two-particle correlations on momentum subspace ($\eta, \phi$) in Au-Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 130 GeV (2004)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present first measurements of charge-independent correlations on momentum-space difference variables $\eta_1 - \eta_2$ (pseudorapidity) and $\phi_1 - \phi_2$ (azimuth) for charged primary hadrons...

Azimuthal anisotropy and correlations at large transverse momenta in $p+p$ and Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV (2004)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

Results on high transverse momentum charged particle emission with respect to the reaction plane are presented for Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}}$= 200 GeV. Two- and four-particle correlations...

Two-particle correlations on transverse momentum and minijet dissipation in Au-Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 130 GeV (2004)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present the first measurements of two-particle correlations on transverse momentum $p_t$ for Au-Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 130$ GeV. Significant large-momentum-scale correlation structures...

Minijet deformation and charge-independent two-particle correlations on momentum subspace ($\eta, \phi$) in Au-Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 130 GeV (2004)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present first measurements of charge-independent correlations on momentum-space difference variables $\eta_1 - \eta_2$ (pseudorapidity) and $\phi_1 - \phi_2$ (azimuth) for charged primary hadrons...

Azimuthal anisotropy and correlations at large transverse momenta in $p+p$ and Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV (2004)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

Results on high transverse momentum charged particle emission with respect to the reaction plane are presented for Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}}$= 200 GeV. Two- and four-particle correlations...

Two-particle correlations on transverse momentum and minijet dissipation in Au-Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 130 GeV (2004)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We present the first measurements of two-particle correlations on transverse momentum $p_t$ for Au-Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 130$ GeV. Significant large-momentum-scale correlation structures...

Tunable molecular resonances of a double quantum dot Aharonov-Bohm interferometer (2004)

Kang, K, Cho, SY

We investigate resonant tunnelling through molecular states of an Aharonov-Bohm (AB) interferometer composed of two coupled quantum dots. The conductance of the system shows two resonances associated...

Tunable molecular resonances of a double quantum dot Aharonov-Bohm interferometer (2004)

Kang, K, Cho, SY

We investigate resonant tunnelling through molecular states of an Aharonov-Bohm (AB) interferometer composed of two coupled quantum dots. The conductance of the system shows two resonances associated...

A global test of factorization for nucleon-nucleon, gamma p and gamma gamma scattering (2003)

Block, M. M., Kang, K.

The purpose of this note is to show that the cross section factorization relation $\sigma_{nn}(s)/\sigma_{\gamma p}(s) = \sigma_{\gamma p}(s)/ \sigma_{\gamma\gamma}(s)$ is satisfied experimentally in...

Magnetic polarization currents in double quantum dot devices (2003)

Cho, S. Y., McKenzie, R. H., Kang, K., Kim, C. K.

We investigate coherent electron transport through a parallel circuit of two quantum dots (QDs), each of which has a single tunable. energy level. Electrons tunnelling via each dot from the left lead...

Magnetic polarization currents in double quantum dot devices (2003)

Cho, S. Y., McKenzie, R. H., Kang, K., Kim, C. K.

We investigate coherent electron transport through a parallel circuit of two quantum dots (QDs), each of which has a single tunable. energy level. Electrons tunnelling via each dot from the left lead...

Overview of the COMPETE Program (2002)

Ezhela, V. V., Cudell, J. R., Gauron, P., Kang, K., Kang, S. K., Kuyanov, Yu. V., ...

Nowadays, scientific databases have become the bread-and-butter of particle physicists. These databases must be maintained and checked repeatedly to insure the accuracy of their content. The COMPETE...

Forward observables at RHIC, the Tevatron run II and the LHC (2002)

Cudell, J. R., Ezhela, V. V., Gauron, P., Kang, K., Kuyanov, Yu. V., Lugovsky, S. B., ...

We present predictions on the total cross sections and on the ratio of the real part to the imaginary part of the elastic amplitude (rho parameter) for present and future pp and pbar p colliders, and...

Benchmarks for the forward observables at RHIC, the Tevatron-run II, and the LHC (2002)

Cudell, Jean-René, Ezhela, Vladimir V., Gauron, P., Kang, K., Kuyanov, Yu V., Lugovsky, S. B., ...

We present predictions on the total cross sections and on the ratio of the real part to the imaginary part of the elastic amplitude (rho parameter) for present and future pp and pbar p colliders, and...

Analytic Amplitudes for Hadronic Forward Scattering : COMPETE Update (2002)

Nicolescu, B., Cudell, J. R., Ezhela, V. V., Gauron, P., Kang, K., Kuyanov, Yu. V., ...

We consider several classes of analytic parametrizations of hadronic scattering amplitudes, and compare their predictions to all available forward data in hadron-hadron, gamma-p and gamma-gamma...

Benchmarks for the Forward Observables at RHIC, the Tevatron-run II and the LHC (2002)

Cudell, J. R., Ezhela, V. V., Gauron, P., Kang, K., Kuyanov, Yu. V., Lugovsky, S. B., ...

We present predictions on the total cross sections and on the ratio of the real part to the imaginary part of the elastic amplitude (rho parameter) for present and future pp and pbar p colliders, and...

Hadronic scattering amplitudes: Medium-energy constraints on asymptotic behavior (2002)

Cudell, Jean-René, Ezhela, Vladimir V., Gauron, P., Kang, K., Kuyanov, Yu V., Lugovsky, S. B., ...

We consider several classes of analytic parametrizations of hadronic scattering amplitudes, and compare their predictions to all available forward data (pp, (p) over barp, pip, Kp, gammap,...

Total Cross Sections of e+ e- --> hadrons and pQCD Tests (2002)

Kang, K., Ezhela, V. V., Kang, S. K., Lugovsky, S. B., Whalley, M. R., Zenin, O. V.

In the light of recent muon (g-2) result by the E821 experiment at BNL, the importance of and interest in the total hadronic cross sections in e+ e- collisions and R(e+ e- --> hadrons) have been...

Analytic Amplitudes for Hadronic Forward Scattering : COMPETE Update (2002)

Nicolescu, B., Cudell, J. R., Ezhela, V. V., Gauron, P., Kang, K., Kuyanov, Yu. V., ...

We consider several classes of analytic parametrizations of hadronic scattering amplitudes, and compare their predictions to all available forward data in hadron-hadron, gamma-p and gamma-gamma...

Analytic Amplitude Models for Forward Scattering (2001)

Kang, K., Cudell, J. R., Ezhela, V. V., Gauron, P., Kuyanov, Yu. V., Lugovsky, S. B., ...

We report on fits of a large class of analytic amplitude models for forward scattering against the comprehensive data for all available reactions. To differentiate the goodness of the fits of many...

New measures of the quality and of the reliability of fits applied to forward hadronic data at t=0 (2001)

Cudell, J. R., Kang, K., Ezhela, V. V., Kuyanov, Yu. V., Lugovsky, S. B., Tkachenko, N. P., ...

We develop five new statistical measures of the quality of fits, which we combine with the usual confidence level to determine the models which fit best all available data for total cross sections...

A compilation of total cross section data on e^+ e^- --> hadrons and pQCD tests (2001)

Zenin, O. V., Ezhela, V. V., Lugovsky, S. B., Whalley, M. R., Kang, K., Kang, S. K.

All available data on the total cross sections and R-ratio of e^+ e^- --> hadrons are compiled from the PPDS(DataGuide), PPDS(ReacData) and HEPDATA(Reaction) databases and transformed to a...

Analytic parametrizations of the non-perturbative Pomeron and QCD-inspired models (2001)

Nicolescu, B., Cudell, J. R., Ezhela, V. V., Gauron, P., Kang, K., Kuyanov, Yu. V., ...

We consider several classes of analytic parametrizations of hadronic scattering amplitudes, and compare their predictions to all available forward data (proton- proton, antiproton-proton,...

Hadronic scattering amplitudes: medium-energy constraints on asymptotic behaviour (2001)

Cudell, J. R., Ezhela, V., Gauron, P., Kang, K., Kuyanov, Yu. V., Lugovsky, S., ...

We consider several classes of analytic parametrisations of hadronic scattering amplitudes, and compare their predictions to all available forward data (p p, pbar p, pi p, K p, gamma p, gamma gamma,...

Analytic parametrizations of the non-perturbative Pomeron and QCD-inspired models (2001)

Nicolescu, B., Cudell, J. R., Ezhela, V. V., Gauron, P., Kang, K., Kuyanov, Yu. V., ...

We consider several classes of analytic parametrizations of hadronic scattering amplitudes, and compare their predictions to all available forward data (proton- proton, antiproton-proton,...

Report of the Beyond the MSSM Subgroup for the Tevatron Run II SUSY/Higgs Workshop (2000)

Ambrosanio, S., Baer, H., Brignole, A., Castro, A., Chertok, M., Cheung, K., ...

There are many low-energy models of supersymmetry breaking parameters which are motivated by theoretical and experimental considerations. Here, we discuss some of the lesser-known theories of...

Using Simulation for Option Pricing 1 (2000)

John M. Charnes, J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick

Monte Carlo simulation is a popular method for pricing financial options and other derivative securities because of the availability of powerful workstations and recent advances in applying the tool....

Literacy practices (2000)

J. A. Joines, R. R. Barton, K. Kang, P. A. Fishwick, Gert Zülch, Jörg Fischer, ...

This paper describes an object-orientated simulation approach towards an integrated planning of production systems. The main obstacle for an integrated use of simulation over different planning areas...

High-Energy Forward Scattering and the Pomeron: Simple Pole versus Unitarized Models (1999)

Cudell, J. R., Ezhela, V., Kang, K., Lugovsky, S., Tkachenko, N.

Using the largest data set available, we determine the best values that the data at t=0 (total cross sections and real parts of the hadronic amplitudes) give for the intercepts and couplings of the...

Soft Pomeron and Lower-Trajectory Intercepts (1998)

Cudell, J. R., Ezhela, V. V., Kang, K., Lugovsky, S. B., Tkachenko, N. P.

We present a preliminary report on the determination of the intercepts and couplings of the soft pomeron and of the rho/omega and f/a trajectories from the largest data set available for all total...