Simulation, Volume 85

Volume 85, Number 1, January 2009

Levent Yilmaz: Letter from the Editor. 3-4
Alfred G. Cuzán, Charles M. Bundrick, Richard J. Heggen:
Fiscal Policy in American Presidential Elections: A Simulation. 5-15
Franco Cicirelli, Angelo Furfaro, Libero Nigro:
An Agent Infrastructure over HLA for Distributed Simulation of Reconfigurable Systems and its Application to UAV Coordination. 17-32
Pilwon Hur, Jeongsam Yang, Soonhung Han, Byounghyun Yoo:
An Underwater Vehicle Simulator with Immersive Interface using X3D and HLA. 33-44
Amirreza F. Golestaneh, Aidy Ali, S. Voon Wong, Faizal Mustapha, M. Zadeh:
Computational Investigation of Crack Behavior in Friction Stir Welding. 45-59

Roy E. Crosbie: Special Issue on Modeling and Simulation of Power Electronic Systems. 67-68
Ferdinanda Ponci, Enrico Santi, Antonello Monti:
Discrete-Time Multi-Resolution Modeling of Switching Power Converters Using Wavelets. 69-88
Ali Kashefi Kaviani, Hamid Reza Baghaee, Gholam Hossein Riahy:
Optimal Sizing of a Stand-alone Wind/Photovoltaic Generation Unit using Particle Swarm Optimization. 89-99
Omid Alizadeh Mousavi, Mohammad Javad Sanjari, G. B. Gharehpetian, R. A. Naghizadeh:
A Simple and Unified Method to Model HVDC Links and FACTS Devices in DC Load Flow. 101-109
Navonil Mustafee, Simon J. E. Taylor, Korina Katsaliaki, Sally C. Brailsford:
Facilitating the Analysis of a UK National Blood Service Supply Chain Using Distributed Simulation. 113-128

Gabriel A. Wainer, Qi Liu:
Tools for Graphical Specification and Visualization of DEVS Models. 131-158
Hung-Ying Tyan, Ahmed Sobeih, Jennifer C. Hou:
Design, Realization and Evaluation of a Component-based, Compositional Network Simulation Environment. 159-181
V. Gohari Sadr, S. M. Kouhsari:
A Novel Distributed Simulation Approach in Adaptive Distance Relaying. 183-203
Chung-Yuan Huang, Yu-Shiuan Tsai, Chuen-Tsai Sun, Ji-Lung Hsieh, Chia-Ying Cheng:
Influences of Resource Limitations and Transmission Costs on Epidemic Simulations and Critical Thresholds in Scale-Free Networks. 205-219

Kalyan S. Perumalla: Special Issue: Principles of Advanced and Distributed Simulation. 227-228
Aleksandar Donev:
Asynchronous Event-Driven Particle Algorithms. 229-242
Michael Hunter, Hoe Kyoung Kim, Wonho Suh, Richard Fujimoto, Jason Sirichoke, Mahesh Palekar:
Ad Hoc Distributed Dynamic Data-Driven Simulations of Surface Transportation Systems. 243-255
Lijun Li, Carl Tropper:
A Multiway Design-driven Partitioning Algorithm for Distributed Verilog Simulation. 257-270
Jason Liu, Yue Li:
Parallel Hybrid Network Traffic Models. 271-286

Christopher Bone, Suzana Dragicevic:
Defining Transition Rules with Reinforcement Learning for Modeling Land Cover Change. 291-305
E. Jack Chen:
Metamodels for Estimating Quantiles of Systems with One Controllable Parameter. 307-317
Yan Gu, Richard Fujimoto:
Performance Evaluation of the ROSENET Network Emulation System. 319-333
Yi Sun, Xiaolin Hu:
Performance Measurement of Dynamic Structure DEVS for Large-Scale Cellular Space Models. 335-351

Worawan Marurngsith, Roland N. Ibbett:
DSiMCluster: A Simulation Model for Efficient Memory Analysis Experiments of DSM Clusters. 355-374
Fei Liu, Ming Yang:
An Optimal Design Method for Simulation Verification, Validation and Accreditation Schemes. 375-386
Pedro M. Reis dos Santos, M. Isabel Reis dos Santos:
Construction of Stochastic Simulation Metamodels based on Unreplicated Smoothed Data. 387-396
Jiang Wu, Bin Hu, Yu Zhang, Catherine Spence, Steven B. Hall, Kathleen M. Carley:
An Agent-based Simulation Study for Exploring Organizational Adaptation. 397-413

Saurabh Mittal, José L. Risco-Martín, Bernard P. Zeigler:
DEVS/SOA: A Cross-Platform Framework for Net-centric Modeling and Simulation in DEVS Unified Process. 419-450
Pushparaj Mani Pathak, Amalendu Mukherjee, Anirvan Dasgupta:
Interaction Torque Control by Impedance Control of Space Robots. 451-459
Taejong Yoo, Hyunbo Cho, Enver Yücesan:
Web Services-Based Parallel Replicated Discrete Event Simulation for Large-Scale Simulation Optimization. 461-475

Mohammad S. Obaidat: Guest Editorial: Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems. 483-484
Stephan Heckmüller, Bernd E. Wolfinger:
Using Load Transformations for the Specification of Arrival Processes in Simulation and Analysis. 485-496
Oliver J. Haggarty, William J. Knottenbelt, Jeremy T. Bradley:
Distributed Response Time Analysis of GSPN Models with MapReduce. 497-509
Ashikur Rahman, Mahmuda Ahmed, Shobnom Zerin:
Analysis of Minimum-energy Path-preserving Graphs for Ad-hoc Wireless Networks. 511-523
Georgios L. Stavrinides, Helen D. Karatza:
Fault-tolerant Gang Scheduling in Distributed Real-time Systems Utilizing Imprecise Computations. 525-536

Jason Liu: Guest Editorial: Advanced and Distributed Simulation. 557-558
Ke Pan, Stephen John Turner, Wentong Cai, Zengxiang Li:
A Hybrid HLA Time Management Algorithm Based on Both Conditional and Unconditional Information. 559-573
Elyes Ben Hamida, Guillaume Chelius, Jean-Marie Gorce:
Impact of the Physical Layer Modeling on the Accuracy and Scalability of Wireless Network Simulation. 574-588
David M. Nicol, Nabil Schear:
Models of Privacy Preserving Traffic Tunneling. 589-607
Steven Daniel Webb, Sieteng Soh, Jerry L. Trahan:
Secure Referee Selection for Fair and Responsive Peer-to-Peer Gaming. 608-618

Bikramjit Banerjee, Ahmed Abukmail, Landon Kraemer:
Layered Intelligence for Agent-based Crowd Simulation. 621-633
Tibor Bosse, Charlotte Gerritsen, Jan Treur:
Towards Integration of Biological, Psychological and Social Aspects in Agent-Based Simulation of Violent Offenders. 635-660
Leran Wang, Tom J. Kazmierski:
VHDL-AMS Based Genetic Optimization of Mixed-Physical-Domain Systems in Automotive Applications. 661-670
Douglas D. Hodson, Rusty O. Baldwin:
Characterizing, Measuring, and Validating the Temporal Consistency of Live - Virtual - Constructive Environments. 671-682