9TH EUROPEAN SIMULATION 
SYMPOSIUM AND EXHIBITION
SIMULATION IN INDUSTRY
Passau, Germany, October 19-22, 1997 

The numbers in bold point to the page number of the paper in the proceedings

  FINAL PROGRAM
Wednesday October 22, 1997
08.00-09.00 Registration
08.30-10.30 Parallel Sessions
08.30-10.30
SIMULATION METHODOLOGY

ROOM A
METHODS AND TECHNIQUES B
Session Chairperson: Francis Lorenz, Lorenz Simulation, Germany

Holonic User Driven Methodologies and Tools for Simulating Human Organizations
Emmanuel Adam, Emmanuel Vergison, Christophe Kolski and René Mandiau 57

System Specification and Simulation with a Module-Refinement Approach
Junhai Li 62

Unified Topological Mini-Models in Technique
Zigurds Markovitch and Janis Rekners 66

A Multi-Level Hybrid Approach to Model Software Development Processes
Paolo Donzelli and Guiseppe Iazeolla 71

08.30-10.30 ROOM B
DISTRIBUTED AND PARALLEL SYSTEM SIMULATION B
Session Chairperson: Flavio R. Wagner

3D Animation Based on Dynamic System Modeling for Parallel Discrete Event Simulation Systems
Yoshiki Yamaguchi, Noritaka Osawa and Toshitsugu Yuba 259

On the Optimization of Shared Variables in Time Warp
C. Hirata and J. Kramer 264

A Criterion of Time Management Selection in a Parallel Car Traffic Simulation
Atsuo Ozaki, Masakazu Furuichi, Kazuhiro Abe, Katsuto Nakajima and Hidetoshi Tanaka 270

Rollback-Based Parallel Discrete Event Simulation by Using Hybrid State Saving
Francesco Quaglia and Vittorio Cortellessa 275

08.30-10.30
SIMULATION METHODOLOGY

ROOM C
NEURAL NETWORKS
Session Chairperson: Takao Onoye, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Using Neural Networks in Structure Characterisation
L. Vermeersch, E.J.H. Kerckhoffs and H. Koppelaar 303

A Dedicated Environment for The Simulation of Backpropagation Neural Networks on a General Purpose Hypercube Parallel Computer
W.L. Li, E.J.H. Kerckhoffs and L.J.M. Rothkrantz 312

08.30-10.30
SIMULATION IN INDUSTRY

ROOM D
SIMULATION IN BUSINESS
Session Chairperson: E.J.H. Kerckhoffs, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

Simulation in Financial Services with The Business Process Management System ADONIS
J. Herbst, S. Junginger and H. Kühn 491

Business Process Modeling and Simulation Based on Topological Approach
Janis Osis, Uldis Sukovskis and Artis Teilans 496

Enterprise Wide Simulation
John Hammann 501

Artificial Intelligance in Simulation and Optimization on Business Process Engineering
Wilfried Krug 504

08.30-10.30
SIMULATION IN ENGINEERING

ROOM E
SIMULATION IN COMPUTER DESIGN
Session Chairperson: Annette Schreiber

Timing Analysis with FPGA-Based Emulation Systems
Nikolaj Janzen and Franz J.Rammig 547

Simulation in Low Power Embedded Processor Design
Yukihiro Yoshida, Takao Onoye, Isao Shirakawa and Noboru Kubo 557

Efficient On-Line Trace Driven Simulation of Parallel Computer Architectures
Sotiris Milios, Georgios Theodoropoulos and Dimitris Lioupis 562

Workload Characterisation Based on AI Techniques: A Comparative Study
K.I. Shihab and J.A. Campbell 567

10.30-11.00 Coffee Break
11.00-12.30 Parallel Sessions
11.00-12.30
SIMULATION METHODOLOGY

ROOM A
OBJECT-ORIENTED MODELLING AND SIMULATION B
Session Chairperson: Hans Vangheluwe, Univ. Ghent, Belgium

SIMOO, An Environment for the Object-Oriented Discrete Simulation
Bernardo Copstein, Flavio R. Wagner and Carlos S. Pereira 21

Object-Oriented Knowledge-Based Framework for Open Modeling in Hierarchical Simulation of Microsystems
Tudor Niculiu, Daniel Leonescu, Anca Manolescu, Anton Manolescu, Klaus Hofmann and Manfred Glesner 26

An Object Oriented Automated Framework for Simulation of Complex Physical Systems
Konstantinos E. Prapiadis, Martin Colley and Paul Chernett 31

11.00-12.30
SIMULATION IN INDUSTRY

ROOM B
TECHNIQUES FOR THE SIMULATION OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES B
Session Chairperson: Janette Garcia, Univ. Simon Bolivar, Carracas, Venezuela

Invited Presentation
OOPUS-An Approach to Develop Flexible Production Planning and Control Systems
Wilhelm Dangelmaier 747

Using a Repository Model Base to Support A Petri-Nets-Based Multifacetted Modelling of Complex Manufacturing Systems
Eugene J.H. Kerckhoffs, Hassane Alla, Carmen-Veronica Bobeanu and Florin-Gheorghe Filip 728

ARENA's Component Concept Opens Simulation to Integrated Solutions
Klaus Harder 736

11.00-12.30 SIMULATION IN INDUSTRY

ROOM C
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Session Chairperson:

Global Logistics Assistance Simulation System
H. Mutzke 463

Optimization of a Collection System by Simulating Logistics Improvements
Lucio Compagno, Danilo D. Filippo and Domenico Marchese 466

11.00-12.30 ROOM D
SIMULATION OF ASSEMBLY LINES
Session Chairperson: Hans Ziegler

Simulation of Manual Flow Lines
Isabel C. Praça 337

Simulation of a PLC-Controlled Assembly Line
J.H. Jarvis and D.H. Jarvis 342

HoME: Holistic Matrix Evaluation for Assembly Line Balancing Based on Simulation
M. Schleicher, K. Hingerl, S. Graebe and G. Zeichen 347

11.00-12.30
SIMULATION IN ENGINEERING

ROOM E
ANALOG SIMULATION METHODOLOGIES
Session Chairperson: Franz J.Rammig, Heinz Nixdorf Institut, University GH Paderborn

An 0(Kmn') Algorithm for The Symbolic Analysis of Analog Integrated Circuits
Petr Dobrovolny, Piet Wambacq, Georges Gielen and Willy Sansen 591

A New Circuit for VLSI Implementation of The Piece-Wise-Linear Function and an Approximative Derivative
H. Chible, M. Valle, L. Motta and D.D. Caviglia 595

Object-Oriented Management of Algorithms and Models
R. Mlekus and S. Selberherr 601

12.30-12.45 Closing Session

Room A
Farewell Address
Winfried Hahn, General Symposium Chair, University of Passau

12.45-13.45 Lunch

Please note: Lunch is optional; any participants that want to make use of this lunch are free to do so.


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