Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference

Welcome to the 2010 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), recognized as the premiere international conference for simulation professionals in discrete and combined discrete-continuous simulation. Our venue of Baltimore this year continues the trend of new and exciting locations for the conference. While enjoying this year's conference, please look forward to next year's conference in Arizona and the first European venue of Berlin in 2012. The conference theme for WSC '10 is integration and collaboration. Technology is making the world a smaller place. Our circle of friends and colleagues grows with each passing year and our ability to collaborate is driven not only by convenience but also necessity. Throughout the program this year you will find papers discussing how to integrate simulation into decision making environments and how technology makes it easier for us gather data, construct models and disseminate simulation results.