2002 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC'02)
SESSION 1:
XML-Based Modeling and Simulation
Chair:
Paul A. Fishwick (University of Florida)
To enhance modeling methodology, simulationists require novel
ways in which to present and re-present models, in 3D and using
ubiquitous and tangible computing.
This session will have three papers on the topic of applying 3D
and tangible interface technology to the area of model design.
SESSION 2:
Open Source Initiatives for Simulation Software
Chair:
Richard A. Kilgore (ThreadTec, Inc.)
The vision of an open source simulation software initiative is to leverage
the unique communication and distribution opportunities created by the
internet to open the development of simulation software to a worldwide
community of talented software developers, researchers and modelers. For
the simulation community, the open source movement represents an opportunity
to improve the quality of common core simulation functions, improve the
potential for creating reusable modeling components from those core
functions, and improve the ability to merge those components using XML, HLA
and other simulation community standards. This session describes current
and future open-source simulation software initiatives and relates the
philosophy and procedures of the open source movement to the objectives and
needs of the simulation community.
SESSION 3:
Improving the Model Development Process
Chair:
Richard E. Nance (Virginia Tech)
This session will consider issues in the model development
process including
(i) contrasts of model development with software development, and
(ii) requirements elicitation, specification and verification for
simulation modeling.
SESSION 4:
Network Modeling and Simulation
Chair:
David M. Nicol (Dartmouth College)
This session is devoted to software tools and application
studies in the area of computer networks.
Our emphasis is on problems that arise from the simulation
of large-scale systems.
SESSION 5:
Panel on Distributed Simulation and Industry: Potentials and Pitfalls
Chair:
Philip A. Wilsey (University of Cincinnati) and
Simon J.E. Taylor (Brunel University)
Distributed simulation, as exemplified by the High Level Architecture (HLA),
has had a widespread impact in the defense industry for several years
and has arguably led to cost savings through model reuse and interoperability.
More recently, there have been several attempts to pass on these cost
savings to the industrial modeling and simulation community.
This panel has been convened to outline the latest research and
commercialization efforts in distributed simulation and to discuss
the ultimate potential and pitfalls of this work.
Each panelist will present their views on the impact of
distributed simulation on commercial modeling and simulation and
to answer the question, "Will distributed simulation ever become useful
to industry or is it just a pipe dream?"
SESSION 6:
Parallel and Distributed Simulation
Chair:
James D. Arthur (Virginia Tech)
SESSION 7:
Modeling Very Large Scale Systems
Chair:
Lee W. Schruben (University of California, Berkeley)
Techniques are presented for efficiently modeling systems where
there can be a large number of concurrently active entities.
SESSION 8:
Methods and Tools for Aerospace Operations Modeling and Simulation
Chair:
Perakath Benjamin (Knowledge Based Systems, Inc.)
This session presents ongoing simulation modeling and analysis research
and development work that addresses key technical challenges associated
with systems simulation such as (i) methods and tools for cost effective
simulation model development and deployment and (ii) methods and tools
for cost effective simulation model maintenance.
The session will have an application domain focus: aerospace operations
modeling and simulation.
The presentations will describe ongoing work that address key technical
and pragmatic challenges associated with simulation modeling in the
following application areas (a) spacecraft processing and launch operations
and (b) aircraft maintenance depot operations.
SESSION 9:
Reusing Simulation Components
Chair:
Hessam S. Sarjoughian (Arizona State University)