{"title":"A Multi-channel MAC Protocol for Improving Channel Utilization in Wireless Networks","authors":"Chih-Yung Chang, Chin-Hwa Kuo, Chih-Yao Hsiao, Cheng-Chang Chen","doi":"10.1109/EUROSIM.2013.121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROSIM.2013.121","url":null,"abstract":"Multi-channel MAC protocols have attracted much attention because they possess the ability to boost the capacity of wireless ad hoc networks. In previous works, a lot of multichannel protocols, such as DCCB[1-2], HB[4], and SB[5-7], have been proposed to cope with the rendezvous problem and efficiently utilize the bandwidth resources. However, these protocols might cause the channel traffic unbalance problem where some channels are busy but the other channels are idle. To cope with the channel traffic unbalance problem, this paper proposes a novel multi-channel MAC protocol for ad hoc networks, called CTB-MAC. The proposed CTB-MAC protocol is able to migrate the traffic from the busy channel to the idle channel so that the traffic loads can be dispersed among multiple channels to improve the channel utilization. Experimental results reveal that the proposed CTB-MAC outperforms existing MMAC and SMC-MAC in terms of network throughput, data slot utilization, and channel utilization.","PeriodicalId":386945,"journal":{"name":"2013 8th EUROSIM Congress on Modelling and Simulation","volume":"86 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131997948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Buonsanti, M. Cacciola, F. Cirianni, G. Leonardi, G. Megali
{"title":"Experimental and Computational Materials Defects Investigation","authors":"M. Buonsanti, M. Cacciola, F. Cirianni, G. Leonardi, G. Megali","doi":"10.1109/EUROSIM.2013.39","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROSIM.2013.39","url":null,"abstract":"Production of railway axles (i.e., one of the basic material of the modern train) is an elaborate process unfree from faults and problems. Errors during the manufacturing or the plies' overlapping, in fact, can cause particular flaws in the resulting material, so compromising its same integrity. Within this framework, ultrasonic tests could be useful to characterize the presence of defect, depending on its dimensions. On the contrary, the requirement of a perfect state for used materials is unavoidable in order to assure both transport reliability and passenger safety. Therefore, a real-time approach able to recognize and classify the defect starting from the finite element simulated ultrasonic echoes could be very useful in industrial applications. The ill-posedness of the so defined process induces a regularization method. In this paper, a finite element and a heuristic approach are proposed. Particularly, the proposed method is based on the use of a Neural Network approach, the so called \"learning by sample techniques\", and on the use of Support Vector Machines in order to classify the kind of defect. Results assure good performances of the implemented approach, with very interesting applications.","PeriodicalId":386945,"journal":{"name":"2013 8th EUROSIM Congress on Modelling and Simulation","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134185617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Verification of Structure on Model's Eyes-Hands during Signal Tracking","authors":"M. Alexík","doi":"10.1109/EUROSIM.2013.20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROSIM.2013.20","url":null,"abstract":"Future construction of cars requires knowledge about dynamics of driver's, because vitally affecting his responses to unexpected situations in traffic. Unpredictable situations in the driving of the car are real, because the traffic is crowded on the road. After detecting the models in the brain driver's, we could understand how models influencing his reaction on the traffic situations. Research results, supported by new advances in automation and information technology, can be used in the areas of so-called \"intelligent systems to support decision of driver's\" and \"intelligent transport systems\". This article explains a new conceptual model of driver behaviour, which is able to characterize the response of the driver in the car, from the \"intelligent control system driver/car/traffic situation\" point of view. In the paper the hypothesis is formulated, that immediate dynamics of driver's (delay, time constant and also controller structure), is create as sum of constant neuro physiological characteristics (muscles and nerves) and variable characteristics created in the brain. Variable characteristics are generating from \"models of the traffic situations\", which are continually adapted intra brain of driver's. The article outlined the verification of this model using description of measured reactions in real time.","PeriodicalId":386945,"journal":{"name":"2013 8th EUROSIM Congress on Modelling and Simulation","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127661774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Enri Pierreval, Antoine Daures, T. Both, Stephane Szimczak, P. González, J. Framiñan
{"title":"A Simulation Optimization Approach for Reactive ConWIP Systems","authors":"Enri Pierreval, Antoine Daures, T. Both, Stephane Szimczak, P. González, J. Framiñan","doi":"10.1109/EUROSIM.2013.78","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROSIM.2013.78","url":null,"abstract":"The dynamic adaptation of the number of cards in ConWIP systems has been addressed in a few articles. The aim is to reduce the work in process and to maintain a good customer satisfaction. A common feature of most existing approach is that they use rules, which are based on thresholds, to add or remove cards. These thresholds are known to influence the system performance, so that they should be set in the best way. We present an approach based on simulation optimization to set these parameters in the design of reactive pull system. Our approach also includes a specific module that avoids changing the number of cards too often. The simulation optimization is based on ARENA and OPTQUEST. The suggested approach is illustrated for a ConWIP problem already addressed in the literature. The simulation optimization experiments illustrate the potential of the approach and highlight the fact that the frequency of changes in the number of cards is an important issue. Future research works suggested from these first experiments are pointed out.","PeriodicalId":386945,"journal":{"name":"2013 8th EUROSIM Congress on Modelling and Simulation","volume":"104 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134485845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Dahlquist, Guilnaz Mirmoshtaghi, Eva K. Larsson, E. Thorin, Jinyue Yan, K. Engvall, T. Liliedahl, C. Dong, Xiaoying Hu, Q. Lu
{"title":"Modelling and Simulation of Biomass Conversion Processes","authors":"E. Dahlquist, Guilnaz Mirmoshtaghi, Eva K. Larsson, E. Thorin, Jinyue Yan, K. Engvall, T. Liliedahl, C. Dong, Xiaoying Hu, Q. Lu","doi":"10.1109/EUROSIM.2013.91","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROSIM.2013.91","url":null,"abstract":"By utilizing biomass gasification, the energy content of the biomass can be utilized to produce gas to be used for cogeneration of heat and power as well as other energy carriers such as fuels for vehicles. The concept is suitable for application to existing CHP plants as well as for utilizing spent liqour in small scale pulp and paper mills. The introduction would enable flexible energy utilization, use of problematic fuels as well as protects the environment by e.g. avoiding the release of toxic substances. In this paper, the possibilities to develop this concept is discussed. In this paper we compare different gasification processes with respect to what gas quality we get, and how the gasification can be modelled using different modelling approaches, and how these can be combined. Results from simulations are compared to experimental results from pilot plant operations in different scales and with different processes like CFB and BFB Technologies, athmospheric and pressurized, and using steam, air and oxygen as oxidizing media.","PeriodicalId":386945,"journal":{"name":"2013 8th EUROSIM Congress on Modelling and Simulation","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131689546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evolution of Visual Cryptography Basis Matrices with Binary Chromosomes","authors":"Neil Buckley, A. Nagar, S. Arumugam","doi":"10.1109/EUROSIM.2013.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROSIM.2013.12","url":null,"abstract":"Visual cryptography is a form of secret sharing requiring only human vision to decrypt a secret image, based on the stacking of seemingly random shadow images, or \"shares\". The main optimization metrics are pixel expansion and recovered image contrast. Maximization of the latter is crucial, as it determines the quality of the decrypted secret. This paper proposes genetic algorithms to evolve basis matrices striving for maximal contrast. They are encoded as binary chromosomes and an objective function is proposed to evaluate their respective fitness values. Evidence for the optimality of GA parameters is demonstrated experimentally, and the success this approach is shown with up to four shares. Furthermore, the algorithm is extended to a generalized graph access for comparison with other research, and the security of this method is analyzed and confirmed.","PeriodicalId":386945,"journal":{"name":"2013 8th EUROSIM Congress on Modelling and Simulation","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133765617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michael E Killian, S. Grosswindhager, M. Kozek, Barbara Mayer
{"title":"Pre-processing of Partition Data for Enhancement of LOLIMOT","authors":"Michael E Killian, S. Grosswindhager, M. Kozek, Barbara Mayer","doi":"10.1109/EUROSIM.2013.56","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROSIM.2013.56","url":null,"abstract":"The Local Linear Model Tree (LOLIMOT) algorithm is a versatile tool for black-box identification of nonlinear complex systems with a set of local linear models. In this work two methods for pre-processing of the partition data for this algorithm are presented. These methods aim at reducing the number of LLMs while improving the global model fit. The proposed methods are a (linear or nonlinear) principal component analysis and a rotational transformation of the input space. Both methods aim at mitigating the limitations of the axis-orthogonal splits in the partition space that LOLIMOT performs. The application to real data from industrial processes and the efectiveness is demonstrated on a grate-fired biomass plant and the thermal model of a large office building.","PeriodicalId":386945,"journal":{"name":"2013 8th EUROSIM Congress on Modelling and Simulation","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124586952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Musarudin, M. Saripan, S. Mashohor, Wira Hidayat, Mohd Saad, S. Hashim, A. Nordin
{"title":"Validation of a Clinical PET Scanner Using Monte Carlo Simulation Code: MCNP5","authors":"M. Musarudin, M. Saripan, S. Mashohor, Wira Hidayat, Mohd Saad, S. Hashim, A. Nordin","doi":"10.1109/EUROSIM.2013.16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROSIM.2013.16","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a realistic PET scanner simulation using Monte Carlo code, version MCNP5. The objective of our study was to verify the code used for this simulation by comparing the results obtained from the simulation with those obtained from the measurement did on a real PET scanner. This study will provide a basic benchmark for our further study on PET imaging. We modeled the scanner based on the physical specification of Siemens Biograph True Point PET scanner. We recorded the generated list-mode data which contains all the information needed to model the PET processes for instance coincidence photon detection. To account for the statistical fluctuations occur in the detector and photo multiplier tube, a Gaussian energy blurring model was applied to the energy deposited in the detector. The scatter and attenuation correction to correct the effect of scattered and attenuated events also took into account in this study. All of these post-simulation processes were done using a program developed using mat lab. To validate the simulation, the simulated and measured energy and spatial resolution were compared. We have successfully modeled a PET system based on MCNP5. We also verified that this simulation result in a good agreement data with the real imaging.","PeriodicalId":386945,"journal":{"name":"2013 8th EUROSIM Congress on Modelling and Simulation","volume":"198 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114617269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Learning Petri Net Dynamics through a Matlab Web Interface","authors":"G. Mušič, I. Hafner, F. Breitenecker, A. Korner","doi":"10.1109/EUROSIM.2013.65","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROSIM.2013.65","url":null,"abstract":"Modelling and simulation are two promising methodologies in attempts to manage the ever increasing complexity of modern technical systems. The knowledge of the inherent continuous and discrete-event dynamics of systems improves the understanding of systems operation and provides the base for designing management and control strategies. Modelling and simulation are therefore vital components of engineering and other technology related curricula. Petri nets are suitable for modelling of discrete-event systems with highly parallel and cooperating activities. Teaching of Petri net basics can contribute to understanding of discrete-event dynamics through a well defined framework supported by formal analysis techniques. As such it is an important part of courses on modelling and simulation. The paper presents an approach to teach basics of Petri net dynamics and related analysis techniques by the help of an object oriented Mat lab m-script based Petri net tool, which was developed to implement Petri net examples within MMT-server e-learning environment. The tool structure is briefly described, a learning process proposal is presented, and an overview of basic examples on Petri net dynamics and analysis is provided.","PeriodicalId":386945,"journal":{"name":"2013 8th EUROSIM Congress on Modelling and Simulation","volume":"809 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117051197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Efficient Dynamic Load Balancing Method for Simulation of Variable Structure Systems","authors":"Chen Yang, B. Li, X. Chai, P. Chi, Lei Ren","doi":"10.1109/EUROSIM.2013.94","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROSIM.2013.94","url":null,"abstract":"Multi-core or many-core machines become increasingly pervasive. Parallel simulation can achieve high efficiency by employing multi-threaded parallel execution of models and fast inter-thread communication between models. However, load imbalance among cores degrades performance of the simulation system greatly. This is especially true for simulation of variable structure systems, due to dynamic addition or removal of models. An efficient load balancing method under multi-cores or many-core environments has been proposed, based on our threaded parallel simulator-Ivy [1]. The method employs shared models and shared interaction structure in one OS process to achieve real dynamic migration of loads among cores, with little intervention to the simulation execution, while the copying and transferring of model state are avoid. The proposed metrics for load migration take variation of the system composition into consideration and can be applicable to both dedicated and non-dedicated multi-core machines. The metrics can reflect the computation load of a fine-grained model by ratio of the overall CPU time (consumed by events processing) to virtual advance time, while communication cost is properly considered. The experiment results show that our method can improve efficiency of both common simulation and variable structure simulation evidently.","PeriodicalId":386945,"journal":{"name":"2013 8th EUROSIM Congress on Modelling and Simulation","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122032331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}