ESM'2010, October 25-27, 2010, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium, Preliminary Programme

Preliminary Programme

Session Timing

October 25
08.00-17.00 Registration
09.00-09.15 Welcome by Piet Pauwels (the Dean of the Faculty)
09.15-10.00 Invited 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
RECEPTION AT THE TOWN HALL AND GUIDED TOUR OF THE JENEVER MUSEUM

October 26
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
20.00-23.00 Conference Dinner

October 27
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

Invited Speakers

Title to be announced
Leen Decin, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Title to be confirmed
Speaker to be confirmed, Powerlink VZW-Ghent University, Ostend, Belgium

Sessions Overview

SIMULATION METHODOLOGY

METH_03
Efficient State Space-Based Simulation Avoiding Redundancies in the Proxel Method

Robert Buchholz, Claudia Krull and Graham Horton, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany

METH_05
About Possibilities for Real and Alleged Uncertainties within Numerical Optimization Processes

Olaf Frommann, University of Applied Sciences Bremen, Bremen, Germany

COMPARATIVE SIMULATION METHODOLOGY

METH_06
Comparison of Formal Methods for Process with scattered Inter-Dependencies

Sarka Kvetonova and Dusan Kolar, Technical University of Brno, Brno, Czech Republic

METH_09
Comparing two sampling Methods in Monte Carlo simulation

Megdouda Ourbih-Tari and Sofia GUEBLI, University of Bejaia, Algeria

AI_05
On Physical Principle of Competitive Networks

Dusan Fedorcak and Ivo Vondrak, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic

MGMT_01
Hybridising workflow systems to create enriched platforms for social simulation

Stuart Rossiter and Keith Bell, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom

SIMULATION MODELS

PAR_01
A Security Simulation Model for Large Scale Distributed Systems

Ciprian Dobre, Constantin Florina, Florin Pop and Valentin Cristea, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

AGENT_02
Running Agent-based Models on a Discrete Event Simulator

Bhakti S. S. Onggo, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University, United Kingdom

AI_03
Ant-Algorithm for the automatic optimization of material flow modelling for complex simulation Models

Christoph Laroque, Sebastian Krimmer and Robin Delius Heinz Nixdorf Institute, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany

COMPLEX_03
Adding new dependencies on Acta Framework

Mourad Kaddes, Majed Abdouli and Rafik Bouaziz, MIRACL Lab.University of Sfax, Tunisia

MODELLING LANGUAGES AND TOOLS

METH_12
Towards a Component Based Conceptual Modeling Language for Discrete Event Simulation

Deniz Cetinkaya, Alexander Verbraeck and Mamadou Seck, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

TOOLS_07
Interactive Simulation in MODELICA; A Proposal

Alfonso Urquia, Carla Martin-Villalba and Sebastian Dormido, UNED, Madrid, Spain

TRANS_17
The Architecture and Components of LIBROS: Strengths, Limitations and Plans

Yilin Huang, Mamadou D. Seck and Alexander Verbraeck, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

TOOLS_09
Simulation by AMESIM – A Design Tool for the Fuel Injection Systems

Nicolae M. Vasiliu, Daniela P. Vasiliu and Constantin Gh. Calinoiu, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania and Ion Gh. Manea, Flower Power USA Inc., Auburn, U.S.A

PAR_02
DEVS Diagram revised: A Structured Approach for DEVS Modeling

Hae Sang Song, Seowon University, Cheongju and Tag Gon Kim, KAIST, Daejon, South-Korea

TOOLS_05
Concurrent Discrete Event Simulation in Java

John I. Dalseng, Finnmark College, Alta, Norway

TOOLS_03
A Tool for Analytical Simulation of B-Splines Surface Deformation

Manuel Gonzalez-Homicidal, Antoni Jaume-i-Capo, Arnau Mir and Gabriel Nicolau-Bestard, University of the Balearic Islands. Spain

SIMULATION DATA ANALYSIS TOOLS

METH_11
Evaluating the Potential of Orthogonal Defect Classification for Verification and Validation of Modelling and Simulation Applications

Zhongshi Wang, (ITIS), Universitaet der Bundeswehr Munchen, Neubiberg, Germany

METH_02
Regression Metamodels for transient Simulation Analysis

Rita Marques Brandao, Universidade dos Acores and CEG-IST, Ponta Delgada, and Acacio M. O. Porta Nova, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal

TOOLS_02
Simulation tool for morphological analysis

Alexandra Fronville, Universite Bretagne Occidentale, LISyC Plouzane, France

METH_01
Matching Hidden non-Markovian Models: Diagnosing Illnesses Based on Recorded Symptoms

Claudia Krull, Robert Buchholz and Graham Horton, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany

AI_04
Artificial Neuron with Homeostatic Behaviour

Martin Ruzek and Tomas Brandejsky, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

PAR_04
Performance Analysis of Parallel Demographic Simulation

Bhakti S. S. Onggo, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster, United Kingdom, Cristina Montañola-Sales and Josep Casanovas-Garcia, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain

NETWORK SIMULATION

TOOLS_01
A Framework for the Integration of Network Modeling and Simulation Tools

Eduardo M.D. Marques and Paulo N.M. Sampaio, Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute (M-ITI), University of Madeira (UMa), Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

ENV_03
An integrated IT system for managing a municipal water supply system

Jan Studzinski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Systems Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland

TOOLS_10_TRANS
A Combined Traffic and Radio Network Simulation for Predictive Use-Case Scenarios

Sebastian Subik, Christian Lewandowski and Christian Wietfeld, Communication Networks Institute (CNI), TU Dortmund University, and Daniel Weber and Michael Schreckenberg, Physics of Transport and Traffic (PTT), University Duisburg-Essen, Germany

METH_13
A Simulation of Load Variability of the System Power Station Caused by Microgrid Fed by Renewables

Eugeniusz M. Sroczan, Institute of Electric Power Engineering, Poznań University of Technology, Poznan, Poland

PAR_06
Load Diffusion and Brownian Models for Cloud Balancing: between C-S and p2p

Vasil Georgiev, University of Sofia “St. Kl. Ochridsky”, Sofia, Bulgaria

ELECTRONICS SIMULATION

METH_10
First Principles Modeling of Bipolar Switching in Metal-Oxide Based Memory

Alexander Makarov, Viktor Sverdlov, and Siegfried Selberherr, Institute for Microelectronics, Technische Universitat Wien, Vienna, Austria

PAR_03
Reliable Initialization of GPU-enabled Parallel Stochastic Simulations Using Mersenne Twister for Graphics Processors

Jonathan Passerat-Palmbach, Claude Mazel, Antoine Mahul and David R.C. Hill, Université Blaise Pascal, LIMOS-CNRS, Clermont-Ferrand, Aubiere, France

PETRI_01
Application of Coloured Petri Net for Performance and Energy Consumption Evaluation of Embedded Systems

Bruno Nogueira, Paulo Maciel, Eduardo Tavares, Ricardo Massa, Ermeson Andrade, and Rodolfo Ferraz, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil

COMPLEX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS SIMULATION

COMPLEX_01_BIO
Model Driven reverse Engineering for a Transcranial magnetic Stimulation Simulation Affliction to Software Versioning

Eric Innocenti, Università di Corsica - Pasquale Paoli, Corti and Sébastien Luquet, Vincent Barra and David R.C. Hill, Blaise Pascal University - Clermont-Université, France

COMPLEX_04
Applying BCMP Multi-Class Queueing Networks for the Performance Evaluation of Hierarchical and Modular Software Systems

S.Balsamo, G. Dei Rossi and A. Marin, Universita Ca' Foscari di Venezia, Venice, Italy

METH_08
Execution-Driven Simulation of Non-Functional Properties of Software

Antti P. Miettinen, Nokia Research Center, Vesa Hirvisalo and Jussi Knuuttila, Aalto University, Finland

TOOLS_04
Model Based Control Software Synthesis for Paper Handling in Printers

Chitralekha Pillai, Embedded Systems Institute, Eindhoven, Ronald Fabel, Océ-Technologies B.V, Venlo and Lou Somers, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

ECONOMICS SIMULATION

AGENT_03
Output Dynamics and (s,S) Strategies in an Agent Based Macroeconomic Model

Oscar Alonso, Hiroshi Deguchi and Yuhsuke Koyama, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

TOOLS_08
Statistical Tools for Consolidation of Energy Demands Forecast

Vincent Micali, ESKOM, Johannesburg and Igor Litvine and Abel Motsomi, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

AGENT_05
A Multi-Agent Touristic Catering Market Modeling Methodology toward a DSS: A New Approach based on Multi-Agents and Geographic Information Systems

Dominique Urbani, Marielle Delhom and Stephane Garredu, SPE Labs – UMR CNRS SPE 6134, University of Corsica, Campus Grimaldi, Corte, France

AGENT_04
Multi-Agent Model of Trust Affection

Arnostka Netrvalova and Jiri Safarik, University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic

MANAGEMENT SIMULATION

MGMT_03
A Hybrid System for Operations Management in Clusters

Anna Ławrynowicz, Collegium of Business Administration, Warsaw School of Economics, Warszawa, Poland

MGMT_07
On the Completion Time of a Project with random Activity Durations based on a Model of Stochastic marked Graphs

Gerrit K. Janssens, IMOB, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium and Kongkiti Phusavat and Pornthep Anussornnitisarn, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand

MGMT_08
An Overview of Negotiation Models for Activity-Travel Applications

Huiye Ma, Nicole Ronald, Theo Arentze and Harry Timmermans, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT

MGMT_04_WEB
Interoperability in Healthcare

Miguel Miranda, Julio Duarte, Antonio Abelha, Jose Machado and Jose Neves, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal

TRANS_05_HEALTH
Interoperability Performance in Healthcare Units

Frederico Alves, Antonio Abelha, Jose Machado and Jose Neves, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal

MGMT_06_HOS
Modelling and Simulation of the Maternity for the UHCO

Khaled Belkadi and Nawal Zahaf, LAMOSI, University of Mohamed Boudiaf, USTO, Oran, Algeria and Alain Tanguy LIMOS, CNRS UMR 6158, University Blaise Pascal, Les Cézeaux, Aubière Cedex, France

AGENT_06
NUCIA – Nurse Call Simulation in Agent Environments

Tim Vermeulen, Koen Vangheluwe, Joris Maervoet and Katja Verbeeck, CODeS, KaHo Sint-Lieven (KULeuven), Ghent, and Piet Verhoeve and Brecht Stubbe, Televic, Izegem, Belgium

TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE LAYOUT DESIGN

AI_06_TRANS
Generalisation of Artificial Neural Network supporting Platform track assignment within Railway Station Simulation

Michael Bažant, Jan Fikejz and Antonín Kavicka, University of Pardubice, Pardubice, Czech Republic

TRANS_16
Simulation-Based Design for Infrastructure System Simulation

Michele Fumarola, Yilin Huang, Cagri Tekinay and Mamadou D. Seck, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

TRANS_12
The Added Value of Simulation during Liquid Bulk Terminal Design

R. van Duijn, H.P.M. Veeke, G. Lodewijks, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands

TRANS_19
AGVs in a production environment –A flexible and modular Transport System for Production

E.E. van Leeuwen, H.P.M. Veeke, R. van der Stappen and G. Lodewijks, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

INTERMODAL TRANSPORT SIMULATION

TRANS_13
Further Development of Intermodal Transport in Belgium: The Port of Zeebrugge

Ethem Pekin, Cathy Macharis, Ellen Van Hoeck and Tom van Lier, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

TRANS_03
Using Auction Mechanisms for Coordinating Container Flows in Intermodal Freight Transport Networks

Edith Schindlbacher, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Vienna, Austria

TRANS_18
The Impact of Fuel Price increases on Intermodal Transport compared to the Internalisation of External Costs

Ellen Van Hoeck, Cathy Macharis, Ethem Pekin and Tom van Lier, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Brussels, Belgium

TRANS_15
A Simulation Methodology for the Analysis of bundling Networks in Intermodal Barge Transport

An Caris and Gerrit K. Janssens, Transportation Research Institute, Hasselt University - campus Diepenbeek, Diepenbeek and Cathy Macharis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Managementschool Solvay, Brussels, Belgium

TRANS_09
Determining Optimal Shipping Routes for Barge transport with Empty Container Repositioning

Kris Braekers, Gerrit K. Janssens and An Caris, Transportation Research Institute (IMOB) – Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium

TRANSPORT MODELLING AND SIMULATION

TRANS_01
A Nine Hundred Variable Nonlinear Transportation Problem with Excess Supply

William Conley, Austin E. Cofrin School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, Wisconsin U.S.A.

TRANS_10
Creating an Innovative Activity Based Freight Transportation Framework

Tabitha Maes, Katrien Ramaekers, An Caris, Tom Bellemans and Gerrit K. Janssens, Transportation Research Institute, Hasselt University Diepenbeek, Belgium

TRANS_14
Modelling Shortest Path Decisions using an Activity Based Segmentation

Katrien Ramaekers, Mario Cools, Sofie Reumers and Geert Wets, Transportation Research Institute, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium

TRANS_20
Lead Time Analysis of Passengers and Baggage at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

Tim ter Horst and Marianne N. van Scherpenzeel, Schiphol Group, Passenger Business Development, Schiphol, and Jaap A. Ottjes and Gabriel Lodewijks, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

LOGISTICS SIMULATION

TRANS_02
Change to green in Intralogistics

Orhan Altintas and Cengiz Avsar, Daimler AG, Düsseldorf and Matthias Klumpp, FOM Institute for Logistics and Service Management (ild), Essen, Germany

TRANS_07
Operative Sustainable Logistics Management Simulation

Matthias Klumpp and Sascha Bioly, FOM University of Applied Sciences, Essen and Alexandra Mai and Hella Abidi, Dachser GmbH & Co. KG, Cologne, Germany

TRANS_04
In-Plant Logistics Systems Modelling with SYSML

Veronique Limère and Hendrik Van Landeghem, Ghent University, Ghent-Zwijnaarde, Belgium and Leon McGinnis and Sarath Balachandran, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA

SUPPLY CHAIN SIMULATION

MGMT_05_TRANS
A Practical Approach to Performance Improvement and Optimisation in Supply Chain Management

Walid Smew, Paul Young and John Geraghty, Enterprise Process Research Centre, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland

TRANS_08
Determining Quantity of Delivery Batch Based on Supply Chain Simulation

Lynsey J. Plockyn and Maulida B. Butar Butar, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

TRANS_11
Vendor Managed Inventory in the inbound Supply Chain in the Soft-Drink Industry

Eric Haardt and Bas J.H. van Delft, Vrumona BV, Bunnik and Jaap A. Ottjes, and Gabriel Lodewijks, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

FLUID FLOW SIMULATION

FLUID_01
Candu Liquid Injection Shutdown System Hydraulic Modeling

Ilie Prisecaru and Daniel Dupleac, Power Plant Engineering Faculty, Politehnica University of Bucharest and Niţă Iulian, Center for Engineering and Technology for Nuclear Objective, Bucharest, Romania

FLUID_02
Probabilistic models for dissolution of ethylcellulose coated microspheres

Marija Bezbradica, Ana Barat, Heather J. Ruskin, and Martin Crane, Centre for Scientific Computing and Complex Systems Modelling, Dublin City University, Ireland

FLUID_03
Computer modelling of the impact of gaseous and particulate matter emissions from fluid catalytic cracking units

Wael Yateem, Vahid Nassehi and Bahareh Kaveh-Baghbaderani, Chemical Engineering Department, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom and Abdul R. Khan, Department of Environment Technology and Management, College for Women, Kuwait University, Kuwait

HEAT SIMULATION AND CONTROL

FLUID_04
Experimental and Numerical Study of Bed Height and Gas Velocity Effect on Hydrodynamics and Heat Transfer in a Gas-Solid Fluidized Bed Chamber

Mahdi Hamzehei, Islamic Azad University, Ahwaz Branch, Ahwaz and Hassan Rahimzadeh, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

ENV_05
Predictive control for thermal comfort optimization and energy saving

Mariusz Nowak and Andrzej Urbaniak, Institute of Computing Science, Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland

ENVIRONMENTAL SIMULATION

ENV_01
Simulation as a Tool for the Evaluation of Forest Management Treatments

Ulla Ahonen-Jonnarth and Jan Odelstad, University of Gävle, Sweden

AI_01
An Intelligent Interface using a Fuzzy Model in Prevention of Forest Fire

Pilar Fuster-Parra and Sebastiµa Galmes, University of Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain and Antoni Ligezay, Institute of Automatics AGH, Krakow, Poland

AGENT_01
Turtles are the Turtles

Yassine Gangat, Daniel David, Nicolas Sebastien and Denis Payet, EA2525-LIM/IREMIA University of La Reunion and Mayeul Dalleau, Kelonia, l'observatoire des tortues marines, IFREMER of La Reunion, CNRS-CEFE, Montpellier, France

ENV_02
Production planning in the Aquaculture Industry: A Simulation-based Approach

Evangelos Bellos and Vrassidas Leopoulos, National Technical University of Athens, Iroon Michalis Menicou, Marios Charalambides, Frederick University, Cyprus

EDUCATIONAL SIMULATION

EDU_01
IC Engine Modelling for Calibration Training

S Moraitis, M Alhamar and M Ebrahimi, School of Engineering, Design and Technology, University of Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

EDU_02
Using Multilevel Random Coefficient Models to assess Students Spelling Abilities

Liberato Camilleri, Christine Firman, Victor Martinelli and Frank Ventura, University of Malta, Msida, Malta

COMPLEX_02
A Survey on Complexity Sciences and their Modeling Techniques

J. Jassbi and M.Mahmoudzadeh, School of Management & Economics, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Science & Research Branch- Iran

TOOLS_06
A Lightweight Material Library for Scientific Computing in C++

Josef Weinbub, Rene Heinzl, Franz Stimpfl and Siegfried Selberherr, Institute for Microelectronics, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria and Philipp Schwaha, Shenteq s.r.o., Bratislava, Slovak Republic