Simulation and Modeling : Current Technologies and Applications Book

Preface     vi
Methodologies and Approaches in Discrete Event Simulation   Evon M. O. Abu-Taieh   Asim Abdel Rahman El Sheikh     1
Distributed Simulation in Industry   Roberto Revetria   Roberto Mosca     36
Object-Oriented Modeling and Simulation of Optical Burst Switched Mesh Networks   Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues   Mario M. Freire     99
Using Natural Language Modeling for Business Simulation   Peter Bollen     119
Relay Race Methodology (RRM): An Enhanced Life Cycle for Simulation System Development   Evon M. O. Abu-Taieh   Asim Abdel Rahman El Sheikh   Jeihan Abu Tayeh     156
Information Feedback Approach for the Simulation of Service Quality in the Inter-Object Communications   R. Manjunath     175
Model-Based Simulation to Examine Command and Control Issues with Remotely Operated Vehicles   Sasanka Prabhala   Subhashini Ganapathy   S. Narayanan   Jennie J. Gallimore   Raymond R. Hill     199
Simulation Modeling as a Decision-Making Aid in Economic Evaluation for Randomized Clinical Trials   Tillal Eldabi   Robert D. Macredie   Ray J. Paul     219
Intelligent Simulation Framework for Integrated Production System   Abid Al Ajeeli     244
Simulation and Modelling of Knowledge-Mining Architectures Using Recurrent Hybrid Nets   David Al-Dabass     266
Simulating Theory-of-Constraint Problem with a Novel Fuzzy Compromise Linear Programming Model   Arijit Bhattacharya   Pandian Vasant   Sani Susanto     307
Business Process Reengineering in the Automotive Area by Simulator-Based Design   Torbjorn Alm   Jens Alfredson   Kjell Ohlsson     337
The Role of Simulation in Business Process Reengineering   Firas M. Alkhaldi   Mohammad Olaimat   Abdullah Abdali Rashed     359
Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Applied to Simulation Visualization   Claudio Kirner   Tereza G. Kirner     391
Emotional Agent Modeling (EMAM)   Khulood Abu Maria   Raed Abu Zitar     420
About the Contributors     443
Index     451