27th European Simulation and Modelling Conference - ESM'2013, October 23-25, 2013, Lancaster University, UK Prel. Programme

Preliminary Programme

Session Timing

October 23
08.00-17.00 Registration
08.45-09.15 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 Invited Speaker
15.00-15.30 Coffee Break
15.30-17.30 Sessions
18.00-20.00

October 24
08.30-17.00 Registration
09.00-10.00 Invited Speaker
10.00-10.30 Coffee Break
10.30-12.30 Sessions
12.30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.00 Sessions/Tutorial
15.00-15.30 Coffee Break
15.30-18.30 Sessions
20.00-23.00 Conference Dinner

October 25
08.30-09.00 Registration
09.00-10.00 Invited Speaker
10.00-10.30 Coffee Break
10.30-12.30 Sessions
12.30-12.45 Closing Session and Best Paper Award

KEYNOTE

Rethinking the Place of System Dynamics and Discrete Event Simulation
Michael Pidd, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom

INVITED SPEAKERS

Simple Models for a Complex World
Stewart Robinson, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom

Understanding the big picture: how modelling and simulation gives BAE Systems an edge
Suzanne Harrison, CORDA, BAE Systems, United Kingdom

Vehicle Powertrain Simulation: a Useful and Save Costing Methodology
Valerian Croitorescu, POLITEHNICA University Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

TUTORIAL

Decision Support using Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) and Agent-Based Simulation
Dr Stephan Onggo, Lancaster University and Dr Peer-Olaf Siebers, Nottingham University, United Kingdom

 

SESSIONS

POPULATION DYNAMICS SIMULATION

METH_05
Hybrid Continuous Time Monte Carlo Simulation of Disperse Systems

Béla G. Lakatos, Ágnes Bárkányi and Sándor Németh, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary

AGENT_03_ENV
Automatic Generation of Global Agent Based Model of Migratory Waterfowl for Epidemiological Analysis of Avian Influenza and other Zoonoic Diseases

Dhananjai M. Rao, Miami University, Oxford, OH, and Alexander Chernyakhovsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.

BIO_01
Simulation Driven Detection of the Increased Risk Periods during Fentanyl Analgesia

Henrikas Pranevicius and Vytautas Pilkauskas, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania and Mindaugas Pranevicius, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Isaac P. Lowenwirt and Osvaldas Pranevicius, New York Hospital Queens, Flushing, USA

BIO_02
Fentanyl Delivery Optimization using Markov Chain Multi Compartmental Model

Henrikas Pranevicius and Mindaugas Snipas, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania, and Osvaldas Pranevicius, New York Hospital Queens, Flushing, and Mindaugas Pranevicius, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, USA

ECONOMICS SIMULATION

EMER_04_ENV
System Dynamics Modelling and Simulation of the Moral Capital Influence on the Economy Growth in the Republic of Croatia

Ivona Milić Beran and Zorica Krželj Čolović, University of Dubrovnik, and Ante Munitić, University of Split

AI_04
A Probabilistic Analysis of Transactions Success Ratio in Real-Time Databases

Mourad Kaddes, Laurent Amanton, Alexandre Berred, Bruno Sadeg, Majed Abdouli and Rafik Bouaziz, LITIS, LMAH, Le Havre University, Le Havre France and MIR@CL3, Sfax University, Tunisia

TRANS_01
Employment Effects of Ports and Cost Benefit Analyses

Torsten Marner and Matthias Klumpp, ILS, FOM University of Applied Sciences, Essen, Germany

AGENT_11_CIM
Value Innovation: Opposite of Porter's 'Stuck in the Middle' characteristic
An Agent Based Modeling

Morteza Mahmoudzadeh and Laleh Amir, East Azarbaijan Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

METH_08
Automatic simulation model generation for supporting facility planning in SMEs

Ruby Wai Chung Hughes, Rab Scott and Keith Ridgway, AMRC with Boeing, University of Sheffield, Rotherham, United Kingdom

DATA MANAGEMENT SIMULATION

EMER_02_TRANS
Modelling, Simulation and Information Systems as a Tool to Support Decision Making Process in Crisis Management

Jozef Ristvej, Katarína Hollá, Ladislav Šimák and Michal Titko, University of Žilina, Žilina, Slovakia and Adam Zagorecki, Cranfield University, Shrivenham, United Kingdom

METH_01
Data Identification and Collection in Simulation

Bhakti S. S. Onggo and Roger J. Brooks, Lancaster University, Lancaster and James Hill, Accenture Ltd, Manchester, United Kingdom

TOOL_01
A Prototype Integration of MANPY with CMSD

Panos Barlas, Georgios Dagkakis and Cathal Heavey, University of Limerick
Limerick, Ireland

TOOL_02_EMER
Practical Benefits of Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) Paradigm in Discrete Event Simulation

Meriem Chibani and Abdelhabib Bourouis, University of Oum El Bouaghi, and Brahim Belattar, University of Betna, Batna, Algeria

TOOL_03
Aspect Oriented Simulation: JAPROSIM Case Study

Meriem Chibani and Abdelhabib Bourouis, University of Oum El Bouaghi, and Brahim Belattar, University of Betna, Batna, Algeria

TRAINING SIMULATION

AI_01
Simulated Learner Models of Human Skills in Programming

Eleandro Maschio and Alexandre Direne, Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba, and Universidade Tecnologica Federal do Parana, Guarapuava, Brazil

WEB_02
Web-Based Simulation in Teaching

Jan Hřídel and Štěpán Karták, University of Pardubice, Pardubice Czech Republic

EDU_01
“Virtual Surgeon” Training Suite for Endoscopy and Open Surgery Simulation

Anton Dmitriev, Anton Ivaschenko, Nikolay Saptsin, Alexey Cherepanov, and Alina Vaisblat, Magenta Technology, London, United Kingdom

DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION

AGENT_08_HPCN
Distributed Agent Based Simulation Framework

Carlos Bragança de Oliveira and António Carvalho Brito, INESC-TEC, Porto, Portugal

HPCN_01
Graphical Specification of Distributed Simulation Models

Jiří Pénzeš and Antonín Kavička, University of Pardubice, Pardubice, Czech Republic

GRID SIMULATION

AGENT_02
Asynchronous approach to simulations in Smart Grid

Jose Evora, Jose Juan Hernandez and Mario Hernandez, University Institute of Intelligent Systems and Numerical Applications in the Engineering (SIANI), Campus Universitario de Tafira, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

HPCN_02
Simulation of Processes of Electricity Generation in Integrated in Smart Grid Model Management

Eugeniusz M. Sroczan, Hipolit Cegielski State College of Higher Education in Gniezno, Gniezno, and Andrzej Urbaniak, Poznań University of Technology, Poznań, Poland

ELECTRONIC DATA NETWORK SIMULATION

TOOL_04
Visual Network Description: A Customizable GUI for the Creation of Software Defined Network Simulations

Ramon Fontes, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Bahia (IFBA), Salvador BA, Brazil and Paulo N.M. Sampaio, Salvador University (UNIFACS), Salvador BA, Brazil

TOOL_05
Blocking Probability Simulation at Broadband Handover with Three Level Priority Scheme

Svetla Radeva and Ekaterina Otsetova – Dudin, Higher School College of Telecommunications and Post, Sofia, Bulgaria and Dimitar Radev, University of Rousse, Rousse, Bulgaria

MEDIATEC_02
Comparative Study of Compression Techniques for Synthetic Videos

Ahmad A. Mazhar, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK and Ayman M. Abdalla, Al-Zaytoonah University, Amman, Jordan

WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS

AGENT_01
Multi-Agent Simulation to Automate Water Distribution Network Partitioning

Saeed Hajebi, Stephen Barrett and Siobhán Clarke, Trinity College Dublin, and Lero, The Irish Software Engineering Research Centre and Aidan Clarke, IBM Software Ireland Lab., Dublin, Ireland

ENV_01
Energy cost reducing in a water pumping station - modeling and simulation

Rafał Brodziak, Tomasz Kaźmierski and Andrzej Urbaniak, Poznań University of Technology, Poznan, Poland

AI_06
Detection and Localization of Water Leaks in Water Nets by Means of a Monitoring System, Hydraulic Model and Neuronal Networks

Jan Studzinski, IBS PAN, Warsaw and Izabela Rojek, Kazimierz Wielski University of Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz, Poland

ANA_01
Fuzzy Model Predictive Control for Energy Consumption Optimization by Heating and Cooling Systems in Buildings

Mariusz Nowak and Andrzej Urbaniak, Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland

DATA DRIVEN SIMULATION IN ENGINEERING

AI_03
Data-Driven Models for Uni-axial Compressive Strength Prediction applied to Unseen Data

Joaquim Tinoco and Antionio Gomes Correia and Paulo Cortez, Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurem, Guimareas, Portugal

EDU_03_SIM_OPT
Model Predictive Motion Cueing Algorithm for a Truck Simulator

E. Thöndel, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic

METH_10
A New Method of Event Handling for ODE Solvers and Application to a Benchmark

Thibaut-Hugues Gallois, Jean Brac, IFP Energies Nouvelles, Rueil-Malmaison Cedex
France and Thierry Soriano, SUPMECA-Institut Superieur de mecanique, Toulon, France

METH_04
Translation of Conditional Robot Action Planning to Linear Programming

Adam Galuszka, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

ENGINEERING SIMULATION

TOOL_06
Tafat: A Framework for Developing Simulators based on Model Driven Engineering

Jose Evora, Jose Juan Hernandez and Mario Hernandez, University Institute of Intelligent Systems and Numerical Applications in the Engineering (SIANI), Campus Universitario de Tafira, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

METH_07
Vibration Suppression using Piezoelectric Elements: Model Development for Control Applications

Roxana Mutu, Marius Valentin Bataus and Valerian Croitorescu, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

EDU_05
3D Explicit Simulation of Impact Response of the Protective Shell during Flywheel Failure

Jiang Lei and Zhang Xiao-Zhang, Tsinghua University, Beijing and Wang Liming, Wu Lei, Su Shenjian, Duan Changcheng and Wang Xia, Institute of Physical and Chemical
Engineering of nuclear Industry, Tianjin, P R China

TOOLS_08
Sizing and Tuning Speed Governors for Turbines by AMESIM

Constantin Calinoiu, Daniela Vasiliu, Puhalschi Radu, Nicolae Vasiliu, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Bucharest and Irimia Petru Cristinel, LMS Romania SRL, Brasov, Romania

FLUID FLOW SIMULATION

FLUID_05
Simulation-Based Fault Detection for Fluid Power Actuators

C. Angeli, Technological Institute of Piraeus and A. Chatzinikolaou, Athens, Greece

FLUID_03
Numerical Simulation of Flow Field in Centrifuge Rotor

Lingling Hu, Zhiheng Qiu, Xiuzhen Jiang and Jiangcheng Gong, Institute of Physical and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin, China

FLUID_01
Pressure Drop Modeling of a Two Phase Flow for a CANDU 6 Fuel Bundle using CFD

Alis Musa, Ilie Prisecaru and Nicolici Claudia, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

FLUID_02
Development of a Finite Element Model for PHWR Pressure Tube Sagging Simulation

Stefan Nicolici, Daniel Dupleac and Ilie Prisecaru, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

INTEL_01_FLUID
Multi-Pole Modelling and Intelligent Simulation Environment for Fluid Power Systems

Mait Harf and Gunnar Grossschmidt, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia

PRODUCTION SIMULATION

AGENT_09_CIM
Integration of Humans into a Multi-Agent System

Fredrik Danielsson, Bo Svensson, and Jun He, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden

METH_03
Product line development of models with MATLAB/Simulink

Yves Duhr and Thomas Ringler, Group Research & Mercedes-Benz Cars Development
Daimler AG, Böblingen, Germany

EMER_01_AGENT
A Comprehensive Decision Making Tool Based on Multi Agents and System Dynamics for Supply Chain Management

Sultan Ceren Salkın, Istanbul Technical University Faculty of Management, Maçka, Istanbul, Turkey

TRANS_04_LOGIS
Hybrid Kanban Allocation Policy in Pull Control of Multiproduct Manufacturing Systems

Oladipupo Olaitan, Anna Rotondo Paul Young and John Geraghty, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland

VEHICLE ROUTING SIMULATION

AI_02_LOGIS
Production Simulation of Decentralized Autonomous FMS and AGV’s Route Interference Avoidance using MIND

Hidehiko Yamamoto and Takayoshi Yamada, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan

TRANS_05
Shortest Route Problem with Soft Time Windows

Kris Braekers and Gerrit K. Janssens, Universiteit Hasselt – campus Diepenbeek, Diepenbeek, Belgium

AGENT_05
An Agent-Based Vehicle Routing Simulation Tool for Road Networks with Time Variant Data

Bhakti S S Onggo, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster, United Kingdom and Michael Bažant and Jiří Popelka, University of Pardubice, Pardubice, Czech Republic.

AGENT_07_TRANS
Simulation of Localization Rolling Stock within The Railway Network Model utilizing Agent Based Simulation

Jan Fikejz and Emil Řezanina, University of Pardubice, Pardubice, Czech Republic

HOSPITAL LOGISTICS

TRANS_08_HOS
Improving Material Logistics in a Hospital Environment using Discrete Event Simulation

Toni Ruohonen and Pentti Nakari, Agora Center, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

AGENT_05
A Multi-Agent System for Intelligent Scheduling of Non-Emergency Medical Patients’Transportation

Anton Ivaschenko, Anton Dmitriev, and Alina Vaisblat, Magenta Technology, London, United Kingdom

WEB_01
System Dynamics in Healthcare: A Web Based Approach

Konstantinos Domdouzis, Peter Lacey and Darren Lodge, Whole System Partnership, Knaresborough, and Simon J.E. Taylor, Brunel University, London, United Kingdom

TRAFFIC SIMULATION

METH_02
A Metamodeling Approach to the Behavior of the Variance in Nonstationary Simulations

Rita Marques Brandao, Universidade dos Acores, Ponta Delgada and Acacio M. O. Porta Nova, Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

TRANS_03
Transportation and Minimum Content Problems

William Conley, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.A.

TRANS_07_ENV
Reducing Emissions of Taxiing at Airports

Mark B. Duinkerken, Ted Selderbeek and Gabriel Lodewijks, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands