{"title":"Macroscopic pedestrian flow simulation for designing crowd control measures in public transport after special events","authors":"D. Bauer, S. Seer, Norbert Brändle","doi":"10.1145/1357910.1358072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1357910.1358072","url":null,"abstract":"We discuss a set of methods to generate simulations of crowds in public transport infrastructures using macroscopic models, where the focus is to model pedestrian flows after special events like soccer games or pop concerts. The simulations are built based upon CAD representations of an infrastructure and include crowd control facilities such as temporary access restrictions and other dynamic elements like arriving and departing trains. The main usage of the methods is the design of decision rules for access restrictions based on measures of crowd density. This will enable to attain specific safety-related goals such as keeping the crowd density in specific areas below a certain limit. The models take into account measurement errors for crowd density. We demonstrate the suitability of the methods in a showcase of a subway station next to a major stadium in Austria.","PeriodicalId":91410,"journal":{"name":"Summer Computer Simulation Conference : (SCSC 2014) : 2014 Summer Simulation Multi-Conference : Monterey, California, USA, 6-10 July 2014. Summer Computer Simulation Conference (2014 : Monterey, Calif.)","volume":"15 1","pages":"1035-1042"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82473656","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":"Versatile boxes: a multi-purpose algebra of high-level Petri nets","authors":"F. Pommereau","doi":"10.1145/1357910.1358014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1357910.1358014","url":null,"abstract":"This paper introduces a model of composable Petri nets, called Versatile Boxes, that has all the high-level features already introduced in the family of the Petri Box Calculus (mainly: data and time representation) as well as a new interruption capability. This allows for defining processes that are able to interrupt their execution at any point, just as a program can raise an exception. By choosing a carefully tuned level of generality, we are able to obtain a model that is much simpler than previous approaches, while still allowing to give the semantics of the usual programming language constructs. We believe that our model has the required characteristics for a very general use, hence its name. On the other hand, its is not very complex and so it should be easy to understand or implement and efficient for verification or simulation purpose.","PeriodicalId":91410,"journal":{"name":"Summer Computer Simulation Conference : (SCSC 2014) : 2014 Summer Simulation Multi-Conference : Monterey, California, USA, 6-10 July 2014. Summer Computer Simulation Conference (2014 : Monterey, Calif.)","volume":"82 1","pages":"665-672"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80329825","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}
J. Zenor, R. Bednar, D. Word, N. Hingorani, E. McGookin
{"title":"Simulation of an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV): a multi-rate simulation","authors":"J. Zenor, R. Bednar, D. Word, N. Hingorani, E. McGookin","doi":"10.1145/1357910.1357944","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1357910.1357944","url":null,"abstract":"The problem of developing real-time simulations that include both high-speed (<10 μS frame time) and slower components can be alleviated using multi-rate simulation. Collaboration between California State University, Chico; the University of South Carolina; and the University of Glasgow, aims to develop a multi-rate demonstration example that includes a power electronic subsystem requiring high-speed simulation. The selected application is an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) that uses a battery as its energy source feeding an a.c. motor drive through a d.c. to a.c. converter. The drive powers the vessel which is modeled as a 6-degree of freedom platform with control surfaces. \u0000 \u0000The model separates the system into subsystems that are simulated with different frame rates: the converter (fast), its controller (fast medium) the motor drive (slow medium), and the vessel and the battery (slow). The initial effort aims to combine the subsystems within a VTB environment using a new VTB multi-rate solver. Three different programming approaches have been used for the subsystems. The converter and controller are programmed using C++ code developed for high-speed real-time simulation at Chico. The electric drive uses native VTB models and the model for the vessel is written in Matlab.","PeriodicalId":91410,"journal":{"name":"Summer Computer Simulation Conference : (SCSC 2014) : 2014 Summer Simulation Multi-Conference : Monterey, California, USA, 6-10 July 2014. Summer Computer Simulation Conference (2014 : Monterey, Calif.)","volume":"14 1","pages":"204-208"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89533369","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":"A slicing algorithm of point cloud for rapid prototyping","authors":"H. T. Park, M. Chang, S. C. Park","doi":"10.1145/1357910.1358130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1357910.1358130","url":null,"abstract":"Presented in the paper is an algorithm for generating a section curve by slicing a point cloud which may include tens of thousands of points. Although there have been couple of previous results, they are very sensitive on the density variations and local noises. In the paper, three technological requirements are identified; 1) dominant point sampling, 2) local vibration avoidance and 3) robustness on the density variations. To satisfy these requirements, we propose a new slicing algorithm based on a Virtual Edge (VE) approach, which is known to have a weakness for density variations. To complement the weakness of VE approach, Density Gauge (DG) sphere and point supplementing techniques have been developed and applied. The DG sphere and point supplementing techniques help to identify accurate virtual edges, which should be sliced to generate contour points. To compute the section curves from the contour points, the proposed algorithm employs the 2D Delaunay triangulation technique. The algorithm has been implemented and tested with various examples.","PeriodicalId":91410,"journal":{"name":"Summer Computer Simulation Conference : (SCSC 2014) : 2014 Summer Simulation Multi-Conference : Monterey, California, USA, 6-10 July 2014. Summer Computer Simulation Conference (2014 : Monterey, Calif.)","volume":"1 1","pages":"24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88911663","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 event based control architecture for non linear systems diagnosis","authors":"A. Naamane, N. M'Sirdi","doi":"10.1145/1357910.1358114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1357910.1358114","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an ongoing work for model based diagnosis for a class of Non Linear Complex Switched evolutive Systems in interaction with their environment. A new architecture is proposed as a combined method of a time-based diagnosis mechanism in an event-based control system and a state-based control mechanism. \u0000 \u0000This paper discusses the structure of an event-based controller, the combined modelling methodology, some related problems, and some simulation results.","PeriodicalId":91410,"journal":{"name":"Summer Computer Simulation Conference : (SCSC 2014) : 2014 Summer Simulation Multi-Conference : Monterey, California, USA, 6-10 July 2014. Summer Computer Simulation Conference (2014 : Monterey, Calif.)","volume":"8 1","pages":"8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87109718","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":"State-oriented programming for TinyOS","authors":"Siarhei Smolau, R. Beaubrun","doi":"10.1145/1357910.1358028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1357910.1358028","url":null,"abstract":"In many wireless sensor network (WSN) applications, nodes are having complex behaviour. This behaviour can be formalized as a state machine. TinyOS ia a popular operation system for WSN. Prugrams for TinyOs are written in nesC. In this paper we propose a way to implement state machines wich uses the particular features of nesC language to improve maintainability, facilitate code reuse and debugging of TinyOS programs.","PeriodicalId":91410,"journal":{"name":"Summer Computer Simulation Conference : (SCSC 2014) : 2014 Summer Simulation Multi-Conference : Monterey, California, USA, 6-10 July 2014. Summer Computer Simulation Conference (2014 : Monterey, Calif.)","volume":"62 1","pages":"766-771"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85188680","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":"The NASA standard for models and simulations","authors":"M. Steele","doi":"10.1145/1357910.1357912","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1357910.1357912","url":null,"abstract":"The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) developed the Standard for Models and Simulations as an indirect result of the Space Shuttle Columbia Accident. During the post-accident investigations, some findings indicated that the incorrect application of a model, simulation, and/or analysis method can lead to incorrect decision making. The resulting standard is distinct from existing software standards in that it focuses on the reporting of M&S results and the assessed credibility of those results. As a first of its kind standard, it is openly distributed for assessment and comment. Discussions about the impetus for developing this standard and its use in critical decision-making provide a framework for the discussion of the requirements contained therein.","PeriodicalId":91410,"journal":{"name":"Summer Computer Simulation Conference : (SCSC 2014) : 2014 Summer Simulation Multi-Conference : Monterey, California, USA, 6-10 July 2014. Summer Computer Simulation Conference (2014 : Monterey, Calif.)","volume":"96 1","pages":"5-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84606087","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":"Hierarchical modeling of mode-switching systems","authors":"James E. Weimer, B. Krogh","doi":"10.1145/1357910.1357999","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1357910.1357999","url":null,"abstract":"This paper introduces a set of input-output blocks to build intuitive models of dynamic systems with mode switching due to changes in operating conditions, sensor failure, model reconfiguration, and model-order reduction. These blocks make it possible to construct hierarchical component models of mode-switching systems. An application to an automotive steer-by-wire example and Simulink simulation results are presented.","PeriodicalId":91410,"journal":{"name":"Summer Computer Simulation Conference : (SCSC 2014) : 2014 Summer Simulation Multi-Conference : Monterey, California, USA, 6-10 July 2014. Summer Computer Simulation Conference (2014 : Monterey, Calif.)","volume":"3 1","pages":"567-574"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83647517","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":"Activity-based optimization of cooperative development processes in chemical engineering","authors":"Bernhard Kausch, M. Grandt, C. Schlick","doi":"10.1145/1357910.1358007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1357910.1358007","url":null,"abstract":"Unused potentials of cooperative development work are proven to lie mainly in the sub-optimal communication, cooperation and coordination of the actors. Various methods and tools, from project modeling to the workflow management system, are used to develop these potentials. Decisive influencing parameters of cooperative development processes are hardly considered in these approaches. Thus, the IAW is pursuing an activity-centered approach in which, based on a participatory constructed task net, important influencing parameters are transferred into a time-extended higher Petri net. \u0000 \u0000Mathematical relationships illustrate the interaction of these influencing parameters. These parameters include - aside from obligatory measures, such as number of people, task dependencies or related tools - special influencing parameters such as information integration and the qualification of people. \u0000 \u0000The software presented in the following includes, for example, specific human resource allocation through forecasted personnel utilization, existing competencies and organizational structures, reduction of waiting times through improvement of information flow and the increase in tool utilization. \u0000 \u0000Beside the use for project planning, the article illustrates the function and relation of the individual Petri nets via a short example. The article also demonstrates the relevance and interaction of the individual influencing parameters considered in the simulation through a sensitivity analysis.","PeriodicalId":91410,"journal":{"name":"Summer Computer Simulation Conference : (SCSC 2014) : 2014 Summer Simulation Multi-Conference : Monterey, California, USA, 6-10 July 2014. Summer Computer Simulation Conference (2014 : Monterey, Calif.)","volume":"07 1","pages":"619-626"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85946781","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":"Modeling and simulation for condition based maintenance: a case study in Navy ship application","authors":"Li Liu, D. Cartes, J. Quiroga","doi":"10.1145/1357910.1357950","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1357910.1357950","url":null,"abstract":"Improving system reliability/availability, and reducing the lifetime cost are two major requirements for the development of the US Navy's next generation ships. A condition based maintenance (CMB) technique can be used to achieve both goals by making optimal maintenance decisions based on real time monitoring. This paper introduces the conceptual architecture of the CBM system. Efficient fault detection, diagnosis (FDD), and/or prognosis of incipient faults are the most challenging tasks in this presented CBM system. Model based approaches are still the main stream in FDD research. Hence, modeling and simulation of the monitored equipment, especially when these equipment or components operate under fault conditions are essential tasks in CBM system development. A case study on permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM), which is an important component for ship propulsions, is provided to illustrate how modeling and simulation can be utilized in the entire CBM system design. Simulation is performed in Matlab® showing the effectiveness of the proposed model and the fault diagnosis method.","PeriodicalId":91410,"journal":{"name":"Summer Computer Simulation Conference : (SCSC 2014) : 2014 Summer Simulation Multi-Conference : Monterey, California, USA, 6-10 July 2014. Summer Computer Simulation Conference (2014 : Monterey, Calif.)","volume":"1 1","pages":"244-249"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77942993","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}