Tuesday May 23rd
Registration from 1.30 p.m. onwards
Tutorials from 1.30 p.m. onwards
Finding the Best System Configuration: An Application of Optimization and
Simulation
Herb Schwetman 589
Virtual Reality in Surgical Procedures
B. Kesper, D. P. F. Möller and E. Godehardt 788
Combining Simulation with Optimization for Strategic Planning: RHYTHM Supply
Chain Strategies Simulator
Koray Dogan and Steve Ellet
Wednesday May 24th
9.00 a.m. to 9.15 a.m
Opening Session
Rector of the University of Ghent
Conference Chair: Rik Vanlandeghem
SCS Europe
9.15 a.m. to 10.00 a.m.
Keynote Speech
The Future of Simulation
Jerry Banks 3
10.00 a.m. to 10.30 a.m.
COFFEE BREAK
10.30 a.m. to 12.30
PARALLEL SESSIONS
ROOM A: SIMULATION TOOLS
Using Mathematica to Simulate General Queuing Systems
C. D'Apice, B. D'Auria, R. Manzo and S. Salerno 23
A Tool for Controlled Knowledge Discovery in Spatial Domains
Dragoljub Pokrajac, Zoran Obradovic and Tim Fiez 26
Recursive Performance Optimisation Algorithms using Simulation
R. K. Boel and S. Deman 778
ROOM B: MODELING PHYSICAL DEVICES I
Universal Mathematical Model of Motor Drives
Emad S. Addasi 181
Modelling and Fuzzy Logic of DC Drive
Bogumila Mrozek and Zbigniew Mrozek 186
Mathematical Modeling of Synchronous Motor Dynamic Modes under Stochastic
Processes
Abdullah Al-Odienat 191
ROOM C: SIMULATION TOOLS IN INDUSTRY
A Component-Oriented Simulation Approach for Industrial Plant Models:
The PlantSim Simulation Tools
K.Wöllhaf and R.Rosen 291
Parallel Discrete Event Simulation of manufacturing Systems Using PARSEC
Ye Zhang, Wentong Cai and Stephen J.Turner 296
Performance Evaluation of Production Systems: a Simulation Based Approach
Abdelhakim Artiba, Serguei Iassinovski and Denis Pichel 302
A Generic Hybrid Flow-Shop Simulation Model using SIMULA
Michel Gourgand, Alain Tanguy and Nikolay Tchernev 307
ROOM D: SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING & CONTROL I
Supply Chain Dynamics with Production Priority Settings
Eugene A.M.Schenk 445
IT-Supported Supply Chain Management - New Perspectives
Winfried Sihn, Jörg Pirron and Ute Mussbach-Winter 452
Implementing a Cost Model in a Textiles Supply Chain Using Simulation
Barbara Belpaire, Rik Van Landeghem and Julia Petuhova 455
Simulation Based Optimal Configuration of Distribution Channel in Supply Chain
Xie Xudong and Arun Kumar 461
ROOM E: SIMULATING NETWORK TRAFFIC I
Traffic Generators for TMN Simulation
Paulo José de Freitas Filho and Marcelo Maia Sobral 493
Fuzzy Traffic Shaper for MPEG-4 Sequences
Alessandro Genco and Antonio Zasa 497
A Methodological Approach for Fieldbus Simulation and Performance Prediction
Luc Hohwiller and Serge Wendling 502
Development of a Template for Telecommunications Management Networks
Simulation
A Tool for Performance Evaluation
Paulo José de Freitas Filho and Edson Tirelli 508
ROOM F: MODELING AND SIMULATION IN MEDICINE I
Modelling as Tool for Therapy Selection
Zigurds Markovitch and Ieva Markovitcha 621
A Discrete Event Simulation Approach for Evaluating Screening Policies for
Alzheimer's Disease
Thierry J. Chaussalet, Haifeng Xie, Wayne A. Thompson and Peter H.
Millard 624
Multiparadigm Simulations in Modeling Spread of Lyme Disease
Gilbert Chen, Boleslaw K.Szymanski and Thomas Caraco 631
Neuro-Fuzzy Methodology applied to Nonlinear Pharmakokinetic Processes in
Medicine
Dietmar P.F.Möller 639
12.30 TO 1.30 P.M. LUNCH BREAK
1.30 P.M. TO 3.00 P.M. PARALLEL SESSIONS
ROOM A: SIMULATION METHODOLOGY I
A Common Access to the High Level Architecture (HLA) utilising Design Patterns
K. Pixius, H.-P. Menzler and U. Krosta 33
On the Validity of Generating Gamma Variates through the Generalised Lambda
Distribution
Gerrit K.Janssens en Kenneth Sörenson 38
Comparing Overlapping Batch Means and Standardized Time Series under Multiple
Replications in Parallel
Edjair Mota, Adam Woliscz and Krzysztof Pawlikowski 43
ROOM B: MODELING PHYSICAL DEVICES II
Computational Modeling for Solid-State Variable-Frequency Induction Motor
Drive
Saleh Al-Jufout 196
A Multibody Loop Constraints Approach for Modelling the Wheel/Ground Rigid
Contact of Rolling Systems
K. Lipinski and P. Fisette 201
ROOM C: INDUSTRY CASES I
Queueing Network Models for a Capacity Allocation Problem
Alexandre Dolgui and Oleg Zaikin 315
An Industrial Approach for the Simulation of Complex Heterogeneous Systems
S.Scherber, K.Wöllhaf and C. Müller-Schloer 318
Maintenance Systems Organizational Structure Designing Methodology based on
Modeling and Simulation
Petar Stanojevic, Vasilije Miskovic and Vladimir Bukvic 323
ROOM D: CASES IN SERVICE COMPANIES I
Modelling the Behaviour of People at Work
T.S.Baines, J.M.Kay and J.Ladbrook 386
Simulation of Multidimensional Procurement Auctions
Martin Bichler and Hannes Werther 393
Evolutionary Method for the Development of the R&D Process in Pharmaceutical
Industry
Paivi Haho, Rita Smeds, Esa Soppi, and Aino Takala 401
ROOM E: SIMULATING NETWORK TRAFFIC II
Discrete event Modeling of ATM Based Network
E. De Gentili, F. Bernardi and J. F. Santucci 513
Video Traffic Modeling of Full-Length VBR Video for Efficient Broadband
Network
Simulation
Juan Carlos Olabe, Xabier Basogain and Mikel Olabe 516
Optimal Delay Buffer for VoIP Applications
Viktor Matic, Alen Bazant and Mladen Kos 521
ROOM F: MODELING AND SIMULATION IN MEDICINE II
Hierarchical Interfaces for Hardware Software Systems
Tudor Niculiu, Chouki Aktouf and Sorin Cotofana 647
The Extended Bond-Graphs Approach: The Best Choice for Modelling Biomedical
Processes
André Tavernier 655
A Posteriori Evaluation of Mass Casualty Dispatching Rules for Future
Strategy
Guidance on Disaster Scenes, Based on Computer Simulation
N.Mueller and H.Muller-Malek
3.00 P.M. TO 3.30 P.M. COFFEE BREAK
3.30 P.M. TO 6.00 P.M. PARALLEL SESSIONS
ROOM A: SIMULATION METHODOLOGY I
Automatic Load Distribution for Conservative Distributed Simulation
Jouni Ikonen and Jari Porras 49
Increasing the Efficiency of Simulation Algorithms through Parallel Processing
Joanna K.Hartley 54
Concepts for Dependable Distributed Discrete Event Simulation
Johannes Lüthi and Clemens Berchtold 59
The Simulation of Business Rules in Active Databases using Expert System
Approach
Ivan Bruha, Frantisek Franek and Vladimir L. Rosicky 67
Lies, Damn Lies and Computer Simulation
Colin Brain 72
ROOM B: VEHICLE TRAFFIC MODELLING
A Road Traffic Simulator: Car-Following and Lane-Changing
T. Jiménez and P. Mussi and G. Siegel 241
Object Oriented Methodology for Urban Traffic Modelling and Simulation
Michelle Chabrol, David Sarramia and Nikolay Tchernev 246
Fuzzy Parameters Estimation for Car-Following Modellling
S.Gonzalez-Rojo, J.G. Slama, A. Lopes Pereira and F.
Mora-Camino 251
ROOM C: INDUSTRY CASES II
An Alternative to Unify Performance and Reliability Analysis of Industrial
Applications
Lenin Lemus, David de Andrés, and Pedro Gil 326
Anticipated Resource Consumption Modelling in the Production Process as the
Basis
for Simulation Activities in Paper Mills
John Fogelholm 331
A Simulator for Production Planning in a Corn Flour Facility in Atlacomulco,
Mexico
Graciela Bueno, Enrique Arjona-Suarez and Lourdes
Santiago-Zaragoza 335
Integrated Bond Graph Modelling in Process Engineering linked with Economic
Systems
Belkacem Ould Bouamana and Jean-Philippe Cassar 340
Use of Mathematical Modelling Techniques at Sidmar
Mr.Bekaert
ROOM D: SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING & CONTROLII
Using Simulation to Re-Engineer the Supply Chain in Automotive Production
Agostino G. Bruzzone, Pietro Giribone and Roberto Revetria 466
A General Agent-Based Architecture for Production Planning in Electronic
Commerce Scenarios
Luis Brito, Paulo Novais and José Neves 471
A Distributed Model of Interconnected Simulators to control the Supply Chain
in
a Stochastic Configuration
Roberto Mosca, Alessandra Frigato Bonello and Flavio Tonelli
476
Simulation Based Scheduling with WIP Consideration for FMS using Trip-Based
Material Handling Systems
Michel Gourgand, Philippe Lacomme and Nikolay Tchernev 481
ROOM E: COMMUNICATION NETWORKS MANAGEMENT MODELS I
Simulation of the HYbrid Telecommunications Access System HYTAS for Testing
the
Network Management System KENOS
Ingmar Ahrens, Holger Krisp, Christian Müller-Schloer, Werner van Almsick
and Stefan Scherber 529
Models for Configurable Mechanisms in Multimedia QoS Management - Simulation
Study
Eduard Cristian Popovici, Adrian Constantin and Eugen Borcoci
535
Wide Area Network Module -for FDT Based Simulation of Multicast
Communication
Protocols
Eugen Borcoci and Stanislaw Budkowski 539
Partial Buffer Sharing Scheme: Loss Thresholds Optimization
Milutin Kapov , Marija Vrdoljak and Ivan Vrdoljak 543
ROOM F: COMPUTER BASED TRAINING
A Monte Carlo Simulation to Sequential Mastery Testing in Education Using a
Backward
Induction Computational Procedure
Hans J. Vos 751
Multi-Agent Architecture for Distributed Simulation: Teaching Application for
Industrial Management
Stéphane Galland, Frédéric Grimaud and Jean-Pierre Campagne
756
Learning Micro-GPSS over the Web
Ingolf Stĺhl 763
THURSDAY MAY 25TH
9.00 A.M. - 10.00 A.M. KEYNOTE SPEECH
Virtual Reality and Simulation in Medicine
Dietmar P. F. Moller 10
10.00 A.M. TO 10.30 A.M. COFFEE BREAK
10.30 A.M. TO 12.30 PARALLEL SESSIONS
ROOM A: SIMULATION METHODOLOGY II
Methodological Approach for Distributed Simulation: General Concepts for
MAMA-S
Stéphane Galland, Frédéric Grimaud and Jean-Pierre Campagne 77
An Evaluation of Conservative Protocols for Bulk-Synchronous Parallel
Discrete-Event Simulation
Mauricio Marín 83
Handling System Variability in Real Time Discrete Event Experimentation
D. Anagnostopoulos 91
Logic Based Extensions of Stochastic Process Algebras for High-Level
Performance
Modelling and Evaluation
Ulrich Klehmet 97
ROOM B: CONTINUOUS SYSTEMS MODELING
Simulation of Hybrid Systems Using Stateflow
Anis Sahbani and Jean-Claude Pascal 271
An Approach for Integrating Explanation in Qualitative Simulation
Mohamed El Habib Laraba and Zaidi Sahnoun 276
Simulation in PROLOG of Trajectory Planning for Multi-Agent System
Ryszard Tolwinski 281
Use of PROSIM for test and Simulation of the Attitude and orbit Control
Subsystems
of the new XMM Satellite
Leo Timmermans
ROOM C: CASES IN SERVICE COMPANIES II
Throughput Time Reduction in a Self-Service Restaurant: The Free Flow Case
Patrick Beullens and Dirk Van Oudheusden 367
Business Process Modeling and Simulation for Quality Management
Ivo Vondrák 375
Analysis of Passenger Boarding in Airplanes using Simulation
R.Van Landeghem and A.Beuselinck 380
Integrated Information System Design based on the Modelling of Insurance
Business Processes
Leonid Novitsky, Vasily Ragozin and Elena Victorova 398
ROOM D: RADIO FREQUENCY BASED COMMUNICATION
Parallel Simulation of a GSM Network on a Cluster of Workstations
Pentti Huttunen, Jouni Ikonen and Jari Porras 563
The Prediction switched Diversity Algorithm in TETRA System
Marwan Al-Akaidi , Yusheng Zhang and J. Blackledge 568
DECT Wireless Communication Radio Channel
Marwan Al-Akaidi and J. Blackledge 573
ROOM E: TUTORIAL VERDONCK
Simulation of Cardiac Mechanics
Pascal Verdonck 671
ROOM F: OPTIMIZATION IN SIMULATION AND QUEUEING SYSTEMS
A New Philosophical Approach to Operations Research
William Conley 583
Computer Aided Modelling, Optimisation and Control of the Large Municipal
Water Net
Jan Studzinski and Lucyna Bogdan 586
Finding the Best System Configuration: An Application of Optimization and
Simulation
Herb Schwetman 589
Closed Queueing Networks with Finite Capacity Queues: Approximate Analysis
Simonetta Balsamo 593
12.30 TO 1.30 P.M. LUNCH BREAK
1.30 P.M. TO 3.00 P.M., PARALLEL SESSIONS
ROOM A: SIMULATION METHODOLOGY AND OPTIMIZATION
Zero-Overhead Pr/T-Net Execution
Carsten Böke, Markus Hübel, Franz J. Rammig and Carsten Rust
102
Issuing of Error Suspicions in Evolving Process
R.Conradi and H.A.Proper
Combining Simulation with Optimization for Strategic Planning: RHYTHM Supply
Chain Strategies Simulator
Koray Dogan and Steve Ellet
ROOM B: ROBOTICS AND NC MACHINES
Integration of Robot Control Programs into ADAMS(tm) including Sensor Feedback
Bernhard Klaassen, Frank Kirchner and Dirk Spenneberg 259
Expanding Development of End-Milling Tool Path through Geometric Simulation
Yoshio Mizugaki, Koichi Toyama, Koichi Kikkawa and Minghui
Hao 263
ROOM C: TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS I
The Instant Model for a DIS Road Traffic Simulation System
Pichaya Tandayya and Richard Zobel 411
Simulation of a Multi-Modal Supply Chain
M. F. Teulings, L. J. Somers and P.van der Vlist 416
Gaming Simulation to explore a Design Approach for improving Multi-Modal
Passenger Transport
Wieke Bockstael-Blok 420
ROOM D: COMMUNICATION NETWORKS MANAGEMENT MODELS II
Filtered Gibbs Sampler for Estimating Blocking Probabilities in WDM Optical
Networks
Felisa J. Vázquez-Abad and Lachlan Andrew 548
Application of Discrete Fourier Transform to Resource Allocation in ATM
Networks
Alen Bazant, Zeljiko Ilic and Mladen Kos 556
ROOM E: MODELING THE HUMAN BODY AND MIND I
Efficient Control of a Musculotendon Based Human Model
S.Dehandtschutter, G.Verberckmoes, F.Arickx and J.Broeckhove
668
A Comparative Study of Fractal Dimension Estimation for Speech
Souhila Fekkai , Marwan Al-Akaidi and J.Blackledge 676
Discrete Event Simulation based on an Artificial Neural Network Simulator
Dietmar P.F.Möller and Angelika Berger 686
ROOM F: TRAINING AND GAMING ENVIRONMENTS I
A Plain Python Simulator to Control a Collaborative Environment
Andriy Levytskyy and Eugene J.H. Kerckhoffs 719
Capturing and Reusing Design Rationales in Modeling, Simulation and Control
Roland Haas 728
Lokutor: A Communicative Agent for Intelligent Virtual Environments
Jan-Torsten Milde 733
3.00 P.M. TO 3.30 P.M. COFFEE BREAK
3.30 P.M. TO 6.00 P.M. PARALLEL SESSIONS
ROOM A: THEORETICAL MODELS I
Regenerative Queueing Network Distributed Simulation
Panajotis Katsaros and Constantine Lazos 109
An Integrated Evolutionary Model Development
J. Savkovic-Stevanovic 114
Generalised DEVS vs Continuous Models
A. Naamane, A. Damiba and N. Giambiasi 117
A Methodology for Performance Evaluation of Optimistic Distributed Simulation
Synchronisation Mechanisms
Renata Spolon, Marcos José Santana and Regina Helena Carlucci
Santana 121
The Cellular Automata Formalism and its Relationship to DEVS
Hans L.M.Vangheluwe and Ghislain C.Vansteenkiste 800
ROOM B: SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION I
GMDH-Based Dependency Modeling in the Identification of Dynamic Systems
P.R. Water and E.J.H. Kerckhoffs and D. Van Welden 211
Regression Tree-Based Dependency Modeling for Dynamic Systems
D. F. Van Welden and E. J.H. Kerckhoffs 219
The Parameters of FE-Based NN and Convergence
Guohe Xu, Guy Littlefair, Richard Penson and Graham King 227
A Case Study in Simulation Based System Specification and Design
J.M. van de Mortel-Fronczak, R.J.A. Gorter and J.E.Rooda 232
ROOM C: TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS II
Robust Optimisation of the Vehicle Routing and Scheduling Problem with the
Window
Constraints using Taguchi Methods
Kenneth Sörenson 423
Information in a Tool for Port Terminal Modelling
Karl Jansen 428
ARENA-Based Simulation of Logistics Processes at the Baltic Container Terminal
Yuri Merkuryev, Fred Kamperman, Vladimir Visipkov and Andris
Smits 433
Simulation of a Container Transport System in a Harbour Terminal
José Manuel Ezquerra, Julen González, Karmela Intxausti and Leire
Maruri 438
ROOM D: TUTORIAL
Virtual Reality in Surgical Procedures
B. Kesper, D. P. F. Möller and E. Godehardt 788
ROOM E: MODELING BIOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS
Modelling and Simulation of Water Quality Control
Geoff Waterforth 693
Reduction of an Activated Sludge Process Model to Facilitate Controller Tuning
M.J.M.Janssen, L.N.Hopkins , B.Petersen and P.A.Vanrolleghem
697
Simulation of Fruit Growth as a Tool for Estimation of Systematic Errors in
Experiments
separating the Xylem and Plhoem Flows
Svetlana Fishman and Michel Génard 702
Understanding the Influence of Noise, Sampling Density and Data Distribution
on
Spatial Prediction Quality through the Use of Simulated Data
Dragoljub Pokrajac, Zoran Obradovic and Tim Fiez 706
Simulation of Hydraulic Chains Using Multi-Pole Models in the NUT Programming
Environment
Gunnar Grosschmidt and Jüri Vanaveski and Mait Harf 709
ROOM F: TRAINING AND GAMING ENVIRONMENTS II
Production, Simulation and Games in the New Millennium
Uffe Thorsteinsson 738
Development of a Simulation Game focussed on Negotiation Training through
Role-Playing in The Project Management Environment
Juan L.Cano, Maria J.Sáenz and Antonio Campos 741
Investigation of Impacts of Resources and Resource Allocation Policies on
Rework
Iteration in Instructional Systems Development Projects
Alexei V.Sioutine 746
6.30 P.M. RECEPTION
7.30 P.M. CONFERENCE DINNER
FRIDAY MAY 26TH
9.00 A.M TO 10.30 A.M. PARALLEL SESSIONS
ROOM A: THEORETICAL MODELS II
Integration of Structural Model-Based Causal Reasoning and Event Tree
Simulation
Janis Grundspenkis 126
Evaluation of Capacity Expansion by Means of Fuzzy-DEVS
A.Anglani, P.Caricato, A.Grieco, F.Nucci, A.Matta, Q.Semeraro and
T.Tolio 129
Smart System Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms for Information Fusion
Hoda S.Abdel-Aty-Zohdy and Robert L. Ewing 134
ROOM B: VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION OF SIMULATION MODELS
Comparative Visualization for Verification
Alex Pang 161
A Simulation Tool to Validate Control Programs
F. Araque, J. M. Mantas, M. A. Lopera, and A Herrera 164
A Topological Interpretation of a Philosophical Polarity in Structural
Validation of
Discrete Event System Models
J. Martens and F. Put 169
ROOM C: CASES IN ELECTRONIC DESIGN
SEP: Simulation Framework to Evaluate Digital Hardware Architectures
Frédéric Mallet and Fernand Boéri and Jean-François Duboc 355
Object-Oriented Wafer-State Services
T.Binder and R.Selberherr 360
Componentware; VHDL Based Embedded Controller Design Methodology
Dietmar P. F. Möller 794
ROOM D: MODELING THE HUMAN BODY AND MIND II
Computer Simulation of Left Ventricular Filling Flow: Determinants of Wave
Propagation Velocity
J.A.Vierendeels, K.Riemslagh, E.Dick and P.Verdonck 663
A Simulation Program for Unsteady Mass Transport in Artificial Organ Systems
Dirk D. De Wachter and Pascal R. Verdonck 681
ROOM E: TUTORIAL
Combining Simulation with Optimization for Strategic Planning: RHYTHM Supply
Chain Strategies Simulator
Koray Dogan and Steve Ellet
ROOM F: SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION II
Platform Parameters Identification by Non-Linear Regression Method
Mustafa Danaci 811
Subsystem Identification within a Complex System
Josep Maria Mirats I Tur and Rosanna Verde 773
10.30 A.M. TO 11.00 A.M. COFFEE BREAK
11.00 A.M. TO 12.30 PARALLEL SESSIONS
ROOM A: THEORETICAL MODELS III
Object-Oriented Simulation Models based on the DEVS Formalism
A. Anglani, A. Grieco, E. Guerriero, F. Nucci, Q.Semeraro and
T.Tolio 140
System of Econometric Modelling and Prediction
V.Malugin, Yu Kharin and D.Murin 145
An Analysis of the LRE-Algorithm using Sojourn Times
Norbert Th. Müller 149
Modeling Transactional Applications with Distributed Objects
Gordan Gledec 154
ROOM B: INDUSTRY CASES III
Reorganising a Bus Factory for better Performance with Simulation
Bence Zoltan Árendás 348
Issuing of Error Suspicions in Evolving Process
Roman Szturc, Ivo Vondrák and Marcel Kruzel 783
ROOM C: CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Analysis of Cell Migrations in C. elegans Using Computer Simulations
M. Gumbel, R. Schnabel and H.P. Meinzer 605
Simulation of Spatial Cell Heterogeneity Measurements in Clonogenic Assays
A.C.Roudot, F.,Beauvais and D.Parent-Massin 612
ROOM D: WORKSHOP
STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS FOR SIMULATION
Chair: Andre Bargiela
ROOM E: TUTORIAL
Finding the Best System Configuration: An Application of Optimization and
Simulation
Herb Schwetman 589
12.30 TO 12.45 CLOSING SESSION