WSC 1996: Coronado, CA, USA
Karl G. Kempf: Simulating Semiconductor Manufacturing Systems: Successes, Failures, and Deep Questions. 3-11
Martha A. Centeno: An Introduction to Simulation Modeling. 15-22
Thomas J. Schriber, Daniel T. Brunner: Inside Simulation Software: How It Works and Why It Matters. 23-30
Jerry Banks: Software for Simulation. 31-38
Lawrence Leemis: Discrete-Event Simulation Input Process Modeling. 39-46
W. David Kelton: Statistical Issues in Simulation. 47-54
Robert G. Sargent: Verifying and Validating Simulation Models. 55-64

Julie C. Lowery: Introduction to Simulation in Health Care. 78-84
Gordon M. Clark: Introduction to Manufacturing Applications. 85-92
Kerim Tumay: Business Process Simulation. 93-98
Martin R. Barnes: Virtual Reality and Simulation. 101-110
John S. Carson II: So You Want to be a Simulation Consultant. 111-113
Frank Chance, Jennifer Robinson, John W. Fowler: Supporting Manufacturing with Simulation: Model Design, Development, and Deployment. 114-121
Bruce W. Schmeiser, Wheyming Tina Song: Batching Methods in Simulation Output Analysis: What We Know and What We Don't. 122-127
David M. Nicol: Principles of Conservative Parallel Simulation. 128-135
Rajive Bagrodia: Perils and Pitfalls of Parallel Discrete-Event Simulation. 136-143
Fred Glover, James P. Kelly, Manuel Laguna: New Advances and Applications of Combining Simulation and Optimization. 144-152
Arnold H. Buss: Modeling with Event Graphs. 153-160
A. Martin Wildberger: Introduction & Overview of "Artificial Life" - Evolving Intelligent Agents for Modeling & Simulation. 161-168
Wayne J. Davis, Joseph G. Macro, Andrew L. Brook, Michael S. Lee, Guoyan S. Zhou: Developing a Real-Time Emulation/Simulation Capability for the Control Architecture to the RAMP FMS. 171-178
Deborah A. Fullford: Distributed Interactive Simulation: Its Past, Present, and Future. 179-185
Samir R. Das: Adaptive Protocols for Parallel Discrete Event Simulation. 186-193
Jeffrey S. Smith, Brett A. Peters, James Curry, Glenn Drake, Cynthia LaJimodiere: Advanced Tutorial - Simulation-Based Scheduling and Control. 194-198
Russell C. H. Cheng, Wayne Holland, Neil A. Hughes: Selection of Input Models Using Bootstrap Goodness-of-Fit. 199-206
Marne C. Cario: Modeling and Simulating Time Series Input Processes with ARTAFACTS and ARTAGEN. 207-213
Christos Alexopoulos, Andrew F. Seila: Implementing the Batch Means Method in Simulation Experiments. 214-221
Pieter A. Voss, Jorge Haddock, Thomas R. Willemain: Estimating Steady State Mean from Short Transient Simulations. 222-229
James D. Arthur, Richard E. Nance: Independent Verification and Validation: A Missing Link in Simulation Methodology? 230-236
Jon C. Helton: Computational Structure of a Performance Assessment Involving Stochastic and Subjective Uncertainty. 239-247
Jack P. C. Kleijnen: Five-Stage Procedure for the Evaluation of Simulation Models Through Statistical Techniques. 248-254
E. Marian Scott: Uncertainty and Sensitivity Studies of Models of Environmental Systems. 255-259
Robert L. Smith: The Hit-and-Run Sampler: A Globally Reaching Markov Chain Sampler for Generating Arbitrary Multivariate Distributions. 260-264
Luc Devroye: Random Variate Generation in One Line of Code. 265-272
Indira Kuruganti, Stephen G. Strickland: Importance Sampling for Markov Chains: Computing Variance and Determining Optimal Measures. 273-280
Halim Damerdji, Peter W. Glynn, Marvin K. Nakayama, James R. Wilson: Selecting the Best System in Transient Simulations with Variances Known. 281-286
John O. Miller, Barry L. Nelson, Charles H. Reilly: Getting More from the Data in a Multinomial Selection Problem. 287-294
Paul Glasserman, Philip Heidelberger, Perwez Shahabuddin, Tim Zajic: Splitting for Rare Event Simulation: Analysis of Simple Cases. 302-308
Christian Kelling: A Framework for Rare Event Simulation of Stochastic Petri Nets Using "RESTART". 317-324
Katherine B. Ensor, Peter W. Glynn: Grid-Based Simulation and the Method of Conditional Least Squares. 325-331
Alexander Shapiro: Simulation Based Optimization. 332-336
Gül Gürkan, Ayonca Özge, Stephen M. Robinson: Sample-Path Solution of Stochastic Variational Inequalities, with Applications to Option Pricing. 337-344
Robert G. Sargent: Some Subjective Validation Methods Using Graphical Displays of Data. 345-351
Jack P. C. Kleijnen, Bert Bettonvil, Willem J. H. Van Groenendaal: Validation of Trace-Driven Simulation Models: Regression Analysis Revisited. 352-359
Akira Tajima, Syoiti Ninomiya, Shu Tezuka: On the Anomaly of ran1() in Monte Carlo Pricing of Financial Derivatives. 360-366
Lee Schruben, David Goldsman, Douglas J. Morrice: Using Null Effects Estimators in the Analysis of Simulation Output. 367-371
Halim Damerdji, Marvin K. Nakayama: Two-Stage Procedures for Multiple Comparisons with a Control in Steady-State Simulations. 372-375
Mehdi Hoseyni-Nasab, Sigrún Andradóttir: Parallel Simulation by Time Segmentation: Methodology and Applications. 376-381
Donald C. McNickle, Krzysztof Pawlikowski, Gregory Ewing: Experimental Evaluation of Confidence Interval Procedures in Sequential Steady-State Simulation. 382-389
Chun-Hung Chen, Hsiao-Chang Chen, Liyi Dai: A Gradient Approach for Smartly Allocating Computing Budget for Discrete Event Simulation. 398-405
Mahmoud H. Alrefaei, Sigrún Andradóttir: Discrete Stochastic Optimization via a Modification of the Stochastic Ruler Method. 406-411
Leyuan Shi: Variance Property of Discontinuous Perturbation Analysis. 412-417



Diana F. Carroll: MedModel - Healthcare Simulation Software. 441-446
Deborah Benson: Simulation Modeling and Optimization Using ProModel. 447-452
Robert C. Crain: Simulation Using GPSS/H. 453-459
James O. Henriksen: The Power and Performance of Proof Animation. 460-467
James O. Henriksen: An Introduction to SLX. 468-475
Madhavi Lingineni, Bruce Caraway, Perakath C. Benjamin, Richard J. Mayer: Tutorial on ProSim: A Knowledge-Based Simulation Model Design Tool. 476-480

John S. Carson II: AutoStat: Output Statistical Analysis for AutoMod Users. 492-499
Matthew W. Rohrer: AutoMod Tutorial. 500-505
Matthew W. Rohrer: AutoSched Tutorial. 506-509
Catherine Drury Barnes, K. Ronald Laughery Jr.: Advanced Uses for Micro Saint Simulation Software. 510-516
Herbert D. Schwetman: CSIM18 - The Simulation Engine. 517-521
Maya Binun: Business Process Modeling with SIMPROCESS. 530-534
Michael Angel: Conducting Experiments with Experiment Manager. 535-541
Alasdar Mullarney: MODSIM III - A Tutorial. 542-546
W. Bruce Thompson: Introduction to the WITNESS Visual Interactive Simulator and OLEII Automation. 547-550
Linda Jankauskas, Sam McLafferty: BestFit, Distribution-Fitting Software by Palisade Corporation. 551-555
Gerald A. Levasseur: An Object-Oriented Phone Center Model Using SIMPLE++. 556-563
Eric S. Grajo: Strategic Layout Planning and Simulation for Lean Manufacturing: A LayOPT Tutorial. 564-568
Cliff B. King: Taylor II Manufacturing Simulation Software. 569-573
William B. Nordgren: Time Machine - The Dynamic Worksheet. 574-577
David Krahl: Modeling with Extend. 578-583
David P. Sly: A Systematic Approach to Factory Layout and Design with FactoryPLAN, FactoryOPT, and FactoryFLOW. 584-587
Giao Thanh Nguyen, Randy H. Katz, Brian Noble, Mahadev Satyanarayanan: A Trace-Based Approach for Modeling Wireless Channel Behavior. 597-604
Winston W. Liu, Ching-Chuan Chiang, Hsiao-Kuang Wu, Vikas Jha, Mario Gerla, Rajive Bagrodia: Parallel Simulation Environment for Mobile Wireless Networks. 605-612
Chien-Chung Shen: A CORBA Facility for Network Simulation. 613-620
Karim Djemame, Mohamed Bettaz, Dennis C. Gilles, Lewis M. Mackenzie: Performance Comparison of High-Level Algebraic Nets Distributed Simulation Protocols. 621-628
David B. Cavitt, C. Michael Overstreet, Kurt Maly: A Performance Analysis Model for Distributed Simulations. 629-636
Fang Hao, Karen Wilson, Richard Fujimoto, Ellen W. Zegura: Logical Process Size in Parallel Simulations. 645-652
Sven Sköld, Robert Rönngren: Event Sensitive State Saving in Time Warp Parallel Discrete Event Simulations. 653-660
Robert D. Macredie, Simon J. E. Taylor, Xiaoning Yu, Richard Keeble: Virtual Reality and Simulation: An Overview. 669-674
Simon J. E. Taylor, Julika Siemer: Enhancing Simulation Education with Intelligent Tutoring Systems. 675-680
Michael Pidd: Model Development and HCI. 681-686
Jasna Kuljis: HCI and Simulation Packages. 687-694
Richard E. Nance, C. Michael Overstreet, Ernest H. Page: Redundancy in Model Representation: A Blessing or a Curse? 701-707
Jae-Wook Lee, Sungho Kang: Efficient Simulation Model Generation Using Automatic Programming Techniques. 708-713
Charles R. Standridge, James F. Kelly, Thomas Kelley, Jack Walther: Progress in Modular Simulation Environments. 714-720
Michael Pidd: Five Simple Principle of Modelling. 721-728
Daniel J. Muller: Simulation: "What to Do with the Model Afterward". 729-733
Louis A. Molina, Carlos Gandarillas, Martha A. Centeno: Goal Driven Simulation Intelligent Back Ends: A State of the Art Review. 734-739
S. Cem Karacal, Terrence G. Beaumariage, Zeynep A. Karacal: Comparison of Simulation Environments Through Analytic Hierarchy Process. 740-747
Hessam S. Sarjoughian, Bernard P. Zeigler: Abstraction Mechanisms in Discrete-Event Inductive Modeling. 748-755
Don Caughlin: Parameter Identification Methods for Metamodeling Simulations. 756-763
Paul A. Fishwick: Web-Based Simulation: Some Personal Observations. 772-779
Rajesh S. Nair, John A. Miller, Zhiwei Zhang: Java-Based Query Driven Simulation Environment. 786-793
Fabian Gomes, Brian Unger, John G. Cleary: Language Based State Saving Extensions for Optimistic Parallel Simulation. 794-800
Felipe Knop, Edward Mascarenhas, Vernon Rego: A Parallel GPSS Based on the ParaSol Simulation System. 801-808
Wilkey Richardson, Mary L. Bailey, William H. Sanders: Using ZPL to Develop a Parallel Chaos Router Simulator. 809-816
Ingolf Ståhl: Steps Toward a Better Internal GPSS Mechanism. 817-824
Ricki G. Ingalls, Douglas J. Morrice, Andrew B. Whinston: Eliminating Canceling Edges from the Simulation Graph Model Methodology. 825-832
J. Frederick Klingener: Programming Combined Discrete-Continuous Simulation Models for Performance. 833-839
David A. Sykes, Brian A. Malloy: The Design of an Efficient Simulator for the Pentium Pro Processor. 840-847
Ralf Wieting: Hybrid High-Level Nets. 848-855
Tajudeen A. Atolagbe, Vlatka Hlupic: A Generic Architecture for Intelligent Instruction for Simulation Modelling Software Packages. 856-863
Douglas R. Brouse, William A. Cann: The JUDY Theater Surveillance and Strike Simulation Model. 867-870
Joseph C. Barto III, Patrick D. Clark: The Joint Training System: A Pillar of Joint Readiness and an Automation Challenge. 871-876
Alex F. Sisti, Steven D. Farr: Modeling and Simulation Enabling Technologies for Military Applications. 877-883
Martin S. Kleiner, Scott A. Carey: Knowledge Acquisition in Support of Artificial Intelligence: An Example and Some Lessons Learned. 884-891
John A. Hixson: Using After Action Review Systems for Exercise Planning and Control. 892-895
Lawrence J. Dacunto, David J. Prybyla: Combat Simulations in U.S. Army Training and Testing. 896-902
Christopher G. Blood, Ed O'Donnell, Dan Rotblatt: A System to Project Injury and Illness Incidence During Military Operations. 903-906
Scott C. Sundstrom, Christopher G. Blood, Serge A. Matheny: The Optimal Placement of Casualty Evacuation Assets: A Linear Programming Model. 907-911
Christopher G. Blood, Michael S. Odowick, Jeffrey S. Marks: Simulation of Sasualty Sustainment During Naval Combat Operations. 912-917
Robert G. Phelan Jr., Michael L. McGinnis: Reengineering the United States Army's Tactical Command and Control Operational Architecture for Information Operations. 918-925
Michael J. Kwinn Jr., Robert G. Phelan Jr.: Management of Personnel Policies to Increase the Stability of Patriot Crew Members and Their Families: A Simulation Approach. 926-933
Michael L. McGinnis, George F. Stone III: Measuring the Effectiveness of Simulation-Based Training. 934-938
Roger D. Smith: Closing the Gap Between Simulation & Combat Computer Systems. 939-945
Sudhir Srinivasan: Efficient Data Consistency in HLA/DIS++. 946-951
John A. Tufarolo, Ernest H. Page: Evolving the VV&A Process for the ALSP Joint Training Confederation. 952-958
Gary N. Bundy, David W. Seidel, Ben C. King, Carl D. Burke: An Experiment in Simulation Interoperability. 959-966
Jeffrey E. Sumner, Eric A. Zahn: A Simulation of the Evacuation of American Citizens with an Object-Oriented, Animated Model. 967-974
Chris J. M. Booth, David I. Bruce, Peter R. Hoare, Michael J. Kirton, K. Roy Milner, Ian J. Relf: Dynamic Memory Usage in Parallel Simulation: A Case Study of a Large-Scale Military Logistics Application. 975-982
Dursun Delen, David B. Pratt, Manjunath Kamath: A New Paradigm for Manufacturing Enterprise Modeling: Reusable, Multi-Tool Modeling. 985-992
Donald H. Liles, Adrien Presley: Enterprise Modeling within an Enterprise Engineering Framework. 993-999
Ganesh Pai Kateel, Manjunath Kamath, David B. Pratt: An Overview of CIM Enterprise Modeling Methodologies. 1000-1007
Thomas Jefferson, Madhav Rangaswami, Gregory Stoner: Simulation in the Design of Ground-Based Intrabay Automation Systems. 1008-1013
Raka Sandell, Krishna Srinivasan: Evaluation of Lot Release Policies for Semiconductor Manufacturing Systems. 1014-1022
James F. Hallas, Jane D. Kim, Charles T. Mosier, Carolyn Internicola: An Investigation of Operating Methods for 0.25 micron Semiconductor Manufacturing. 1023-1030
Scott J. Mason, Paul A. Jensen, John W. Fowler: A Comparison Study of the Logic of Four Wafer Fabrication Simulators. 1031-1038
Theodora Ivanova, Mansooreh Mollaghasemi, Linda C. Malone: Application of a 2-Stage Group-Screening Design to a Whole-Line Semiconductor Manufacturing Simulation Model. 1039-1045
Lawrence S. Farey: TRW/TED Accelerometer Wafer Process Production Facility: Manufacturing Simulation. 1046-1051
F. Bradley Armstrong, Bennett Foster, Charles Kern, Randall R. Gibson, Darrell W. Starks: Manufacturing Simulation Consultant's Forum. 1052-1056
Lissette R. Gonzalez, Marelys L. García, Martha A. Centeno: On-Line Knowledge-Based Simulation for FMS: A State of the Art Survey. 1057-1061
Fernando G. Gonzalez: A Simulation-Based Controller Builder for Flexible Manufacturing Systems. 1068-1075
Arne Thesen: Efficient State-Independent Sequencing Rules for Certain Flexible Manufacturing Systems. 1076-1082
Glenn Drake, Jeffrey S. Smith: Simulation System for Real-Time Planning, Scheduling, and Control. 1083-1090
Anand S. Kunnathur, Sriram Sampath, P. S. Sundararagharan: Dynamic Rescheduling of a Job Shop: A Simulation Study. 1091-1098
Jay Bakst, Joel Hoffner, Kris Jacoby: Evaluation of a Distribution Center Tow-line Material Handling System Through Simulation Modeling. 1099-1106
Ali K. Gunal, Edward J. Williams, Shigeru Sadakane: Modeling of Chain Conveyors and Their Equipment Interfaces. 1107-1114
Leon Bing-Shiun Chuang, Joseph A. Heim: A Simulation Testbed for Investigation of Tandem AGV Systems. 1115-1122
Farhad Azadivar, Junhong Shu, Moyeen Ahmad: Simulation optimization in strategic location of semi-finished products in a pull-type production system. 1123-1128
Stacy M. Sammons, Jeffery K. Cochran: The use of simulation in the optimization of a cellular manufacturing system. 1129-1134
Lynn S. Lachenmaier, Jeffery K. Cochran: Use of RESOURCE blocks in SLAM II for the evaluation of operator-machine assignments. 1135-1140
Soemon Takakuwa: Efficient module-based modeling for a large-scale AS/RS-AGV system. 1141-1148
Henry Herper, Thomas Kagerl, Dietrich Ziems: Incorporating financial and ergonomic considerations into models of manufacturing systems. 1149-1154
Bernard J. Schroer, Phillip A. Farrington, James J. Swain, Dawn R. Utley: A generic simulator for modeling manufacturing modules. 1155-1160
A. Alan B. Pritsker, O. Patrick Daily, Kenneth D. Pritsker: Using simulation to craft a national organ transplantation policy. 1163-1169
Sheldon H. Jacobson, Douglas J. Morrice: Analyzing the temporal association between health disorders and medical treatments using probability models and Monte Carlo simulation. 1176-1182
Pamela K. Fink, L. Tandy Herren: Modeling disease processes for drug development: bridging the gap between quantitative and heuristic models. 1183-1190
Ewa Deelman, Boleslaw K. Szymanski, Thomas Caraco: Simulating Lyme disease using parallel discrete event simulation. 1191-1198
Julie C. Lowery: Design of hospital admissions scheduling system using simulation. 1199-1204
Gerald W. Evans, Tesham B. Gor, Edward Unger: A simulation model for evaluating personnel schedules in a hospital emergency department. 1205-1209
Yogesh Deshpande, Roger Jenkins, Simon J. E. Taylor: Use of simulation to test client-server models. 1210-1217
Eugenio M. Alvarez, Paul R. Mitchell, Walter M. Callahan, Peter Hoefer, Raymond Telerole: Simulating a proposed information delivery system. 1218-1221
Toshio Komatsu, Yukihiro Nakamura, Junro Nose: Simulator for the evaluation of distributed network-system performance. 1222-1229
Peter P. Ware, Thomas W. Page Jr., Barry L. Nelson: Modeling file-system input traces via a two-level arrival process. 1230-1237
Barry L. Nelson, William S. Keezer, Thomas F. Schuppe: A hybrid simulation-queueing module for modeling UNIX I/O in performance analysis. 1238-1246
Helen D. Karatza: Multitasking and resequencing in a two-stage multiprocessing system. 1247-1251

Kambiz Farahmand, Alejandro Francisco Garza Martinez: Simulation and animation of the operation of a fast food restaurant. 1264-1271
K. Ronald Laughery Jr., Beth M. Plott, Thomas H. Engh, Shelly Scott-Nash: Discrete event simulation as a tool to determine necessary nuclear power plant operating crew size. 1272-1279
Peter C. Anselmo: Valuation of potash reserves at the Waste Installation Pilot Plant. 1280-1286
Samuel M. Hart: Simulation in policy analysis: the transfer of facilities within the Department of Energy's Environmental Management program. 1287-1291
George M. Giaglis, Ray J. Paul, Georgios I. Doukidis: Simulation for intra- and inter-organisational business process modelling. 1297-1304
Michael K. Painter, Ronald Fernandes, Natarajan Padmanaban, Richard J. Mayer: A methodology for integrating business process and information infrastructure models. 1305-1312
Dany Hajjar, Simaan M. AbouRizk: Building a special purposes simulation tool for earth moving operations. 1313-1320
Photios G. Ioannou, Julio C. Martínez: Scalable simulation models for construction operations. 1329-1336
William R. Lilegdon, Stuart Gittlitz, Randy D. Moore, Patrick Reardon: Simulation works: a panel discussion. 1337-1340
Kay K. Cornett, W. Swain Ottman, Scott A. Miller: An aircraft operations simulation model for the United Parcel Service Louisville Air Park. 1341-1346
Gregory J. Allen, Khaled M. Mabrouk, Michael L. Weigel: Utilizing an expert system for conflict resolution in a "train siding selection" simulation model. 1347-1352
S. Manivannan, Michael E. Zeimer: Modeling and analysis of aircraft offloading operations. 1359-1366
Charles H. White: Distribution logistics in the process industries: establishing railcar requirements. 1367-1372
David R. Kalasky: Simulation-based supply-chain optimization for consumer products. 1373-1378
Peter Lorenz, Thomas J. Schriber: Teaching introductory simulation in 1996: from the first assignment to the final presentation. 1379-1386
Ingolf Ståhl: Teaching the fundamentals of simulation in a very short time. 1387-1394
Ruth Silverman: Simulation for computer science majors: a preliminary report. 1395-1400
Ralph V. Rogers, Michael Zyda, Edward F. Mykytka, David Bartlett, Michael Bathe: Modeling and simulation education: is there a need for graduate degrees in modeling and simulation?. 1401-1406

Shahar Yarden: Injecting simulation and modeling upstream in the system engineering process. 1421-1425
Glenn G. Rousseau, Kenneth W. Bauer Jr.: Sensitivity analysis of a large-scale transportation simulation using design of experiments and factor analysis. 1426-1432
Willem J. H. Van Groenendaal, Jack P. C. Kleijnen: Regression metamodels and design of experiments. 1433-1439
Susan M. Sanchez, L. Douglas Smith, Edward C. Lawrence: Sensitivity and scenario analysis for simulation metamodels. 1440-1447
Mary Ann Flanigan Wagner, James R. Wilson: Recent developments in input modeling with Bézier distributions. 1448-1456
Paul M. Stanfield, James R. Wilson, Gary A. Mirka, Naomi F. Glasscock, Jennie P. Psihogios, Joseph R. Davis: Multivariate input modeling with Johnson distributions. 1457-1464
José Holguín-Veras, C. Michael Walton: On the Development of a Computer System to Simulate Port Operations Considering Priorities. 1471-1478
Zubin Dowlaty, Chong Loo: Derivation of the Initial Stock of Bags - a Monte Carlo Approach. 1479-1482
D. Brent Bandy: Simulation of the Illinois Waterway Locks System. 1483-1487



