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Proceedings of the 31st conference on Winter simulation: Simulation---a bridge to the future - Volume 1 table of contents

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Pages: 93 - 100

Year of Publication: 1999

ISBN:0-7803-5780-9

Author

Farhad Azadivar

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ACM: Association for Computing Machinery
SIGSIM: ACM Special Interest Group on Simulation and Modeling

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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	James R. Swisher , Paul D. Hyden , Sheldon H. Jacobson , Lee W. Schruben, Simulation optimization: a survey of simulation optimization techniques and procedures, Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation, December 10-13, 2000, Orlando, Florida
	David Bartholomew Stewart , Efstathios Papaefstathiou , Jonathan Hardwick, An optimization framework for web farm configuration, Proceedings of the 3rd international workshop on Software and performance, July 24-26, 2002, Rome, Italy
	Christoph Roser , Masaru Nakano , Minoru Tanaka, Manufacturing analysis and control: buffer allocation model based on a single simulation, Proceedings of the 35th conference on Winter simulation: driving innovation, December 07-10, 2003, New Orleans, Louisiana
	Juta Pichitlamken , Barry L. Nelson, Comparing systems via stochastic simulation: selection-of-the-best procedures for optimization via simulation, Proceedings of the 33nd conference on Winter simulation, December 09-12, 2001, Arlington, Virginia
	Sigurdur Ólafsson , Jumi Kim, Simulation optimization: simulation optimization, Proceedings of the 34th conference on Winter simulation: exploring new frontiers, December 08-11, 2002, San Diego, California
	Amy Bush , W. E. Biles , G. W. DePuy, Waterway, shipping, and ports: iterative optimization and simulation of barge traffic on an inland waterway, Proceedings of the 35th conference on Winter simulation: driving innovation, December 07-10, 2003, New Orleans, Louisiana
	Tu Hoang Truong , Farhad Azadivar, Simulation optimization in manufacturing analysis: simulation based optimization for supply chain configuration design, Proceedings of the 35th conference on Winter simulation: driving innovation, December 07-10, 2003, New Orleans, Louisiana
	Fulya Altiparmak , Berna Dengiz , Akif A. Bulgak, Simulation of manufacturing operations: optimization of buffer sizes in assembly systems using intelligent techniques, Proceedings of the 34th conference on Winter simulation: exploring new frontiers, December 08-11, 2002, San Diego, California
	Raid Al-Aomar, General methodology 1: a robust simulation-based multicriteria optimization methodology, Proceedings of the 34th conference on Winter simulation: exploring new frontiers, December 08-11, 2002, San Diego, California
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	Sujin Kim, Gradient-based simulation optimization, Proceedings of the 37th conference on Winter simulation, December 03-06, 2006, Monterey, California
	Tu H. Truong , Brian J. Rothschild , Farhad Azadivar, Decision support system for fisheries management, Proceedings of the 37th conference on Winter simulation, December 04-07, 2005, Orlando, Florida
	Raid Al-Aomar , Ala'a Al-Okaily, A GA-based parameter design for single machine turning process with high-volume production, Computers and Industrial Engineering, v.50 n.3, p.317-337, July 2006
	Russell C. H. Cheng , Christine S. M. Currie, Optimization by simulation metamodelling methods, Proceedings of the 36th conference on Winter simulation, December 05-08, 2004, Washington, D.C.
	Scott L. Rosen , Catherine M. Harmonosky , Mark T. Traband, Optimization of systems with multiple performance measures via simulation: Survey and recommendations, Computers and Industrial Engineering, v.54 n.2, p.327-339, March, 2008
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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
A. General Literature

Additional Classification:
I. Computing Methodologies
I.6 SIMULATION AND MODELING
I.6.5 Model Development
Subjects: Modeling methodologies

General Terms:
Design, Performance, Theory

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