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The Eighth International Conference on Advances in System Simulation SIMUL 2016 August 21 - 25, 2016 - Rome, Italy |
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Due to several requests for additional time, submission deadline extended to: May 5, 2016
ISSN: 2308-4537 |
conference contact: [email protected] |
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All tracks/topics are open to both research and industry contributions.
Special sessions:
CAESD: Computer-Aided Engineering Simulation for Defense and Security
Chair and Organiser: Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Math. Arash Ramezani, The Helmut Schmidt University, Germany
Main tracks:
Simulation models
Monte Carlo simulation;
Statistical analysis of simulation output;
Analytical simulation modeling;
Discrete event simulation models;
Credible simulation models;
Multi-objective simulation models;
Multisimulation with multiresolution, multistage multimodels;
Verification and validation of simulation models;
Simulation metamodels;
Executable simulation models;
Emulation models;
Regression models and experimental designs; Kriging metamodeling;
Kriging metamodeling in discrete-event simulation;
Kriging modeling for global approximation
Simulation methodologies
Sensitivity analysis; Rare-event simulation methodology;
Agent-based modeling and simulation;
Regenerative steady-state simulation;
Simulation-based ordinal optimization;
Ontology-based simulation methodology;
Simulation component reuse methodology;
Two-level simulation methodology;
Emulation methodologies; System adaptation simulation;
Simulation methodologies for autonomic and autonomous systems;
Virtual reality simulation methodologies;
Virtualization simulation;
Construction simulation methodologies
Sensitivity analysis
Systematic simulation using sensitive analysis; Probabilistic sensitivity analysis;
Sensitivity analysis of simulation technologies (Monte Carlo, Streamline, Spatial models, etc.);
Domain-oriented sensitivity analysis (optimization, estimation matching, climate);
Sensitivity analysis of products features, formalisms, design optimization (systems, code);
Assessing the competency of business services (public, health, transportation, etc.);
Sensitivity analysis and performance extrapolation;
Adjoint transient sensitivity analysis;
Causality and sensitivity analysis;
Assessing the accuracy of sensitivity analysis
Simulation mechanisms
Composing simulation models;
Reusable simulation model;
Uncertainty simulation;
Continuous-variable simulation optimization;
Approximate zero-variance simulation;
Probabilistic processes for simulation;
Progressive model fitting;
Steady-state simulations with initial transients;
Merging simulation and optimization;
Simulation optimization, stochastic programming and robust optimization;
Overlapping variance estimators; Kriging interpolation in simulation;
Kriging versus regression analysis;
Interpolation;
Random simulation;
Prediction and simulation;
Interpolation /Kriging, Cokriging, Conditional Simulation, and Inverse Distance Weighting/
Model based system prediction
Model based prediction of system quality characteristics and their trade-offs;
Prediction models;
Methods and tools for system quality prediction;
Reliability prediction;
Security prediction;
Risk prediction;
Performance prediction;
Uncertainty handling in prediction models;
Prediction of change impacts on system quality and risk;
Quality and trustworthiness of prediction models;
Predictability of system quality characteristics;
Predictability of dynamic and adaptive systems;
Data acquisition methods in system quality prediction;
Traceability and maintainability of prediction models;
Inference types in prediction models;
Experience reports on and application areas for system quality prediction;
Empirical studies on system quality prediction
Distributed simulation
Large-scale simulation experiments;
Industrial scale simulation;
Time aspects in distributed simulation;
Resource constraints in distributed simulation;
Distributed disaster decision simulation;
Simulation for rapid assessment of distributed impacts;
Parallel and distributed simulation; Model-driven distributed simulation engineering
Human-in simulation
User-in-the-middle simulations;
User-feedback in simulations;
User-adaptive simulations; Bioterrorism preparedness simulation;
Probabilistic risk assessment;
Measurement of situation awareness
Simulations in advanced environments
Simulation in Virtualized systems; Simulation in Cloud environments; Simulations in GRID environments; Simulation in Cognitive systems; Simulation in P2P systems; Simulation in Data Centers; Simulation in Power Distribution Centers; Simulation in micro- and nano-systems; Simulation in Geospatial systems; Geostatistics simulation;
Spatial simulation; Simulation in Self-Adaptable systems; Simulation in Ubiquitous systems; Simulation in Underwater Vehicular and Communications systems; Simulations in Mobile and Vehicular systems; Simulation in eHealth systems;Computational fluid dynamics simulations for urban and environmental applications
Practical applications on process simulations
Uncertainty in industrial practice; Simulation for business planning;
Application to finance; Logistics simulation;
Supply chain simulation;
Software reliability simulation;
Simulation in vehicular systems /avionics, satellites, terrestrial/;
Simulation models for manufacturing;
Climate and weather-related simulations;
Biological system simulation;
Chemical system simulation;
Commercial simulation environments;
Healthcare simulation;
Hospital planning;
Simulation-based scheduling;
Simulation in warehouse operations; Manufacturing simulation interoperability;
Telecommunications simulations /reliability, queuing, fault spreading, virus contamination/;
Cyber-attack modeling and simulation;
Sensor fusion simulation
Case studies on social simulation
Group-work interaction simulation;
Behavior analysis in simulations;
Social need simulations;
Simulating urban open spaces;
Social decision simulation;
Real-time decision making simulation;
e-Polling simulation;
Validation of simulated real-world;
Simulation to predict market behavior;
Predictions via similarity-based data-mining;
Simulation of groups in e-Government systems; Simulation of urban mobility
Online social simulation
Online social models, social networking;
Simulation of conflicts, cooperation, persuasions;
Simulation of dynamics, group decisions, emerging behavior and situations;
Simulation of interactive games, predictions and distributed tasks;
Simulation of 3D online communities, massive online multiplayers, virtual social communities;
Life problems simulation (sociology, political science, economics, anthropology, geography, archeology and linguistics);
Group innovation and consumption simulation;
Applications, techniques, tools, computational frameworks, experiments and lessons
Building simulation
Simulation of building physics;
Human simulation of the indoor environment;
Civil-oriented and enterprise-oriented simulations;
Simulation of building services (lightning, heating, cooling, ventilation, insulation, etc.);
Simulation of energy capture and conversion;
Simulation of solar buildings, geothermal energy buildings;
Simulation for earthquakes, flooding, fire propagation, etc.;
Simulation of design practice;
Tools and applications to simulate building-related properties and situations
Transport simulation
Transport system models;
Airport simulation;
Public transport simulation;
Merchandise port simulation;
Rural transport simulation during harvest time;
Shipping transport simulation;
Content and volume-based transport simulation;
Simulation of traffic control and synchronization;
Prediction accuracy of transport simulations;
Simulation of transport projects
Warfare simulation
Warfare simulation environments and models;
Tactical and strategic warfare simulation;
Attack warfare simulation;
Urban warfare simulation;
Warfare simulation in unknown environment;
Underwater, terrestrial, and spatial simulations;
Hierarchical control simulation;
Warfare gaming
Simulation tools and platforms
Discrete-event simulation software;
Commercial off-the-shelf simulation package interoperability; Ontology-based tools for simulation integration;
Simulation frameworks for energy-efficient systems;
Public system applications;
Simulators for business planning;
Simulation tools for systems biology;
Simulation tools for constructions /bridges, railways, industrial buildings, subways/
Experience report on ready-to-use tools
ShowFlow and XJ technologies; Rockwell Automation and Frontline Systems;
SIMULE-Planner, AutoMOD;
PMC-Kanban Simulator, Program Portfolio Simulator and Asprova Scheduler;
3D simulator tool-kits;
Wolverine Software-SLX; OPNET; OMNET++; NIIST; NS-2; NS-3; ATDI ICS; Qualnet; Dymola; Matlab/Simulink; Open source tools
