ESM'2009, October 26-28, 2009, Holiday Inn Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom, Preliminary Programme

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