{"title":"Presentation of a general purpose simulation approach for enabling the realization of electromobility concepts for the transportation sector","authors":"Jonas B. Gläser, J. O. Berg","doi":"10.1109/WSC.2014.7020052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC.2014.7020052","url":null,"abstract":"The following paper describes an overall simulation method for the design of eMobility concepts for rail, road and coastal waters. The presented workflow enables the user to execute the realization process under the usage of real world elevation data and driving profiles. This is essential for the choice of a fitting battery and motorization. Additionally the charging infrastructure has to be chosen without changing anything on the existing driving schedule for electric buses. Taking a look at innovative and sustainable drive concepts completes the overview and indicates the direction for the implementation of eMobility in the near future without the need for big investments. With the shown software approach it is possible to answer the consumers cost questions and reduce their range anxiety for electric vehicles.","PeriodicalId":446873,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference 2014","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122248786","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":"Performance of conservative synchronization methods for complex interconnected campus networks in ns-3","authors":"B. Swenson, Jared S. Ivey, G. Riley","doi":"10.1109/WSC.2014.7020147","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC.2014.7020147","url":null,"abstract":"Distributed simulations provide a powerful framework for utilizing a greater amount of computing resources, but require that consideration be taken to ensure that the results of these simulations match results that would have been produced by a single sequential resource. Also, synchronization among the multiple nodes must also occur to ensure that events processed in the simulation maintain a timestamped order across all nodes. This work uses the popular network simulator ns-3. The ns-3 simulator is a discrete event network simulator used for educational and research-oriented purposes which provides two implementation options for distributed simulations based on the null message and granted time window algorithms. We examine the performance of both distributed schedulers available in ns-3 in an effort to gauge specific features of an overall distributed network topology that warrant the use of one synchronization method over the other.","PeriodicalId":446873,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference 2014","volume":"97 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122335106","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}
C. Alexopoulos, D. Goldsman, Anup C. Mokashi, Rong Nie, Qing Sun, Kai-Wen Tien, James R. Wilson
{"title":"Sequest: A sequential procedure for estimating steady-state quantiles","authors":"C. Alexopoulos, D. Goldsman, Anup C. Mokashi, Rong Nie, Qing Sun, Kai-Wen Tien, James R. Wilson","doi":"10.1109/WSC.2014.7019930","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC.2014.7019930","url":null,"abstract":"Sequest is a fully sequential procedure that delivers improved point and confidence-interval (CI) estimators for a designated steady-state quantile by exploiting a combination of ideas from batching and sectioning. Sequest incorporates effective methods to do the following: (a) eliminate bias in the sectioning-based point estimator that is caused by initialization of the simulation or an inadequate simulation run length (sample size); and (b) adjust the CI half-length for the effects of skewness or correlation in the batching-based point estimators of the designated quantile. Sequest delivers a CI designed to satisfy user-specified requirements concerning both the CI's coverage probability and its absolute or relative precision. We found that Sequest exhibited good small- and large-sample properties in a preliminary evaluation of the procedure's performance on a suite of test problems that includes some problems designed to “stress test” the procedure.","PeriodicalId":446873,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference 2014","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116488520","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":"Using the structred analysis and design technique (SADT) in simulation conceptual modeling","authors":"Fahim Ahmed, S. Robinson, Antuela A. Tako","doi":"10.1109/WSC.2014.7019963","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC.2014.7019963","url":null,"abstract":"Conceptual Modeling (CM) has gained a lot of interest in the recent years and it is widely agreed that CM is the most important phase of simulation study. Despite its significance, there are very few techniques that can help to develop well-structured and concise conceptual models. This paper proposes the use of the Structured Analysis and Design Technique (SADT) from software engineering to develop conceptual models. SADT has proven to be successful in the development of software systems, specifically in the requirements gathering phase. This paper contributes to the area of CM by proposing a new framework for developing conceptual models which focuses mainly on the first phase of CM, that of System Description (SD). A simple case, the Panorama Televisions production plant, is used to illustrate the application of this approach. The benefits and limitations of this framework are discussed.","PeriodicalId":446873,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference 2014","volume":"397 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126752738","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":"Application of predictive simulation in development of adaptive workflows","authors":"J. Grabis","doi":"10.1109/WSC.2014.7019959","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC.2014.7019959","url":null,"abstract":"Context aware workflows are adapted to changing circumstances to meet their execution performance requirements. Adaptation can be performed reactively or proactively. Predictive or runtime simulation can be used to adapt workflows proactively. This paper proposes an approach for using the predictive simulation in improving efficiency of customer service workflows. The predictive simulation is invoked during the workflow execution to evaluate expected workflow performance in the current context and to adapt workflow execution accordingly. Efficiency of the predictive simulation is evaluated experimentally using an example of the digital service design at the museum. It is shown on the basis of simulation results that the proactive adaptation is more efficient than the reactive adaptation, especially, in the case of high visitor flow.","PeriodicalId":446873,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference 2014","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126919913","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":"Job release under due date constraints in job shops with time-varying product mix","authors":"Zhang Tao, O. Rose","doi":"10.1109/WSC.2014.7020065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC.2014.7020065","url":null,"abstract":"Job shops produce products on the basis of manufacturing orders which specify the due date and the volume. The orders accepted by the shop floor are put into a job pool. The job release decides when to start each job in the pool. It attempts not only to balance this time-varying demand against available capacity, but also manages to meet the due date constraints. The general job release policies, such as output-based or workload-based policies, have poor due date performance. A multi-time-periods release policy is proposed to match the time-varying demand. The due date pressure is distributed to every period. In each time period a near optimal short-term throughput of each product is obtained by an optimization model. The optimization problem is solved by an improved ant colony algorithm. In iteration processes of the algorithm ants are evaluated by the simulation which involves the setup and breakdown of machines.","PeriodicalId":446873,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference 2014","volume":"166 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126937974","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}
Kiyoul Kim, Tae Woong Park, J. Pastrana, Mario Marin, Edwin A. Cortes, L. Rabelo, Gene Lee
{"title":"Modeling of complex scenarios using LVC simulation","authors":"Kiyoul Kim, Tae Woong Park, J. Pastrana, Mario Marin, Edwin A. Cortes, L. Rabelo, Gene Lee","doi":"10.1109/WSC.2014.7020133","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC.2014.7020133","url":null,"abstract":"Interoperation of simulation models is an important issue due to high level requirements of reusability, scalability, and eventually training effect. Achieving Live, Virtual and Constructive (LVC) simulation interoperability is a main goal and a major challenge for M&S community. High interoperability quality in LVC simulation environment is a technologically complex task, being affected by multiple factors, and the task is not yet satisfactorily characterized and studied. This research presents an experimental LVC simulation framework to model and simulate complex war fighting scenarios. Our experimental framework implementation discusses key issues for LVC interoperability encountered during our experimentation. A case study is presented to discuss LVC integration and interoperability challenges. Our experimental research aim is to contribute to the definition and design concepts of LVC simulation systems developments, technological considerations and adequate interoperability.","PeriodicalId":446873,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference 2014","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127786647","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":"Using massively parallel simulation for mpi collective communication modeling in extreme-scale networks","authors":"M. Mubarak, C. Carothers, R. Ross, P. Carns","doi":"10.1109/WSC.2014.7020148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC.2014.7020148","url":null,"abstract":"MPI collective operations are a critical and frequently used part of most MPI-based large-scale scientific applications. In previous work, we have enabled the Rensselaer Optimistic Simulation System (ROSS) to predict the performance of MPI point-to-point messaging on high-fidelity million-node network simulations of torus and dragonfly interconnects. The main contribution of this work is an extension of these torus and dragonfly network models to support MPI collective communication operations using the optimistic event scheduling capability of ROSS. We demonstrate that both small- and large-scale ROSS collective communication models can execute efficiency on massively parallel architectures. We validate the results of our collective communication model against the measurements from IBM Blue Gene/Q and Cray XC30 platforms using a data-driven approach on our network simulations. We also perform experiments to explore the impact of tree degree on the performance of collective communication operations in large-scale network models.","PeriodicalId":446873,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference 2014","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127477827","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":"Rare event simulation in the neighborhood of a rest point","authors":"P. Dupuis, K. Spiliopoulos","doi":"10.1109/WSC.2014.7019921","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC.2014.7019921","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we construct efficient importance sampling Monte Carlo schemes for finite time exit probabilities in the presence of rest points. We focus on reversible diffusion processes with small noise that have an asymptotically stable equilibrium point. The main novelty of the work is the inclusion of rest points in the domain of interest. We motivate the construction of schemes that perform well both asymptotically and non-asymptotically. We concentrate on the regime where the noise is small and the time horizon is large. Examples and simulation results are provided.","PeriodicalId":446873,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference 2014","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127313629","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":"Simulation-based planning of maintenance activities by a shifting priority method","authors":"M. Gopalakrishnan, A. Skoogh, C. Laroque","doi":"10.1109/WSC.2014.7020061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC.2014.7020061","url":null,"abstract":"Machine failures are major causes of direct downtime as well as system losses (blocked and idle times) in production flows. A previous case study shows that prioritizing bottleneck machines over others has the potential to increase the throughput by about 5%. However, the bottleneck machine in a production system is not static throughout the process of production but shifts from time to time. The approach for this paper is to integrate dynamic maintenance strategies into scheduling of reactive maintenance using Discrete Event Simulation. The aim of the paper is to investigate how a shifting priority strategy could be integrated into the scheduling of reactive maintenance. The approach is applied to and evaluated in an automotive case-study, using simulation for decision support. This shows how to shift prioritization by tracking the momentary bottleneck of the system. The effect of shifting priorities for planning maintenance activities and its specific limitations is discussed.","PeriodicalId":446873,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference 2014","volume":"44 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132291276","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}