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SCS Simulation News - October, 2000 - Volume 1, Issue 10

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SCS Simulation News
October, 2000 - Volume 1, Issue 10
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Welcome to this month's SCS Simulation News.  This electronic
newsletter is published monthly and sent to your email address.

Our purpose is to keep SCS members and others in the modeling and
simulation communities up to date on the activities of the Society
for Computer Simulation International.  Please forward this newsletter
to friends, peers and colleagues with interests in modeling and
simulation.

Please send comments and suggestions to the newsletter editor,
Bob Lipset; mailto:Newsletter.Editor@scs.org
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Newsletter Contents

1.  News and developments in modeling and simulation
2.  Upcoming conferences
3.  Publications
4.  About SCS
5.  Membership in SCS
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1.  News and developments in modeling and simulation

* From Sherrel Mock of the Defense Modeling and Simulation Office:

   The DoD High Level Architecture (HLA) for simulation cleared the
   final hurdle to becoming an IEEE standard. The Standards Board of
   the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) voted
   to accept the HLA as an international standard.
   http://www.dmso.mil/index.php?page=291

* From Bernie Zeigler:

   A new project, "Modeling and Simulation Enhancements for 21st
   Century Manufacturing and Acquisition" has been undertaken by the
   National Academy of Sciences.  This project will investigate next
   generation M&S capabilities to support enhanced defense systems.
   http://www4.nas.edu/cp.nsf/Projects+_by+_PIN/BMAD-J-99-10-A

   SCS is looking for members willing to staff the SCS booth at the
   Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation & Education Conference,
   November 27-30, 2000 in Orlando, Florida.  This is an important
   outreach activity. If you are attending the conference and can
   give some time to promoting SCS,  it will be greatly appreciated.
   Please contact Steve Branch mailto:sbranch@scs.org to sign up
   and for more information.

* From John McLeod:

   Some members of SCS, in cooperation with members of SISO, are
   exploring the possibility of developing a biological model of the
   whole human body.  As an approach to the study, it is desirable to
   know what models of parts of the human biological system already
   exist.  If anyone has knowledge of the existence of such systems,
   please contact John McLeod, mailto:mcleod@sdsc.edu
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2.  Upcoming conferences

* 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC '00)
   December 10-13, 2000
   Wyndham Palace Resort & Spa
   Orlando, Florida
   http://www.wintersim.org

* 2001 Western MultiConference (WMC '01)
   January 7-11, 2001
   Crowne Plaza Hotel
   Phoenix, Arizona
   http://www.scs.org/confernc/wmc01/wmc2001cfp.html

* Enabling Technology for Simulation Science V
   April 16-20, 2001
   Orlando, Florida
   http://spie.org/web/meetings/calls/or01/confs/or27.html

* 2001 Advanced Simulation Technology Conference (ASTC '01)
   April 22-26, 2001
   Renaissance Madison Hotel
   Seattle, Washington
   http://www.scs.org/confernc/astc01/cfp/astc2001cfp.html

* 2001 International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of
   Computer and Telecommunication Systems (SPECTS '01)
   July 15-19, 2001
   Orlando, Florida
   http://www.scs.org/confernc/spects01/spects01cfp.html
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3.  Publications

SCS publishes the monthly journal SIMULATION.  The October, 2000 issue
contains the following technical articles--abstracts are online at
http://www.scs.org/pubs/sim00toc.html

* "Fuzzy Inductive Reasoning Model-Based Fault Detection Applied to
   a Commercial Aircraft," Josep M. Mirats Tur and
   Rafael M. Huber Garrido
* "Simulation Approach to Decision Assessment in Enterprises,"
   Miroljub Kljajic, Igor Bernik, Andrej Skraba
* "A Parallel Simulation Methodology for Speedup and Obtaining
   Performance Estimates with Specific Accuracy: Experiences of
   its Application in Studies of Metropolitan Area Networks,"
   Victor Yau and Krzysztof Pawlikowski
* "Visualisation of Co-operation in the Construction of a
   Monolithic Building," Adam Marlewski

The full text of the following SIMULATION articles are online at
http://www.scs.org/pubs/sim00toc.html

* AI and Simulation, A. Martin Wildberger
* Simulation in the Service of Society, John McLeod

SPECIAL ISSUES OF SIMULATION--you are encouraged to submit your
article for the following special issues--Calls for Papers are at
http://www.scs.org/pubs/sicfp.html

* Simulation and Visualization - submission deadline December 1
* Modeling and Simulation Applications in Scheduling Multiprocessor
   Systems - submission deadline February 15, 2001
* Supply Chain Simulation - abstract submission due December 15, 2000

SCS publishes TRANSACTIONS of the Society for Computer Simulation
International each quarter.  The June, 2000 issue contains the following
articles--abstracts are online at http://www.scs.org/pubs/t00toc.html

* "Data Representation for Sensor Models within a Synthetic Natural
   Environment (SEDRIS)," Michael D. Proctor and Patrick E. Connors II
* "A Framework for Learning Implicit Expert Knowledge through
   Observation," Taha A. Sidani and Avelino J. Gonzalez
* "Improved Cellular Models with Parallel Cell-DEVS," Gabriel A.
   Wainer
* "An Empirical Comparison of Methodologies for Obtaining Results
   with Specific Accuracy and for Run-Length Control in Quantitative
   Simulation," Victor Yau

Information on subscribing to SCS journals can be found at
http://www.scs.org/pubs/subinfo.html
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4.  About SCS

* The Society for Computer Simulation International is a
   professional society dedicated to the advancement of
   modeling and simulation in all fields.  Read our mission
   statement at http://www.scs.org/mission/missioninfo.html
* Learn more about the SCS organization at
   http://www.scs.org/org/orginfo.html
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5.  Membership in SCS

* Membership in SCS is open to a wide range of professionals.
   For more information, including an online application, visit
   http://www.scs.org/membrshp/membinfo.html
To members of COSC/Management/Maths research group on stochastic simulation, 
and anybody else interested in research in this area

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		Associate Professor  Krzysztof Pawlikowski

	Department of Computer Science,  University of Canterbury
 			Christchurch, New Zealand
		
ph.  +(64) 3 3642 987 ext.7772  email:   krys@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz 
fax. +(64) 3 3642 569      URL:     http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~krys

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