Preliminary Programme
Session Timing
Monday October 26
08.00-17.00 Registration
09.00-09.15 Welcome
09.15-10.00 Keynote Speaker
10.00-10.30 Coffee Break
10.30-12.30 Sessions
12.30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.00 Sessions
15.00-15.30 Coffee Break
15.30-17.00 Sessions
FREE EVENING
Tuesday October 27
08.30-17.00 Registration
09.00-10.00 Sessions
10.00-10.30 Coffee Break
10.30-12.30 Sessions
12.30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.00 Session/Invited Speaker
15.00-15.30 Coffee Break
15.30-18.30 Sessions and Conference Visit
20.00-23.00 Conference Dinner in Leicester
Wednesday October 28
08.30-09.00 Registration
09.00-10.00 Sessions
10.00-10.30 Coffee Break
10.30-12.30 Sessions
12.30-12.45 Closing Session and Best Paper Award
Keynote Speech
Hybrid Systems: the Future of Artificial Intelligence?
Professor Adrian Hopgood, Dean of the Faculty of Technology (Computing Sciences & Engineering), de Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom
Invited Speech
The Modelling4All Project: A web-based modelling tool embedded in Web 2.0
Ken Kahn, Oxford University
Sessions
MODELLING ENVIRONMENTS
BIO_01
OPTFERM-A Computational Platform for the Optimization of Fermentation Processes
Orlando Rocha, Paulo Maia, Isabel Rocha and Miguel Rocha, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, and Biotempo, Lda., Avepark – Zona Industrial da Gandra, Braga, Portugal
BIO_02
MLPS: A Method for Modeling Livestock Production Systems
Laurent Pérochon, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France
PAR_01_DEVS
A Python Framework for DEVS multilayer modelling and simulation
Emilie Broutin, Paul Bisgambiglia and Jean-François Santucci, University of Corsica, Corte, France
MODULAR SIMULATION AND DESIGN
METH_04
A Software Component which generates Regular Numbers from refined Descriptive Sampling
Megdouda Ourbih-Tari, Abdelouhab Aloui and Amine Alioui, University A. Mira of Bejaia, Algeria
PETRI_02
Composition of product-form Generalized Stochastic Petri Nets: a modular approach
Simonetta Balsamo and Andrea Marin, Universita Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, Venice, Italy
METH_14_GRAPH
Enhancing Discrete Simulation Executive with Simple Continuous Simulation and Animation Support
Norbert Adamko, University of Zilina, Zilina, Slovak Republic
MODEL VERIFICATION, VALIDATION AND EVALUATION
METH_05
A Formal Definition of Simulation Validity
Vincent Albert and Alexandre Nketsa, LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
METH_12
Concepts for Model Verification and Validation while Simulation Runtime
Wilhelm Dangelmaier, Robin Delius, Christoph Laroque and Matthias Fischer, Heinz Nixdorf Institute, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany
ANMT_02
SRN Model for Performance Evaluation of TCP Sessions Sharing Bottleneck Links in WAN
Osama S. Younes and Nigel Thomas, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom and Wail S. Elkilani, Menoufia University, Egypt
PAR_05
A Simulation Model for Evaluating Distributed Systems Dependability
Ciprian Dobre, Florin Pop and Valentin Cristea, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
METH_09
Monte Carlo and Latin Hypercube methods through a case study
Samy Mziou, Al Imam Mohammed bin Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
SIMULATION TOOLS
ENV_02
Evaluation of Four Artificial Lighting Simulation Tools with Virtual Building Reference
Shariful H. Shikder, Andrew D. Price, Monjur Mourshed, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom
METH_02_COMPLEX
Waveform Relaxation for the Simulation of Complex Hybrid Systems in SCICOS
Damien Chapon, Inria Rocquencourt, Domaine de Voluceau, Rocquencourt, Le Chesnay, France
MOD_01_TOOLS
Modeling and Simulation of CO2 Absorber Column in MODELICA
Masoud Najafi and Zakia Benjelloun-Dabaghi
MOD_02
Simulation of PDES in Modelica, Application to Absorber Column
Masoud Najafi and Zakia Benjelloun-Dabaghi
ANMT_01_TOOL
Experience of using the PEPA performance Modelling Tool for a Non-repudiation Protocol
Yishi Zhao and Nigel Thomas, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
TOOLS_03_WEB
The Co-Space Project – A Framework and Set of Tools for the Building and Visualization of Sensor, Telemetry & Web-Integrated Simulations within Wonderland Worlds
Simon See Chong-Wee, Che-Wing Cheung and Douglas Antony Finnigan, Asia Pacific Science and Technology Center, Sun Microsystems Pte Ltd., Singapore
LOGISTICS AND WAREHOUSING TOOLS
COMPLEX_05
Dynamic Routing Strategies for Automated Container Terminals
Su Min Jeon, Mark B. Duinkerken and Gabriel Lodewijks, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
TOOLS_01
Combining Scripting and Commercial Simulation Software to simulate in Plant Logistics
Tim Govaert, Sven Neirynck, Sofie Van Volsem and Hendrik Van Landeghem, Ghent University, Zwijnaarde, Belgium
TOOLS_02
Conduction the Simulation of Warehousing Systems
Christian-Andreas Schumann, Noemi Nikoghosyan and Andreas Rutsch, University of Applied Sciences Zwickau, Zwickau, Germany
MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT TOOLS
METH_10
Optimum Allocation of Inspection Effort in Multistage Manufacturing Processes
Ali G. Shetawn and Valentin I. Vitanov, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
METH_15
Improving the Job-Shop Workload Control through Order Acceptance and Due Date Negotiation
Maria Rosário Alves Moreira, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
COMPLEX_07
Optimization of Car Repair Processes by Scattered Context Grammars Application
Šárka Květoňová and Dušan Kolá, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
MESM_IND_02
Assessment of Maintenance Strategies Through Simulation
Azedine Grine, Imam Mohammed University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
COMPLEX_03
System engineering approach for safety management of complex systems
R. Guillerm, and H. Demmou, LAAS-CNRS, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, and N. Sadou SUPELEC - IETR, Cesson-Sevigne, France
ENGINEERING SIMULATION
METH_11
Reduced Simulation’s Model of a Wheel Loader by using the Bond Graph technique to use in Training Simulators
G. Romero, J. Félez, J. Maroto and J. de Dios Sanz, E.T.S. Ingenieros Industriales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Madrid, Spain
N_02
On Line Fault Diagnosis of a Diesel Engine
Chady Nohra and Hassan Noura, Paul Cézanne University, Marseille Cedex 20, France and Rafic Younes, Lebanese University, Rafic Hariri Campus, Lebanon
ENERGY SIMULATION
METH_17
Utility Computing Simulation
Benjamin Heckmann, Ingo Stengel, Andy Phippen and Günter Turetschek, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
COMPLEX_06
The Simulation of the Energetic Characteristics of Hydropower Plants and Wind Farms applied to Analysis the Cost of Electricity Generation in the Power System
Eugeniusz M. Sroczan, Poznañ University of Technology, Poznan, Poland
PAR_06
Parallelity of Control Process of Electric Energy Consumption in a Distributed Power Grid System
Dariusz Bober and Henryk Kapron, Lublin University of Technology, Lublin, Poland
HEALTH SERVICE MANAGEMENT
COMPLEX_01
Human resources integration in complex systems modeling: application to the health care systems
Michelle Chabrol and Michel Gourgand, LIMOS CNRS UMR 6158, Blaise Pascal University, Aubière, France and Sophie Rodier, LIMOS CNRS UMR 6158, University Hospital of Clermont-Fd, Clermont-Fd, France
TOOLS_04
Methodological approach and decision-making aid tool for the hospital systems: Application to an emergency department
Julie Chauvet and Michel Gourgand, Blaise Pascal University, Aubière and Sophie Rodier, LIMOS CNRS UMR 6158 & University Hospital of Clermont-Fd Clermont-Ferrand Cedex 1, France
BIO_04
Interoperability and Healthcare
Miranda M., Duarte J., Abelha A., Machado J. and Neves J., University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
AGENT_05_BIO_TOOLS
Modelling and Simulation of the Stomatology Service for the Rmuho
Khaled Belkadi, University of Mohamed Boudiaf, Oran, Algeria and Alain Tanguy, University Blaise Pascal, Aubière Cedex, France
DATA SIMULATION AND STORAGE
METH_16
Modelling of VoIP Overlay Routing using Graph Transformation
Ajab Khan and Muhammad Muzammal, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
METH_06
Microarray data and image simulation
Ignazio Infantino, Carmelo Lodato and Salvatore Lopes, ICAR - CNR - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Palermo, Italy
METH_13_VIR
Data Placement and Migration Strategies for Virtualised Data Storage Systems
H.A. Bond, N.J. Dingle, F. Franciosi, P.G. Harrison and W.J. Knottenbelt, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom
PETRI_03
Datapath architecture simulation?
Venkatesh Kannan, Lou Somers and Marc Voorhoeve, Eindhoven University of Technology and Oce Research and Development, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
N_01
State Estimation of a Nonlinear CSTR Using a Novel Asynchronous Data Fusion Based on Adaptive Extended Kalman Filter
Vahid Fathabadi, Mehdi Shahbazian and Lotfollah Jargani, Petroleum University Of Technology, Tehran, Iran
DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS
AGENT_03
Integration of Decision Making Supports into Agent-Based Simulation Models
Antonin Kavicka and Michael Bazant
AI_03
Development of Decision Support and Simulation System BPsim.DSS: Integration of Simulation, expert Situational and Multi-Agent Modeling
Konstantin A. Aksyonov, Eugene A. Bykov, Olga P. Aksyonova and Leonid G. Dorosinskiy, Ural State Technical University and Elena F. Smoliy, Ekaterina M. Sufrygina and Maksim V. Popov, SPC «Business support systems», Ltd., Ekaterinburg, Russia
HNI_01
Decision Support System for a regional spreading of A/H1N1 Influenza Virus
David Hill, Romain Barraud, Benoit Crozat and Luc Touraille, LIMOS - Blaise Pascal University, Clermont Université, Aubiere, and Alexandre Muzy, Università di Corsica - Pasquale Paoli, Corti and Frederic Leccia, Union Régionale des Médecins Libéraux de Corse, Ajaccio, France
AI_04
Memory Assistant in Everyday Living
Ângelo Costa, Paulo Novais and José Neves, Universidade do Minho, Braga and Ricardo Costa, Polytechnic of Porto, Felgueiras, Portugal
SIMULATION AND AI
AI_01
An Alternative Measurement of the Entropy Evolution of a Genetic Algorithm
Manuel Cebrian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA and Manuel Alfonseca and Alfonso Ortega, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
AI_02
Fuzzy threshold Values in the Pareto Robust Design of Controllers for Probabilistic Uncertain Systems
N. Nariman-zadeh and A. Jamali, Islamic Azad University, Takestan branch, Takestan, Iran
PAR_03
Adapting an Evolutionary Algorithm with Embedded Simulation and Pseudo-Randon Number Generation for the Cell Broadband Engine
Sofie Van Volsem and Sven Neirynck, Ghent University, Zwijnaarde, Belgium
BEHAVIOURAL MODELLING
METH_03
Modeling Motorway Driving Behaviour using Microscopic Vehicle Trajectory Data
Abs Dumbuya, TRL and George Lundt, AECOM, United Kingdom
MESM_NET_08
The Challenges of Accurate Mobility Prediction for Ultra Mobile Users
Jeeyoung Kim and Ahmed Helmy, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
N_04
Modeling Urban Services usage with Social Insect Algorithms
Rawan Ghnemat, German-Jordanian University, Amman, Jordan and Cyrille Bertelle, LITIS - Le Havre University, Le Havre Cedex and Gerard H.E. Duchamp, LIPN - Paris XIII University, Villetaneuse, France
ENERG_02
A Constriction Factor Based Particle Swarm Optimization for Economic Dispatch
Shi Yao Lim, Mohammad Montakhab and Hassan Nouri, Bristol Institute of Technology, University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol, United Kingdom
PAR_04
Statistical Models for pricing Weather Derivatives South African Coastal Areas
Mark W. Nasila and Igor N. Litvine, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South-Africa
ENV_05_METH_COMPLEX
Modelling of Intervention Effect on Trust
Arnostka Netrvalova and Jiri Safarik, University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic
AGENT BASED SIMULATION
AGENT_01
Experimental Study of Agent Population Models with a Specific Attention to Discretization Biases
Pierre Chevaillier, Stephane Bonneaud, Gireg Desmeulles and Pascal Redou, LISyC-ENIB: Plouzane, France
AGENT_02
Actor and Observer Processes of Normative Agents in Social Simulations
Ulf Lotzmann and Michael Möhring, University of Koblenz, Koblenz, Germany
AGENT_04
A Synchronization Protocol for Distributed Agent Based Simulations with Constrained Optimism
Dirk Pawlaszczyk and Steffen Strassburger, Ilmenau University of Technology, Ilmenau, Germany
WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
ENV_03
Some Algorithms supporting the Computer Aided Management of Communal Water Nets
Jan Studzinski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Systems Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland
ENV_04
Modeling Method for Water Bloom Predicting Based on RBF Neural Network
Zaiwen Liu, Xiaoyi Wang, Lifeng Cui, Jiping Xu and Xiaofeng Lian, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing,China
ENV_07
Simulation Tools for the Choice of Water Treatment Technology
Marek M. Sozanski and Andrzej Urbaniak, Poznań University of Technology, Poznan, Poland
FLUID FLOW SIMULATION
FLUID_01
Modeling and Simulation of a Biofuel Common-Rail System by AMESIM
Nicolae Vasiliu and Daniela Vasiliu, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania and Ion Manea, FLOWER POWER USA, INC. Auburn, WA, USA
FLUID_02
Modelling and Simulation of the CANDU 6 Feedwater System Behaviour
Ilie Prisecaru and Daniel Dupleac, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Bucharest, and Niţă Iulian Pavel, Center of Engineering and Technology for Nuclear Projects, Magurele – Ilfov, Romania
FLUID_03
Parallel State and Noise Estimation of a Nonlinear CSTR Based on a Novel Adaptive Extended Kalman Filter
Lotfollah Jargani, Mehdi Shahbazian and Vahid Fathabadi, Petroleum University of Technology, Tehran,, Iran
BIO_03_METH
Simulation of the ‘GP’ MTD Device intended for the extraction of blood clots by using the Bond Graph technique.
Higuera, I; Romero G.; Félez J.and Martínez M.L.Graphic Engineering and Simulation Group ETSI Industriales, Univ. Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
PLUME SIMULATION
ENV_06
Bayesian Tracking of the Toxic Plume Spreading in the early Stage of Radiation Accident
Petr Pecha, Radek Hofman and Vaclav Smidl, Institute of Information Theory and Automation, v.v.i. Prague 8, Czech Republic
METH_07_COMPLEX
Coupled Atmosphere Wildfire Model for Piloted Flight Simulation of Aerial Fire Fighting Operations
Luca Cistriani, Sebastiano Bonfiglio and Nicola Stella, UAS & SELEX GALILEO ALTRAN Italia, Trieste, Italy
