Keyword: simulation

Found 2961 papers in total
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) system selection using a simulation-based AHP approach: a case of Korean homeshopping company
2008,
An enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is a critical investment that can...
Characterizing performance in socio-technical systems: A modeling framework in the domain of nuclear power
2008,
In modeling complex socio-technical systems, the critical nature of many interactions...
A qualitative trajectory calculus as a basis for representing moving objects in Geographical Information Systems
2006,
Qualitative formalisms, suited to express qualitative temporal or spatial...
Bayesian assessment of the road maintenance process effectiveness of widespread renewal
2007,
The Generalized Renewal Process (GRP) is a class of probabilistic models that handles...
A sequential procedure for neighborhood selection-of-the-best in optimization via simulation
2006,
We propose a fully sequential indifference-zone selection procedure that is...
The super-efficiency procedure for outlier identification, not for ranking efficient units
2006,
In this paper, we conduct simulation experiments to evaluate the performance of two...
Simulation of coherent risk measures based on generalized scenarios
2007,
In financial risk management, coherent risk measures have been proposed as a way to...
Simulation tools for developing policies for complex systems: Modeling the health and safety of refugee communities
2007,
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants estimated that there were over 33...
Link function selection in stochastic multicriteria decision making models
2006,
A stochastic formulation of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) using an approach...
A combined procedure for discrete simulation–optimization problems based on the simulated annealing framework
2007,
This paper addresses the problem of optimizing a function over a finite or countable...
A modification of the simulated annealing algorithm for discrete stochastic optimization
2007,
A modification of the simulated annealing (SA) algorithm for solving discrete...
Educating rational decision-makers about uncertainty using US social security investment economics
2007,
We make a case for improving the education of future rational decision-makers who will...
Modeling and simulation for intelligent control of expansion valve in vapour compression refrigeration system
2007,
Conventional control techniques are not able to accomplish the stable cooling in VCRS...
Efficient sensitivity analysis of PERT network performance measures to significant changes in activity time parameters
2007,
Using a Program Evaluation and Review Technique network model of a project schedule, a...
A simulation and evaluation of earned value metrics to forecast the project duration
2007,
In this paper, we extensively review and evaluate earned value (EV)-based methods to...
Using soft systems methodology to determine the simulation study objectives
2007,
This paper demonstrates, through a case study in health care, that Soft Systems...
A comparison of Data Envelopment Analysis and the stochastic frontier model using panel data
2007,
Two competing approaches for the measurement of efficiency are the stochastic frontier...
Forecasting volatility by means of threshold models
2007,
The aim of this paper is to compare the forecasting performance of competing threshold...
Estimating and forecasting the long-memory parameter in the presence of periodicity
2007,
We consider one parametric and five semiparametric approaches to estimate D in SARFIMA...
Schlumberger uses simulation in bidding and executing land seismic surveys
2007,
Schlumberger and its competitors use seismic surveying, the process of mapping...
Combining iterative heuristic optimization and uncertainty analysis methods for robust parameter design
2006,
A number of investigators have pointed out that products and processes lack quality...
Input modelling for financial simulations using the bootstrap
2006,
Inputs are the fuel that powers simulations. If one is designing a new system or...
Duality in option pricing based on prices of other derivatives
2007,
We clarify a financial meaning of duality in the semi-infinite programming problem...
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