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  Hassan Rajaei, Gabriel A. Wainer, Michael J. Chinni (Eds.): Proceedings of the 2008 Spring Simulation Multiconference, SpringSim 2008, Ottawa, Canada, April 14-17, 2008. SCS/ACM 2008 ISBN 1-56555-319-5

2008 Agent-directed simulation symposium (ADSS'08)

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  Maarten Sierhuis: Modeling and simulation with the Brahms agent environment. 5-7
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  John K. Debenham, Ante Prodan: Validation of two distributed, autonomous self-organisation algorithms for 802.11 mesh networks by simulation. 11-18
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  Jinsheng Xu, Levent Yilmaz, Jinghua Zhang: Agent simulation of collaborative knowledge processing in Wikipedia. 19-25
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  Qi Han, Theo A. Arentze, Harry J. P. Timmermans, Davy Janssens, Geert Wets: An agent-based system for simulating dynamic choice-sets. 26-33
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  Mehdi Mekni, Nabil Sahli, Bernard Moulin: A geosimulation approach involving spatially-aware agents a case study on the identification of risky areas for trains. 37-44
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  Karl D. Liebert, David C. Earnest, Andreas Tolk: Using GIS vector data to build virtual environments for agent based models. 45-52
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  Hedi Haddad, Bernard Moulin: An agent-based geosimulation multidisciplinary approach to support scenarios evaluation in dynamic virtual geographic environments. 53-60
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  Shawn R. Wolfe, Maarten Sierhuis, Peter A. Jarvis: To BDI, or not to BDI: design choices in an agent-based traffic flow management simulation. 63-70
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  Yu Zhang, Phillip Coleman, Michael Pellon, Jason Leezer: A multi-agent simulation for social agents. 71-78
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  Robert D. King, Charles D. Turnitsa: The landscape of assumptions. 81-88
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  Sina Honari, Maziar Gomrokchi, Mojtaba Ebadi, Amin Fos-hati, Jamal Bentahar: Simulating new markets by introducing new accepting policies for the conventional continuous double auction. 89-97
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  Mondher Bouden, Bernard Moulin, Pierre Gosselin: Epidemic propagation of west nile virus using a multi-agent geo-simulation under various short-term climate scenarios. 98-105
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  Michal Radecký, Petr Gajdos: Intelligent agents for traffic simulation. 109-115
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  Kalyan S. Perumalla, Brandon G. Aaby: Data parallel execution challenges and runtime performance of agent simulations on GPUs. 116-123
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  Sule Yildirim, Sindre Berg Stene: A survey on the need and use of AI in game agents. 124-131
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  Zeinab Mazadi, Nasser Ghasem-Aghaee, Tuncer I. Ören: Prelude to cultural software agents: cultural backgrounds in agent simulation. 135-142
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  Gert Jan Hofstede, Catholijn M. Jonker, Tim Verwaart: Modeling culture in trade: uncertainty avoidance. 143-150
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  Zaiyi Guo, Joc Cing Tay: Granularity and the validation of agent-based models. 153-161
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  Li Yan, Sunwoo Park, Shahab Sheikh-Bahaei, Glen E. P. Ropella, C. Anthony Hunt: Predicting hepatic disposition properties of cationic drugs using a physiologically based, agent-oriented In Silico Liver. 162-169
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  Jonathan Tang, C. Anthony Hunt: In silico white blood cell: mechanisms underlying leukocyte rolling and adhesion during inflammation. 170-176

2008 Business and industry symposium (BIS'08): Industrial processes

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  Mark Johnson, Fang Yee, Mick Cipollo, Krystyna Truszkowska, John P. Verboncoeur: OOPIC simulation of a cylindrical magnetron glow discharge. 185-189
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  Ravi Mukkamala, S. Lakkoju, V. Kamineni, S. Kamisetty, A. Polu, Jeremiah Creedon: Improving runway capacity: an integrated approach using modeling, simulation, and analysis. 190-197
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  F. Geldof, B. C. van Haarlem, W. Lock, Ella E. Roubtsova: Modelling and simulation of high capacity waterside container handling systems at deep-sea terminals. 198-205

2008 Business and industry symposium (BIS'08): Environmental technology

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  Marek H. Zaluski, Martin J. Moe: Analytical element method for modeling of groundwater flow in anisotropic aquifer. 209-213
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  Thong Hang, Leonard B. Collard, Mark A. Phifer: Subsidence study for non-crushable containers in slit trenches at the Savannah River site. 214-221

2008 Business and industry symposium (BIS'08): Optimization/decision analysis

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  Avadh Nandra, Jivesh Govil, Jivika Govil: Optimization of satellite link design. 225-230
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  L. Douglas Smith, Donald C. Sweeney II, James F. Campbell, Robert M. Nauss: Simulation of operating procedures and infrastructure changes in the upper Mississippi navigation system. 231-238
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  Joaquín Izquierdo, Idel Montalvo, Rafael Pérez-García, Mario Tavera: Optimization in water systems: a PSO approach. 239-246

2008 Business and industry symposium (BIS'08): Operations technology

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  Nikolay Korolev, Herbert Ristock, Nikolay A. Anisimov: Modeling and simulation of a pacing engine for proactive campaigns in contact center environment. 249-255
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  Lorenzo Capra: Addressing soundness and efficiency issues in dynamic processes: a reflective PN-based modeling approach. 256-264
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  Agostino G. Bruzzone, Alberto Tremori: Safety & security in retail: modeling value chain dynamics. 265-269

2008 Business and industry symposium (BIS'08): Model analysis/simulation technology

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  Manjula A. Iyer, Morgan M. Harris, Layne T. Watson, Michael W. Berry: A performance comparison of piecewise linear estimation methods. 273-278
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  Cinzia Forgia, Roberto Revetria: System dynamics and regressive meta-modeling applied methodology for improving management performances in services industry: a case study in supply chain and highway maintenance. 279-287

2008 Business and industry symposium (BIS'08): Business simulation

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  William R. Conkling, J. A. Drew Hamilton Jr.: The importance of information security spending: an economic approach. 293-300
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  L. B. Collard, Maurice J. Ades: Sensitivity of stock market indices to commodity prices. 301-306
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  Jivika Govil, Jivesh Govil: Data management: issues and solutions for workflow efficiency. 307-312

2008 DOD architecture framework modeling symposium (DAFM'08)

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  Mark Kuhr, J. A. Drew Hamilton Jr.: Building executable service-oriented architectures with the WS-Management specification. 315-324
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  Derek T. Sanders, John A. Hamilton Jr., Richard A. MacDonald: Supporting a service-oriented architecture. 325-334
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  Suhair Hafez Amer, John A. Hamilton Jr.: Understanding security architecture. 335-342

2008 high performance computing symposium (HPC'08)

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  Paul Lu: The need for diversity in HPC: HPC'08 keynote address. 348

2008 high performance computing symposium (HPC'08): HPC'08 tutorials

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  Ming Zhang: An introduction to DEVS and distributed DEVS. 351
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  Layne T. Watson: The deterministic global optimization algorithm DIRECT. 352

2008 high performance computing symposium (HPC'08): Geophysical applications

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  Feng Gu, Xiaolin Hu, Lewis Ntaimo: Towards validation of DEVS-FIRE wildfire simulation model. 355-361
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  Abdessamad Qaddouri, Vivian Lee: Solution of the implicit formulation of high order diffusion for the Canadian Atmospheric GEM model. 362-367
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  John C. Linford, Adrian Sandu: Optimizing large scale chemical transport models for multicore platforms. 369-376

2008 high performance computing symposium (HPC'08): High performance computing and simulation applications

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  Károly Sándor, Miklós Kozlovszky, Viktor Kamarás, Levente Ficsór, S. Viktor Varga, Bé Molnár: Porting a 3D image registration application to multi-core environment. 379-384
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  Pengyuan Wang, Ranjit Randhawa, Clifford A. Shaffer, Yang Cao, William T. Baumann: Converting macromolecular regulatory models from deterministic to stochastic formulation. 385-392
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  Meng-Shiou Wu, Hirotoshi Mori, Jonathan L. Bentz, Theresa L. Windus, Heather Netzloff, Masha Sosonkina, Mark S. Gordon: Constructing a performance database for large-scale quantum chemistry packages. 393-400

2008 high performance computing symposium (HPC'08): DEVS session 1

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  Alex A. Aravind, Xiang Cui: RMobiGen: a trace generation, visualization, and performance analysis tool for random mobility models. 403-412
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  Gabriel A. Wainer, Qi Liu, Julien Chazal, Loïc Quinet, Mamadou K. Traoré: Performance analysis of web-based distributed simulation in DCD++: a case study across the Atlantic Ocean. 413-420
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  Rodrigo Castro, Ernesto Kofman, Gabriel A. Wainer: A formal framework for stochastic DEVS modeling and simulation. 421-428

2008 high performance computing symposium (HPC'08): DEVS session 2

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  Olaf Hagendorf, Thorsten Pawletta: An approach for simulation based structure optimisation of discrete event systems. 431-438
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  Bo Feng, Qi Liu, Gabriel A. Wainer: Parallel simulation of DEVS and Cell-DEVS models on Windows-based PC cluster systems. 439-446
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  Marcelo Gutierrez-Alcaraz, Gabriel A. Wainer: Experiences with the DEVStone benchmark. 447-455

2008 high performance computing symposium (HPC'08): High performance computing and simulation algorithms

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  Rhonda D. Phillips, Layne T. Watson, Randolph H. Wynne: A shared memory parallel algorithm for data reduction using the singular value decomposition. 459-466
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  Thirumalaisamy Ragunathan, P. Krishna Reddy: Improving the performance of read-only transactions through asynchronous speculation. 467-474
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  Abdel Aziz Farrag, Shituo Lou, Qi Yao: Fault-tolerance and reconfiguration of circulant graphs and hypercubes. 475-481

17th annual international conference on health sciences simulation (ICHSS'08): Health policy

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  George W. Pasdirtz: Technology and the health care quadrilemma: a test. 491-496
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  André Kushniruk, Elizabeth M. Borycki, James G. Anderson, Marilyn M. Anderson: Combining two forms of simulation to predict the potential impact of interface design on technology-induced error in healthcare. 497-504

17th annual international conference on health sciences simulation (ICHSS'08): Health services I

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  Jiahua Li, Yue Zhou, Fukuya Ishino: Using simulation to improve outpatient appointment system with minimum change. 507-512
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  Carter Price, Timothy Babineau, Bruce L. Golden, Bartley P. Griffith, Edward A. Wasil: Maximizing cardiac surgery throughput at a major hospital. 513-516

17th annual international conference on health sciences simulation (ICHSS'08): Health services II

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  Sabrina Ramwadhdoebe, Godefridus G. van Merode, Magda M. Boere-Boonekamp, R. Sakkers, Erik Buskens: Implementation by simulation; strategies for ultrasound screening for hip dysplasia in the Netherlands. 519-524
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  Kathleen Abrahamson, James G. Anderson, Marilyn M. Anderson, J. Jill Suitor, Karl Pillemer: Conflict and burnout among nursing staff in the long term care setting. 525-530

17th annual international conference on health sciences simulation (ICHSS'08): Health services III

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  J. J. W. Molema, Godefridus G. van Merode: Case mix and acute care system design. 533-538
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  Sean P. Sangster, John T. Blake: Developing a reusable simulation model to improve access to diagnostic imaging clinics in Nova Scotia. 539-544

17th annual international conference on health sciences simulation (ICHSS'08): Modeling epidemics

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  B. John Oommen, Dragos Calitoiu: Modeling and simulating a disease outbreak by learning a contagion parameter-based model. 547-555
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  Susan M. Mniszewski, Sara Y. Del Valle, Phillip D. Stroud, Jane M. Riese, Stephen J. Sydoriak: EpiSimS simulation of a multi-component strategy for pandemic influenza. 556-563

17th annual international conference on health sciences simulation (ICHSS'08): Biomedical applications I

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  Karl Thomaseth: Evaluation of competing Windkessel models for assessing vascular characteristics from non-invasive blood pressure recordings. 567-572
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  Bernhard Quatember, Martin Mayr, Wolfgang Recheis: Patient-specific modelling and simulation of coronary haemodynamics. 573-580

17th annual international conference on health sciences simulation (ICHSS'08): Pharmacometric applications

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  Sastry S. Isukapalli, Karine Price, Panos G. Georgopoulos, Kannan Krishnan: A physiologically-based algorithm for predicting internal dose of inhaled toluene: applications for high dose to low dose and rodent to human extrapolations. 583-588
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  Thomas Peyret, Kannan Krishnan: Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation of biomonitoring in humans: application to biomarkers of chronic exposure to alkyl benzenes in the environment. 589-596

17th annual international conference on health sciences simulation (ICHSS'08): Biomedical applications II

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  Dragos Calitoiu, Doron Nussbaum, B. John Oommen: Large scale modeling of the piriform cortex for analyzing antiepileptic effects. 599-608
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  J. Mailen Kootsey, Grant McAuley: Rapid construction of simulation-driven animations in web pages using NLX and Flash. 609-613

2008 military modeling and simulation symposium (MMS'08): Keynote

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  John Buck Surdu: Wargaming: past, present and future. 619

2008 military modeling and simulation symposium (MMS'08): Simulation future

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  John R. Surdu, Kevin Kittka: The Deep Green concept. 623-631
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  D. R. Elliott, R. G. Brown, A. J. Masys, B. M. Dillman: Striving for interoperability: synthetic environment core (SECore). 632-638

2008 military modeling and simulation symposium (MMS'08): Synthetic natural environments

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  Renato M. Okamoto, Flávio Luis de Mello, Claudio Esperança: Texture management in view dependent application for large 3D terrain visualization. 641-647
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  Haluk M. Akin, Maria Bull, Luis Rabelo, José A. Sepúlveda, Yanshen Zhu: Integrating simulation and geographic information system. 648-655

2008 military modeling and simulation symposium (MMS'08): Distributed simulation

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  Agostino G. Bruzzone, Alberto Tremori, Marina Massei: HLA and human behavior models. 659-666
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  Omer Eroglu, H. Ali Mantar, Fatih Erdogan Sevilgen: Quadtree-based approach to data distribution management for distributed simulations. 667-674
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  Inanc Tahrah, Tolga Basturk, Fatih Erdogan Sevilgen: Theoretical and experimental analysis of MSES and Kshemkalyani-Singhal algorithms under distributed simulation environment. 675-683

2008 military modeling and simulation symposium (MMS'08): Innovative simulation applications

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  Kin Wing Tsui, Robert G. Langlois: Development of the Virtual Flight Deck (VFD) simulation environment. 687-692
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  Harvey Jackson, Gabe Batstone: Case study: closing the training gap with 3D interactive simulations. 693-698
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  David Kidston, Thomas Kunz: Using simulation to evaluate traffic engineering management services in maritime networks. 699-706

2008 military modeling and simulation symposium (MMS'08): Physical system modeling

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  Robert G. Langlois, Zheng H. Zhu, Michael LaRosa: Modelling and simulation of skid-equipped shipboard rotorcraft. 709-719
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  Markus Graswald, Hendrik Rothe: Terminal ballistics of intercept ammunition against mortar targets. 720-728
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  Akhilesh C. Sharma, Bhupinder Sewak, Manjit Singh: Simulation of impact and penetration with hydrocodes. 729-736

2008 military modeling and simulation symposium (MMS'08): Agent based solutions

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  Jérôme Levesque, François Cazzolato, Jimmy Perron, Jimmy Hogan, Tony Garneau, Bernard Moulin: CAMiCS: civilian activity modelling in constructive simulation. 739-744
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  Art Pope, Peter Selfridge, John R. Surdu: Realistic agent populations for large-scale virtual training environments. 745-751

2008 modeling & simulation in education (MSE'08): The continuity of M&S education

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  Philip J. Langlais: An institutional model for the administration and support of multidisciplinary M&S graduate programs. 759-762
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  Roland R. Mielke, Mark W. Scerbo, Kurt Taylor Gaubatz, Ginger S. Watson: A multidisciplinary model for M&S graduate education. 763-769

2008 modeling & simulation in education (MSE'08): The education continuum

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  Catherine M. Banks, Michael L. McGinnis: Compelling challenges and recommended solutions: developing a continuity of M&S education from public school to graduate studies. 773-780
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  Félix Castro, Àngela Nebot, Francisco Mugica: A soft computing decision support framework to improve the e-learning experience. 781-788
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  Aziz Naamane: Mechatronic and bond graphs in education. 789-794

2008 modeling & simulation in education (MSE'08): Game-based learning: the future of education

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  Amy B. Adcock, Ginger S. Watson, Gary R. Morrison, Lee A. Belfore II: The design of an electronic self-regulation skill notebook for the development of meta-cognitive strategies and self-assessment in digital game-based learning environments. 797-801

2008 modeling & simulation in education (MSE'08): Unique uses in the classroom

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  Stephen E. Gauthier, Michael J. Kwinn Jr.: Thunder Run in the classroom. 805-810
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  Michael C. Jones: Simulation across the spectrum of submarine training. 811-815
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  Lee H. Tichenor: A blackjack simulation for teaching the use of scientific method. 816-821

2008 simulation software security symposium (SSSS'08)

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  Dennis McCallam: I'm in Information Security, so what do I do first?: Invited talk 1. 826
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  David M. Nicol: Performance analysis of real traffic carried with encrypted cover flows: Invited talk 2. 827
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  Prashant Dewan, David Durham, Hormuzd Khosravi, Men Long, Gayathri Nagabhushan: A hypervisor-based system for protecting software runtime memory and persistent storage. 828-835
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  Idris M. Atakli, Hongbing Hu, Yu Chen, Wei-Shinn Ku, Zhou Su: Malicious node detection in wireless sensor networks using weighted trust evaluation. 836-843
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  Chwan-Hwa John Wu, Tong Liu: Simulation for intrusion-resilient, DDoS-resistant authentication system (IDAS). 844-851

2008 poster track

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  Luis Antonio de Santa-Eulalia, Sophie D'Amours, Jean-Marc Frayret: A methodological framework for the analysis of agent-based supply chain planning simulations. 1
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  Syed Sajjad Rizvi, Khaled M. Elleithy, Aasia Riasat: A new mathematical model for optimizing the performance of parallel and discrete event simulation systems. 2
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  Yijun Chen, Abdolreza Abhari: A service-oriented distributed data mining prototype based on JDM. 3
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  Khaled Maamoun, Hussein T. Mouftah: A simple scheme for routing and wavelength assignment in WDM networks. 4
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  Nasser Ghasem-Aghaee, Somayeh Fatahi, Tuncer I. Ören: Agents with personality and emotional filters for an e-learning environment. 5
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  Yijun Chen, Abdolreza Abhari: An agent-based framework for dynamic web service selection. 6
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  Syed Saadat Bokhari, Alexander Ferworn, Abdolreza Abhari: Architectural model for grid resources discovery. 7
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  Kiril Kidisyuk, Gabriel A. Wainer: CD++Modeler: a graphical toolkit to develop DEVS models. 8
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  Nikolay Begunov, Ilya Moskalev, Boris Klebanov: City agent-based model. 9
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  Monageng Kgwadi, Hui Shang, Gabriel A. Wainer: Definition of dynamic DEVS models: Dynamic Structure CD++. 10
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  Mohammad Moallemi, Gabriel A. Wainer: Design of Persian tapestry in CD++. 11
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  Mohammad Moallemi, J. Marcelo Gutierrez-Alcaraz, Gabriel A. Wainer: ECD++ a DEVS based real-time simulator for embedded systems. 12
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  Shafagh Jafer, Gabriel A. Wainer, Juan Carlos Maureira Bravo, Olivier Dalle: Event behavior of discrete event simulations in CD++ vs. NS-2. 13
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  Tania E. Randall, Briand J. Gaudet: Implementing priority task management in JACK Intelligent Agents. 14
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  Brian Webb, Gabriel A. Wainer: Implementing the SCIDDICA landslide model in Cell-DEVS. 15
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  Andriy Luntovskyy, Stefan Uhlig, Dietbert Gütter, Alexander Schill: Load and capacity simulation for design of combined wired and wireless LAN. 16
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  Nhan Tran, Vijay Somers: Modeling privacy compromise: visibility of individuals via DRM and RFID in ubiquitous computing. 17
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  Yuri Boiko, Gabriel A. Wainer: Modeling quantum dot devices in Cell-DEVS environment. 18
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  Yuri Boiko, Gabriel A. Wainer: Modeling spiking neural terminals in DEVS. 19
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  Kai Shi, Yantai Shu, Xin Wang, Oliver W. W. Yang: RCP throughput modeling and performance improvement. 20
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  Ricardo Salmon, Jimmy Tran, Abdolreza Abhari: Simulating a file sharing system based on BitTorrent. 21
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  Mamoun Sqali, Lucile Torres, Claudia S. Frydman: Synthesizing scenarios to DEVS models. 22
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  Slawo Wesolkowski, Andrew Billyard: The Stochastic Fleet Estimation (SaFE) model. 23
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  Adrien Guillon, Deborah Loach: YetiSim: a C++ simulation library with execution graphs instead of coroutines. 24