Simulation, Volume 92

Volume 92, Number 1, January 2016

Original Articles
Methodology

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  Ali Azadeh, Saeed Abdolhossein Zadeh:
  An integrated fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and fuzzy multiple-criteria decision-making simulation approach for maintenance policy selection. 3-18
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  Milos R. Ivanovic, Boban S. Stojanovic, Ana M. Kaplarevic-Malisic, Richard J. Gilbert, Srboljub M. Mijailovich:
  Distributed multi-scale muscle simulation in a hybrid MPI-CUDA computational environment. 19-31
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  Luisanna Cocco, Giulio Concas, Michele Marchesi:
  Simulation of the competition among traditional and on-demand software vendors. 33-45

Applications

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  Federico Bergero, Joaquín Fernández, Ernesto Kofman, Margarita Portapila:
  Time discretization versus state quantization in the simulation of a one-dimensional advection-diffusion-reaction equation. 47-61
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  R. Ramya, K. Selvi, K. Murali:
  Real-time simulation and performance analysis of multimachine power systems using dSPACE simulator. 63-75
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  Vector Ion Posadas, Kardi Teknomo:
  Simulating police containment of a protest crowd. 77-89

Volume 92, Number 2, February 2016

Editorial

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  Jaroslaw Was, Georgios Ch. Sirakoulis:
  Special issue on Simulation with Cellular Automata. 99-100

Articles

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  Gabriel A. Wainer, Joaquín Fernández:
  Modelling and simulation of complex cellular models using Cell-DEVS. 101-115
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  Ala'a Al-Habashna, Gabriel A. Wainer:
  Modeling pedestrian behavior with Cell-DEVS: theory and applications. 117-139
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  Baki Cissé, Samira El Yacoubi, Sébastien Gourbière:
  The spatial reproduction number in a cellular automaton model for vector-borne diseases applied to the transmission of Chagas disease. 141-152
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  Antonina Tretyakova, Franciszek Seredynski, Pascal Bouvry:
  Graph Cellular Automata approach to the Maximum Lifetime Coverage Problem in wireless sensor networks. 153-164
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  Edyta Kucharska, Katarzyna Grobler-Debska, Krzysztof Raczka, Lidia Dutkiewicz:
  Cellular Automata approach for parallel machine scheduling problem. 165-178
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  Krzysztof Malarz, Agnieszka Kowalska-Styczen, Krzysztof Kulakowski:
  The working group performance modeled by a bi-layer cellular automaton. 179-193
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  Konrad Perzynski, Lukasz Madej:
  Fracture modeling in dual-phase steel grades based on the random cellular automata finite element approach. 195-207

Volume 92, Number 3, March 2016

Original Articles
Methodology

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  Lei Niu, Yiquan Song:
  A simulation model fusing space and agent for indoor dynamic fire evacuation analysis. 215-232
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  Monica Dragoicea, Theodor Borangiu, Iulia Voinescu:
  Service interactions modeling for improved management of public transport systems. 233-250
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  Jiangjiang Zhao, Tieju Ma:
  Optimizing layouts of initial refueling stations for alternative-fuel vehicles and experiments with agent-based simulations. 251-266
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  Quang-Huy Tran, Tran Duc-Tan, Huu Tue Huynh, Long Ton That, Linh-Trung Nguyen:
  Influence of dual-frequency combination on the quality improvement of ultrasound tomography. 267-276

Applications

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  Chenhao Zhou, Ek Peng Chew, Loo Hay Lee, Daqi Liu:
  An introduction and performance evaluation of the GRID system for transshipment terminals. 277-293
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  Daniel Zünd, Robert F. Woodbury, Gerhard Schmitt:
  Meso-scale modeling of residential and business locations. 295-306

Volume 92, Number 4, April 2016

Original Articles
Methodology

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  Jungwoo Shin, Jae Young Choi, Daeho Lee:
  Model for studying commodity bundling with a focus on consumer preference: Evidence from the Korean telecommunications market. 311-321
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  Naeem Akhtar Khan, Farooq Ahmad:
  Modeling and simulation of an improved random direction mobility model for wireless networks using colored Petri nets. 323-336
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  Stevine Obura Onyango, Yskandar Hamam, Karim Djouani, Boubaker Daachi:
  Modeling a powered wheelchair with slipping and gravitational disturbances on inclined and non-inclined surfaces. 337-355
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  Gan Zhou, Gautam Biswas, Wenfeng Zhang, Qi Zhao, Wenquan Feng:
  Comparison of state estimation techniques for nonlinear hybrid systems. 357-376

Applications

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  Rafael Diaz, Joshua G. Behr, ManWo Ng:
  Quantifying the economic and demographic impact of transportation infrastructure investments: A simulation study. 377-393

Volume 92, Number 5, May 2016

Special Issue Articles

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  Andras Kemeny:
  Special Issue on Driving Simulation. 405
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  Michael Brogan, Charles Markham, Sean Commins, Catherine Deegan:
  Changing lanes: generating steerable environments in video-based driving simulation. 407-415
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  Alessandro Nesti, Suzanne Nooij, Martin Losert, Heinrich H. Bülthoff, Paolo Pretto:
  Roll rate perceptual thresholds in active and passive curve driving simulation. 417-426
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  Quentin Vidal, Sylvain Michelin, Baptiste Laborie, Andras Kemeny:
  Color-difference assessment and enhancement for driving headlight simulation. 427-435
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  Andreas Richter, Michael Scholz, Hartmut Friedl, Thomas Ruppert, Frank Köster:
  Challenges and experiences in using heterogeneous, geo-referenced data for automatic creation of driving simulator environments. 437-446
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  Jian Sun, Yuwei Yang, Keping Li:
  Integrated coupling of road traffic and network simulation for realistic emulation of connected vehicle applications. 447-457

Special Section on Medical Simulation

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  Özgür Özmen, James J. Nutaro, Laura L. Pullum, Arvind Ramanathan:
  Analyzing the impact of modeling choices and assumptions in compartmental epidemiological models. 459-472
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  Deniz Kadi, Yusuf Kuvvetli, Selçuk Çolak:
  Performance analysis of a university hospital blood laboratory via discrete event simulation. 473-484

Volume 92, Number 6, June 2016

Methodology

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  Hao Yue, Shuai Wang, Xiaolu Jia, Juan Li, Chunfu Shao:
  Simulation of pedestrian evacuation with blind herd mentality under adverse sight conditions. 491-506
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  Stéphanie Cagin, Xavier Fischer, Eric Delacourt, Nachida Bourabaa, Céline Morin, Daniel Coutellier, Bertrand Carré, Sylvain Loumé:
  A new reduced model of scavenging to optimize cylinder design. 507-520
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  Lubomír Brancík, Edita Kolárová:
  Simulation of multiconductor transmission lines with random parameters via stochastic differential equations approach. 521-533

Applications

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  Rui Song, Jian Sun:
  Calibration of a micro-traffic simulation model with respect to the spatial-temporal evolution of expressway on-ramp bottlenecks. 535-546
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  Ahmad Attar, Sadigh Raissi, Kaveh Khalili Damghani:
  Simulation-optimization approach for a continuous-review, base-stock inventory model with general compound demands, random lead times, and lost sales. 547-564
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  Tso-Liang Teng, Cho-Chung Liang, Thanh-Tung Tran:
  Development and validation of a finite element model for road safety barrier impact tests. 565-578
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  Samer H. Hamdar, Hiam Khoury, Sanaz Zehtabi:
  A simulator-based approach for modeling longitudinal driving behavior in construction work zones: Exploration and assessment. 579-594

Volume 92, Number 7, July 2016

Editorial

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  Bin Yu, Yudong Zhang:
  Simulations of urban transportation systems. 599-600

Special Issue Articles

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  Shuihua Wang, Zeyuan Lu, Ling Wei, Genlin Ji, Jiquan Yang:
  Fitness-scaling adaptive genetic algorithm with local search for solving the Multiple Depot Vehicle Routing Problem. 601-616
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  Baozhen Yao, Zhe Wang, Qingda Cao, Lu Jin, Mingheng Zhang:
  Express bus fare optimization based on passenger choice behavior. 617-625
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  Zixuan Peng, Feng Guan, Keming Wang, Ting Li, Baozhen Yao:
  Simulation-optimization model for one-way traffic reconfiguration. 627-635
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  Shuihua Wang, Jianfei Yang, Ge Liu, Sidan Du, Jie Yan:
  Multi-objective path finding in stochastic networks using a biogeography-based optimization method. 637-647

Original Articles
Methodology

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  Ni Xia, Bin Hu, Fengzhen Jiang:
  An exploration for knowledge evolution affected by task assignment in a research and development team: perspectives of learning obtained through practice and communication. 649-668
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  Jin Xu, Jun Zhao, Kui Yang, Yiming Shao:
  Modeling typical driving patterns in target trajectory decisions for vehicles traversing roads with complex shapes. 669-686

Applications

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  Abd Essalam Badoud, Bertrand Raison, Luiz Lavado Fernando Vila, Belkacem Ould Bouamama, Mabrouk Khemliche:
  Modeling, simulation and hardware implementation of a bond graph-maximum power point tracker for a photovoltaic panel under partially shaded conditions. 687-707
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  Soodeh Hosseini, Mohammad Abdollahi Azgomi, Adel Torkaman Rahmani:
  Agent-based simulation of the dynamics of malware propagation in scale-free networks. 709-722

Volume 92, Number 8, August 2016

Original Articles
Methodology

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  Artur Schmidt, Umut Durak, Thorsten Pawletta:
  Model-based testing methodology using system entity structures for MATLAB/Simulink models. 729-746
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  Jean François Santucci, Laurent Capocchi, Bernard P. Zeigler:
  System entity structure extension to integrate abstraction hierarchies and time granularity into DEVS modeling and simulation. 747-769
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  Seyed-Hosein Attarzadeh-Niaki, Ingo Sander:
  An extensible modeling methodology for embedded and cyber-physical system design. 771-794

Applications

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  Shafagh Jafer, Ryan Lawler:
  Emergency crowd evacuation modeling and simulation framework with cellular discrete event systems. 795-817

Volume 92, Number 9, September 2016

Editorial

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  Yudong Zhang, Zhengchao Dong:
  Simulation of digital image processing in medical applications. 825-826

Special Issue Articles

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  Xingxing Zhou, Jianfei Yang, Hui Sheng, Ling Wei, Jie Yan, Ping Sun, Shuihua Wang:
  Combination of stationary wavelet transform and kernel support vector machines for pathological brain detection. 827-837
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  Yuan Xu, Xiyuan Chen, Yimin Wang:
  Two-mode navigation method for low-cost inertial measurement unit-based indoor pedestrian navigation. 839-848
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  Deepak Ranjan Nayak, Ratnakar Dash, Banshidhar Majhi, Jahangir Mohammed:
  Non-linear cellular automata based edge detector for optical character images. 849-859
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  Yudong Zhang, Siyuan Lu, Xingxing Zhou, Ming Yang, Lenan Wu, Bin Liu, Preetha Phillips, Shuihua Wang:
  Comparison of machine learning methods for stationary wavelet entropy-based multiple sclerosis detection: decision tree, k-nearest neighbors, and support vector machine. 861-871
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  Yudong Zhang, Xueyan Wu, Siyuan Lu, Hainan Wang, Preetha Phillips, Shuihua Wang:
  Smart detection on abnormal breasts in digital mammography based on contrast-limited adaptive histogram equalization and chaotic adaptive real-coded biogeography-based optimization. 873-885

Volume 92, Number 10, October 2016

Medical Simulation

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  Tae Han Kim, Chu Hyun Kim, Sang Do Shin, Sunnie Haam:
  Influence of personal protective equipment on the performance of life-saving interventions by emergency medical service personnel. 893-898

Original Articles
Methodology

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  Jiangfeng Wang, Cuicui Li, Jiarun Lv, Xuedong Yan:
  Speed guidance model during the green phase based on a connected vehicle. 899-905
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  Masoud Fakhimi, Navonil Mustafee, Lampros K. Stergioulas:
  An investigation into modeling and simulation approaches for sustainable operations management. 907-919
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  Robert Braun, Petter Krus:
  Multi-threaded distributed system simulations using the transmission line element method. 921-930

Applications

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  Yuchao Hu, Wei Meng:
  ROSUnitySim: Development and experimentation of a real-time simulator for multi-unmanned aerial vehicle local planning. 931-944
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  Van Quang Nguyen, Jau-Wen Lin:
  Investigation of temperature effects on nanoscale water droplet separation from a nozzle plate and impingement onto a fixed solid plate. 945-953

Volume 92, Number 11, November 2016

Special Section on Medical Simulation

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  Jacob Barhak:
  Estimation of a disease model based on a discrete time Markov model using secondary data with transitions based on multi-dimensional tables. 957-979

Original Articles
Applications

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  Branislav Popkonstantinovic, Ratko Obradovic, Marija Obradovic, Zorana V. Jeli, Misa Stojicevic:
  Geometrical and mechanical characteristics of deformed balance spring obtained by simulation study. 981-997
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  Manh Hung Nguyen, Tuong Vinh Ho:
  An agent-based model for simulation of traffic network status: Applied to Hanoi city. 999-1012

Methodology

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  Erdem Dogan, Ali Payidar Akgüngör:
  Optimizing a fuzzy logic traffic signal controller via the differential evolution algorithm under different traffic scenarios. 1013-1023
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  Zhou Fang, Andras Kemeny:
  An efficient Model Predictive Control-based motion cueing algorithm for the driving simulator. 1025-1033

Volume 92, Number 12, December 2016

Special Section on Medical Simulation

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  Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia, Emre Kirac:
  Evaluating alternative resource allocation in an emergency department using discrete event simulation. 1041-1051

Original Articles
Applications

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  Pawel Szczesniak:
  Comparison of control methods for a dynamic voltage restorer using a three-phase matrix converter. 1053-1063
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  Richard J. Zamora, Arthur F. Voter, Danny Perez, Nandakishore Santhi, Susan M. Mniszewski, Sunil Thulasidasan, Stephan J. Eidenbenz:
  Discrete event performance prediction of speculatively parallel temperature-accelerated dynamics. 1065-1086

Methodology

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  Nariman Fouladinejad, Nima Fouladinejad, Mohamad Kasim Abdul Jalil, J. Mohd Taib:
  Development of a surrogate-based vehicle dynamic model to reduce computational delays in a driving simulator. 1087-1102