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MODELING METHODOLOGY TRACK
  Coordinator:  John A. Miller (University of Georgia)


******************  Monday, December 12, 1994  ***********************


SESSION 1:  Simulation Model Analysis and Diagnosis
   Chair:  Richard E. Nance (Virginia Tech)

   "Control Flow Graphs," (invited)
      Robert G. Sargent (Syracuse University)

   "Mappings Between Modeling Paradigms," (invited)
      Lee W. Schruben (Cornell University)

   "Condition Specification," (invited)
      C. Michael Overstreet (Old Dominion University),
      Ernest H. Page and Richard E. Nance (Virginia Tech)

SESSION 2:  Event Graphs
   Chair:  Vlatko Ceric (University of Zagreb)

   "Interval Time Clock Implementation for Qualitative Event Graphs,"
      Ricki G. Ingalls (SEMATECH),
      Douglas Morrice and Andrew B. Whinston (University of Texas-Austin)

   "An Ordinal Optimization Approach to a Token Partition Problem
         for Stochastic Timed Event Graphs,"
      Xiaolan Xie (INRIA, France)

   "Hierarchical Abilities of Diagrammatic Representations of Discrete-Event
         Simulation Models" (invited)
      Vlatko Ceric (University of Zagreb)

SESSION 3:  Diagramming Techniques and Tools for Model Generation
   Chair:  Ray J. Paul (Brunel University, UK)
 
   "Multi-Layered Activity Cycle Diagrams and their Conversion into
         Activity-Based Simulation Code,"
      Kurt A. Pflughoeft and Kiran Manur (University of Texas-El Paso)
 
   "H-ACD Hierarchical Activity Cycle Diagrams for Object-Oriented
         Simulation Modelling,"
      Germano Kienbaum and Ray J. Paul (Brunel University, UK)
 
   "Computer Systems Modeling with Xpetri,"
      Robert Geist, Darren Crane (Clemson University),
      Stephen Daniel and Darrell Suggs (Data General)


******************  Tuesday, December 13, 1994  ***********************


SESSION 4:  Hypermedia-Based Simulation
   Chair:  Paul A. Fishwick (University of Florida)

   "A Database Design for Uniform Representation of Hypermedia and
         Mathematical Models," (invited)
      Howard W. Beck (University of Florida)

   "Toward a Foundation for Embedding Simulation within
         Hypermedia," (invited)
      Vic Cook (Palm Beach Atlantic College) and
      Paul A. Fishwick (University of Florida)

   "The Effective Use of Animation in Simulation Model Validation,"
      Christopher L. Swider, Kenneth W. Bauer, Jr. and
      Thomas F. Schuppe (Air Force Institute of Technology)

SESSION 5:  Simulation Environments
   Chair:  John A. Miller (Univerity of Georgia)

   "The CASM Environment Revisited,"
      Ray J. Paul and Vlatka Hlupic (Brunel University, UK)

   "A Relational Algebraic Framework for Model Management,"
      Hyu Chan Park, Wan Bok Lee and Tag Gon Kim (KAIST, Korea)

   "Concepts for a Modular Simulation Environment," (invited)
      Charles R. Standridge (Florida A&M/Florida State) and
      Martha A. Centeno (Florida International University)

SESSION 6:  Requirements for Simulation Modeling Environments
   Organizers:  Richard E. Nance (Virginia Tech) and
                Stephen D. Roberts (North Carolina State)
   Chair:  Mary Ann Flanigan (George Mason University)

   Focus Paper:
       Oryal Tanir (Bell Canada)

   Reaction Papers:
       James D. Arthur (Virginia Tech)
       Peter L. Haigh (High Performance Software, Inc.)
       Richard E. Nance (Virginia Tech)
       Herbert D. Schwetman (MCC)

SESSION 7:  Issues in Computer-Aided Modeling
   Chair:  William S. Keezer (Mead Data Central)

   "An Architecture of a Knowledge-Based Simulation Engine,"
      Madhav Erraguntla, Perakath C. Benjamin and Richard J. Mayer
      (Texas A&M)

   "A Conceptual Framework for Simulation Experiment Design and Analysis,"
      Yu-Hui Tao and Barry L. Nelson (Ohio State)

   "Unknown Unknowns:  Modeling Unanticipated Events,"
      Lobna Okashah and Paul Goldwater (University of Central Florida)


*****************  Wednesday, December 14, 1994  **********************


SESSION 8:  Simulation Software Reliability
   Chair:  Martha A. Centeno (Florida International University)

   "Achieving Reliability in Simulation Software,"
      Ronald C. Van Wagenen (PROMODEL Corp.)

   "An Introduction to Fault Tolerant Parallel Simulation with EcliPSe,"
      Felipe Knop, Edward Mascarenhas, Vernon Rego (Purdue University) and
      Vaidy Sunderam (Emory University)

   "Deadlock Detection and Resolution in Simulation Models,"
      Murali Krishnamurthi and Amar Basavatia
      (Northern Illinois University)

SESSION 9:  Multifaceted Approaches to Parallelism
   Chair:  Philip A. Wilsey (University of Cincinnati)

   "Revised DEVS:  A Parallel Hierarchical, Modular Modeling Formalism,"
      Alex Chunghen Chow (IBM) and
      Bernard P. Zeigler (University of Arizona)

   "Distributed Stochastic Discrete-Event Simulation in Parallel
         Time Streams,"
      K. Pawlikowski, D. McNickle and V. Yau
      (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)

   "Scheduling Time Warp Processes using Adaptive Control Techniques,"
      Avinash C. Palaniswamy and Philip A. Wilsey
      (University of Cincinnati)


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PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION MINITRACK
  Coordinator:  Richard M. Fujimoto (Georgia Tech)


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SESSION 1: Advanced Tutorials in Parallel/Distributed Simulation
   Chair: Richard M. Fujimoto (Georgia Tech)

   "Synchronizing Simulations in Distributed Interactive
         Simulation," (invited)
      Sandra Cheung and Margaret Loper (University of Central Florida/IST)

   "Language Support for Parallel Discrete-Event Simulation," (invited)
      Rajive Bagrodia (UCLA)

SESSION 2: Parallel/Distributed Simulation I
   Chair: Rajive Bagrodia (UCLA)

   "GTW: A Time Warp System for Shared Memory Multiprocessors," (invited)
      Samir Das, Richard Fujimoto and Kiran Panesar (Georgia Tech)

   "Service Oriented Scheduling in Time Warp," (invited)
      Robert Ronngren and Rassul Ayani
      (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)

   "Parallel Simulation of Distributed Memory Applications," (invited)
      Philip Dickens (ICASE), Philip Heidelberger (IBM TJ Watson) and
      David Nicol (William and Mary)

SESSION 3: Parallel/Distributed Simulation II
   Chair: David Nicol (William and Mary)
 
   "Parallel Logic Level Simulation of VLSI Circuits,"
      Rajive Bagrodia (UCLA)
 
   "Using a Shot Clock to Design an Efficient Parallel Distributed
         Simulation,"
      John Douglass and Brian Malloy (Clemson University)
 
   "Massively Parallel SIMD Simulation of Discrete Time Stochastic
         Petri Nets,"
      Subhas Roy (William and Mary)
 
 
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