Handbook of Research on Discrete Event Simulation Environments: Technologies and Applications Evon M O Abu-Taieh Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences, Jordan Asim Abdel Rahman El Sheikh Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences, Jordan InformatIon scIence reference Hershey • New York Director of Editorial Content: Senior Managing Editor: Assistant Managing Editor: Publishing Assistant: Typesetter: Cover Design: Printed at: Kristin Klinger Jamie Snavely Michael Brehm Sean Woznicki Michael Killian, Sean Woznicki Lisa Tosheff Yurchak Printing Inc Published in the United States of America by Information Science Reference (an imprint of IGI Global) 701 E Chocolate Avenue Hershey PA 17033 Tel: 717-533-8845 Fax: 717-533-8661 E-mail: cust@igi-global.com Web site: http://www.igi-global.com/reference Copyright © 2010 by IGI Global All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or distributed in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, 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2012 003'.830113 dc22 2009019592 British Cataloguing in Publication Data A Cataloguing in Publication record for this book is available from the British Library All work contributed to this book is new, previously-unpublished material The views expressed in this book are those of the authors, but not necessarily of the publisher Editorial Advisory Board Raymond R Hill, Wright State University, USA Firas Al-Khaldi, Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences, Jordan Jeihan Abu-Tayeh, The World Bank, Middle East and North Africa Region, USA Tillal Eldabi, Brunel University, UK Roberto Revetria, University of Genoa, Italy Sabah Abutayeh, Housing Bank, Jordan Michael Dupin, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, USA List of Contributors Aboud, Sattar J / Middle East University for Graduate Studies, Jordan 58 Abu-Taieh, Evon M O / Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission and Arab Academy for Financial Sciences, Jordan 15 Abutayeh, Jeihan M O / World Bank, Jordan 15 Al-Bahadili, Hussein / The Arab Academy for Banking & Financial Sciences, Jordan 418 Al-Fayoumi, Mohammad / Middle East University for Graduate Studies, Jordan 58 Al-Hudhud, Ghada / Al-Ahlyia Amman University, Jordan 252 Alnoukari, Mouhib / Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences, Syria 359 Alnuaimi, Mohamed / Middle East University for Graduate Studies, Jordan 58 Al-Qirem, Raed M / Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Jordan 484 Alzoabi, Zaidoun / Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences, Syria 359 Capra, Lorenzo / Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy 191, 218 Cartaxo, Adolfo V T / Instituto de Telecomunicaỗừes, Portugal 143 Cassettari, Lucia / University of Genoa, Italy 92 Cazzola, Walter / Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy 191, 218 Cercas, Francisco A B / Instituto de Telecomunicaỗừes, Portugal 143 El Sheikh, Asim / Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences, Jordan 359 Gamez, David / Imperial College, UK 337 Heath, Brian L / Wright State University, USA 28 Hill, Raymond R / Air Force Institute of Technology, USA 28 Kolker, Alexander / Children’s Hospital and Health Systems, USA 443 Korhonen, Ari / Helsinki University of Technology, Finland 234 Kubátová, Hana / Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic 178 Lipovszki, Gyorgy / Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary 284 Marzouk, Mohamed / Cairo University, Egypt 509 Membarth, Richard / University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany 379 Molnar, Istvan / Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, USA 1, 284 Mosca, Roberto / University of Genoa, Italy 92 Revetria, Roberto / University of Genoa, Italy 92 Sarjoughian, Hessam / Arizona Center for Integrative Modeling and Simulation, USA 75 Sarkar, Nurul I / AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand 379, 398 Sebastião, Pedro J A / Instituto de Telecomunicaỗừes, Portugal 143 Tolk, Andreas / Old Dominion University, USA 317 Wutzler, Thomas / Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Germany 75 Yaseen, Saad G / Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Jordan 484 Table of Contents Preface xvii Acknowledgment xxiii Chapter Simulation: Body of Knowledge Istvan Molnar, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, USA Chapter Simulation Environments as Vocational and Training Tools 15 Evon M O Abu-Taieh, Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission and Arab Academy for Financial Sciences, Jordan Jeihan M O Abutayeh, World Bank, Jordan Chapter Agent-Based Modeling: A Historical Perspective and a Review of Validation and Verification Efforts 28 Brian L Heath, Wright State University, USA Raymond R Hill, Air Force Institute of Technology, USA Chapter Verification and Validation of Simulation Models 58 Sattar J Aboud, Middle East University for Graduate Studies, Jordan Mohammad Al-Fayoumi, Middle East University for Graduate Studies, Jordan Mohamed Alnuaimi, Middle East University for Graduate Studies, Jordan Chapter DEVS-Based Simulation Interoperability 75 Thomas Wutzler, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Germany Hessam Sarjoughian, Arizona Center for Integrative Modeling and Simulation, USA Chapter Experimental Error Measurement in Monte Carlo Simulation 92 Lucia Cassettari, University of Genoa, Italy Roberto Mosca, University of Genoa, Italy Roberto Revetria, University of Genoa, Italy Chapter Efficient Discrete Simulation of Coded Wireless Communication Systems 143 Pedro J A Sebastióo, Instituto de Telecomunicaỗừes, Portugal Francisco A B Cercas, Instituto de Telecomunicaỗừes, Portugal Adolfo V T Cartaxo, Instituto de Telecomunicaỗừes, Portugal Chapter Teaching Principles of Petri Nets in Hardware Courses and Students Projects 178 Hana Kubátová, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic Chapter An Introduction to Reflective Petri Nets 191 Lorenzo Capra, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy Walter Cazzola, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy Chapter 10 Trying Out Reflective Petri Nets on a Dynamic Workflow Case 218 Lorenzo Capra, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy Walter Cazzola, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy Chapter 11 Applications of Visual Algorithm Simulation 234 Ari Korhonen, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland Chapter 12 Virtual Reality: A New Era of Simulation and Modelling 252 Ghada Al-Hudhud, Al-Ahlyia Amman University, Jordan Chapter 13 Implementation of a DES Environment 284 Gyorgy Lipovszki, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary Istvan Molnar, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, USA Chapter 14 Using Simulation Systems for Decision Support 317 Andreas Tolk, Old Dominion University, USA Chapter 15 The Simulation of Spiking Neural Networks 337 David Gamez, Imperial College, UK Chapter 16 An Integrated Data Mining and Simulation Solution 359 Mouhib Alnoukari, Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences, Syria Asim El Sheikh, Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences, Jordan Zaidoun Alzoabi, Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences, Syria Chapter 17 Modeling and Simulation of IEEE 802.11g using OMNeT++ 379 Nurul I Sarkar, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand Richard Membarth, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany Chapter 18 Performance Modeling of IEEE 802.11 WLAN using OPNET: A Tutorial 398 Nurul I Sarkar, AUT University, New Zealand Chapter 19 On the Use of Discrete-Event Simulation in Computer Networks Analysis and Design 418 Hussein Al-Bahadili, The Arab Academy for Banking & Financial Sciences, Jordan Chapter 20 Queuing Theory and Discrete Events Simulation for Health Care: From Basic Processes to Complex Systems with Interdependencies 443 Alexander Kolker, Children’s Hospital and Health Systems, USA Chapter 21 Modelling a Small Firm in Jordan Using System Dynamics 484 Raed M Al-Qirem, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Jordan Saad G Yaseen, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Jordan Chapter 22 The State of Computer Simulation Applications in Construction 509 Mohamed Marzouk, Cairo University, Egypt Compilation of References 535 About the Contributors 570 Index 578 Table of Contents Preface xvii Acknowledgment xxiii Chapter Simulation: Body of Knowledge Istvan Molnar, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, USA Chapter 1, Simulation: Body of Knowledge, attempts to define the knowledge body of simulation and describes the underlying principles of simulation education It argues that any programs in Modelling and Simulation should recognize the multi-and interdisciplinary character of the field and realize the program in wide co-operation The paper starts with the clarification of the major objectives and principles of the Modelling and Simulation Program and the related degrees, based on a broad business and real world perspective After reviewing students’ background, especially the communication, interpersonal, and team skills, the analytical and critical thinking skills, furthermore some of the additional skills leading to a career, the employer’s view and possible career paths are examined Finally, the core knowledge body, the curriculum design and program related issues are discussed The author hopes to contribute to the recent discussions about modelling and simulation education and the profession Chapter Simulation Environments as Vocational and Training Tools 15 Evon M O Abu-Taieh, Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission and Arab Academy for Financial Sciences, Jordan Jeihan M O Abutayeh, World Bank, Jordan Chapter 2, Simulation Environments as Vocational and Training Tools, investigates over 50 simulation packages and simulators used in vocational and course training in many fields Accordingly, the 50 simulation packages were categorized in the following fields: Pilot Training, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Environment and ecological systems, Cosmology and astrophysics, Medicine and Surgery training, Cosmetic surgery, Engineering – Civil engineering, architecture, interior design, Computer and communication networks, Stock Market Analysis, Financial Models and Marketing, Military Training and Virtual Reality The incentive for using simulation environments as vocational and training tools is to save live, money and effort About the Contributors Jeihan Abu-Tayeh attend school at the Rosary School in Amman, then she acquired her bachelor’s in Pharmaceutical Science and Management from Al-Ahlyya Amman University Furthermore, in 2002, she got her M.B.A with emphasis on “International Marketing & Negotiations Technique”, with outstanding G P A of 3.87 out of (with honors) from Saint Martin’s College, State of Washington; U.S.A Currently, Jeihan Abu-Tayeh is a Head of the International Agencies & Commissions Division at the Jordanian Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation In her capacity, she has the opportunity to maintain sound cooperation relations with the World Bank Group, as well as the UN Agencies, in order to extend to Jordan financial and technical support for developmental projects through setting appropriate programs and plans, building and improving relations with those organizations This is achieved through loans and aids programs, by means of designing project proposals, conducting Problem & Needs Assessment for the concerned Governmental and Non-Governmental Jordanian entities, followed by active participation in extensive evaluation processes, conducted by either the UN Country Team, or the World Bank Group Country Team Hussein Al-Bahadili is an associate professor at the Arab Academy for Banking & Financial Sciences (AABFS) He earned his M.Sc and PhD from the University of London (Queen Mary College) in 1988 and 1991, respectively He received his B.Sc in Engineering from the University of Baghdad in 1986 In addition to his academic activities at the University of Baghdad, he worked for the Iraqi Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) for more than 15 years He was head of the Department of Software at the Centre of Engineering Design, and then he became Director of the Centre of Information Technology He was the INIS Liaison Officer for Iraq at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from 1997 to 2000 Dr Al-Bahadili is a member of the Wireless Networks and Communications Group (WNCG) at the School of Engineering, University of Brunel, United Kingdom He is also a visiting researcher at the Centre of Osmosis Research and Applications (CORA), University of Surrey, United Kingdom He has published many papers in different fields of science and engineering in numerous leading scholarly and practitioner journals, and presented at leading world-level scholarly conferences His research interests include parallel and distributed computing, wireless communication, data communication systems, computer networks, cryptography, network security, data compression, image processing, data acquisition, computer automation, electronic system design, computer architecture, and artificial intelligence and expert systems Mohammad A Al-Fayoumi is a Professor at Middle East University in Jordan, and now he is the dean of Information technology faculty He received his education from Romania Dr Fayoumi has served his profession in many Universities and he awarded many prices and certificates from different Universities in Arab nation His research interests include the methodology areas of Information Security and Simulation and modeling Ghada A.K Al-Hudhud holds a PhD from De Montfort University/ United Kingdom Ghada serves as the head of Department of Software Engineering at Al-Ahliya Amman University, Jordan Ghada is interested in modelling systems within virtual environments Ghada is also interested in working on image compression Ghada has been working as a key partner in an EPSRC project funded by Computational Steering Network 571 About the Contributors Mouhib Alnoukari: Currently preparing a PhD in Management Information Systems (MIS) at The Arabic Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences, Damascus, Syria Holds MBA from Damascus University, MS in Mathematics from Damascus University, and MS in Computer Engineering from Montpellier University, France Currently working as the ICT director at the Arab International University Published papers in different conferences and journals such as: ITSim 2008 Malaysia, ICTTA’08 Syria, EQAF 2008 Budapest, Damascus University Journal, and others Mohamed Alnuaimi is a Professor at Middle East University in Jordan, and now he is the Vice President of the University He received his education from Krakoff University, Poland Dr Alnuaimi has served his profession in many Universities and he awarded many prices, medals and certificates from different Universities in Arab nation His research interests include the methodology areas of Applied Statistic and Simulation and modeling Raed Musbah Al-Qirem has a PhD in Management Information system from the University of Sunderland-United Kingdom His research focused on some of systems thinking methodologies which are System Dynamics and Viable System model (Managerial Cybernetics) Because his experience was in Banking and finance, he constructed a Decision Support System using systems thinking to evaluate the credit worthiness of firm’s applying for credit in the Banks He is now an assistant Professor in the MIS department at Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan Zaidoun Alzoabi: Currently preparing a PhD in (Management Information Systems) at the Arab academy for Banking and Finance Science, Damascus, Syria Holds Master in Computer Applications (MCA) from J.M.I University, New Delhi, India Currently working at Arab International University as the Quality Assurance director Also as an Information and Communication Consultant at the Modernization of Ministry of Finance project (an EU funded project) Published papers in the different conferences and journals such as: ITSim 2008 Malaysia, ICTTA’08 Syria, EQAF 2008 Budapest, and others Lorenzo Capra was born in Monza (Italy), and went to the University of Milan, where he obtained his Laurea degree in Computer Science After collaborating with the Automation Research Center at the National Electric Power Provider (ENEL), he moved to the University of Turin, where he received a Ph.D in Computer Science He is currently assistant professor at the Dept of Informatics and Communication (DICO) of the University of Milano, Italy His research interests include High-Level Petri Nets analysis/simulation and formal methods in software engineering Adolfo Cartaxo received the degree of “Licenciatura” in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the Ph D in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1985, and 1992, respectively, from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) He is currently Associate Professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of IST He joined the Optical Communications Group (OCG) of IST as a researcher in 1992, and he is now the leader of the OCG conducting research on optical fibre telecommunication systems and networks He is a senior member of the IEEE Laser and Electro-Optics Society He has authored or co-authored more than 65 journal publications (15 as first author) as well as more than 90 international conference papers He is co-author of two international patents His current research areas of interest include fiber optic communication systems and networks, and simulation of telecommunication systems 572 About the Contributors Lucia Cassettari earned her degree in management engineering in 2004 at the University of Genoa Currently she is a researcher at DIPTEM, University of Genoa, in the field of simulator-based applications for industrial plants; particular attention is focused on the application of DOE and Optimization techniques to industrial plant problems using Simulation Walter Cazzola (Ph.D.) is currently an assistant professor at the Department of Informatics and Communication (DICo) of the University of Milano, Italy and the chair of the ADAPT research group (http://adapt-lab.dico.unimi.it) His research interests include reflection, aspect-oriented programming, programming methodologies and languages He has written and has served as reviewer of several technical papers about reflection and aspect-oriented programming Details can be read from his home page http://homes.dico.unimi.it/~cazzola Francisco Cercas received his Licenciatura, M.Sc., and Ph.D degrees from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, in 1983, 1989 and 1996, respectively He worked for the Portuguese Industry as a research engineer and developed the work of his M.S and Ph.D theses as an invited researcher at the Satellite Centre of the University of Plymouth, UK This resulted in new contributions for the characterization of DDS (Direct Digital Frequency Synthesizer) signals and in a new class of codes named TCH after Tomlinson, Cercas and Hughes He lectured during 15 years at IST and became Associate Professor in 1999 at ISCTE, Lisbon, where he is the Head of the Department of Sciences and Technologies of Information He has over 100 international publications with referees including conferences, magazines, book chapters and a patent His main research interests focus on mobile and personal communications, satellite communications, channel coding and ultra wide band communications David Gamez completed his BA in natural sciences and philosophy at Trinity College, Cambridge, and took a PhD in Continental philosophy at the University of Essex After converting to IT, he worked on the EU Safeguard project, which developed an agent system to protect electricity and telecommunications management networks against attacks and accidents When the Safeguard project ended he took up a PhD position on Owen Holland’s CRONOS project During this PhD he developed a theoretical framework for machine consciousness, developed the SpikeStream neural simulator and made predictions about the representational and phenomenal states of a spiking neural network Brian L Heath is a DAGSI Fellow and currently a Ph.D Candidate in Engineering with focus in Industrial and Human Systems at Wright State University (Dayton, OH, USA) In 2008 he received a M.S in Industrial and Human Factors Engineering from Wright State University and in 2006 he received a B.S in Industrial Engineering from Kettering University (Flint, MI, USA) He is a member of INFORMS and the Institute of Industrial Engineering (IIE) His research interests include agent-based modeling, simulation, validation philosophy, scientific model building, work measurement, and statistics Raymond R Hill is a Professor of Operations Research with the Air Force Institute of Technology He has a Ph.D in Industrial and Systems Engineering from The Ohio State University His research interests are in the areas of applied statistics and experimental design, mathematical modeling and combinatorial optimization and simulation to include agent-based modeling He is a member of INFORMS 573 About the Contributors and the Institute of Industrial Engineering (IIE) and an associate editor for the Journal of Simulation, Military Operations Research and the Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation Alexander Kolker is currently Outcomes Operations Project Manager in Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin He has been extensively involved in the various applications of Healthcare management science and Operations research using discrete event simulation: from hospital capacity expansion planning to patient flow improvement and optimized staff utilization He actively publishes in peer reviewed journals and speaks at conferences in the area of simulation and management science applications for health care Previously he has been with Froedtert Hospital, and with General Electric Co, Healthcare Division, as a simulation specialist and reliability engineer Alex holds a PhD in applied mathematics from the Moscow Technical University, and is an ASQ certified Reliability engineer Ari Korhonen has been Adjunct Professor of Computer Science (specialising in Software Visualization) since 2006 He is currently Lecturing Researcher of the Faculty of Information and Natural Sciences in the Helsinki University of Technology He holds M.Sc (Tech), Lic.Sc (Tech), and D.Sc (Tech) in Computer Science, all from the Helsinki University of Technology, Finland His previous positions include research positions and acting professor at the same university He established the Software Visualization Group at the Helsinki University of Technology in 2000 and has been its leader since He has been the manager of several research projects, including AAFAS (2005-2008), funded by the Academy of Finland A former secretary of The Finnish Society for Computer Science (1999-2001), he is currently the editor of its journal Tietojenkäsittelytiede (2002-) At present he belongs to the board in IEEE Education Society Chapter for the Joint Norway/Denmark/Finland/Iceland/Sweden Sections He has constantly refereed major journals and conferences including ACM Journal on Educational Resources in Computing, Educational Technology & Society journal, The Baltic Sea Conference on Computing Education Research, the ACM Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, and the ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education In addition, he has served on the Program Committees for the 7th and 8th Baltic Sea Conferences on Computing Education Research, and the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Program Visualization Workshops His research interests include data structures and algorithms in software visualization Especially various applications of computer aided learning environments in computer science education Current work is concerned with software tools and principles in the area of automatic assessment systems Hana Kubatova received her Ph.D (CSc.) degree in Computer Science and Engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) in 1987 She currently works as an associate professor and as a deputy head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the CTU She is a leader of the VLSI research group with 20 members and with following areas of interest: Petri Nets in modelling, simulation and hardware design, design and evaluation of heuristic techniques for selected problems in VLSI systems, reconfigurable computing, HW/SW co-design methodologies, embedded processor cores for FPGA, design for testability, BIST on circuit and system level, design and modeling of faulttolerant and dependable systems György Lipovszki was born in Miskolc, Hungary and finished his study at Budapest University of Technology and Economics, where he was graduated in 1975 in electronics sciences He is now Associate Professor at the Department of Mechatronics, Optics and Engineering Informatics and his research 574 About the Contributors field is the development of simulation frame systems in different programming environments He is a member of the Editorial Board of International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Mohamed Marzouk, Ph.D., PMP is Associate Professor in the Structural Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University He has 12 years of experience in the Civil Engineering His expertise has been in the fields of structural engineering, project management, contract administration, and construction engineering and management His experience covers different phases of projects including design, construction, monitoring, research, consulting, and project management Dr Marzouk is certified Project Management Professional (PMP®) He authored and co- authored over 40 scientific publications His research interest includes simulation and optimization of construction processes, object-oriented simulation, fuzzy logic and its applications in construction, risk analysis, and decision analysis Dr Marzouk is currently involved in several academic and scientific committees Richard Membarth received the postgraduate diploma in computer and information sciences from the Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand in 2007, and the Diploma degree in computer science from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany in 2008 Richard is currently working toward his Ph.D degree in computer science in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany His research interests include parallel computer architectures and programming models for medical imaging as well as invasive computing Istvan Molnar was born in Budapest and educated at the Budapest University of Economic Sciences (currently, Corvinus University), where he received his MSc and PhD He has completed his postdoctoral studies in Darmstadt, Germany In 1996 he has received his CSs degree from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania His main fields of interest are microsimulation, simulation optimization, simulation software technology, and simulation education Dr Molnar is a member of the Editorial Board of International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organization, published by Inderscience Publishers Roberto Mosca is Full Professor of “Industrial Plants Management” and “Economy and Business Organization” at the DIPTEM (Department of Industrial Production, Thermoenergetics and Mathematical Modelling), University of Genoa He has worked in the simulation sector since 1969 using discrete and stochastic industrial simulators for off-line and on-line applications He has been more time national coordinator of research projects of national relevant interest His research work focuses on original application of DOE and RSM to simulation experiment He is author of about 200 scientific papers published for International Conferences and International Journals Currently he is Director of DIPTEM in University of Genoa Roberto Revetria earned his degree in mechanical engineering at the University of Genoa He completed his PhD in Mechanical Engineering in 2001 He is currently involved, as Associate Professor, in the DIPTEM of Genoa University, working on advanced modeling projects applied to ERP integration and maintenance planning applied to industrial case studies He is active in developing projects involving simulation with special attention to HLA (High Level Architecture) 575 About the Contributors Hessam S Sarjoughian is Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona Sarjoughian is Co-Director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Modeling & Simulation (ACIMS) His research focuses on modeling and simulation methodologies, model composability, distributed co-design modeling, visual simulation modeling, and agent-based simulation He led the development of the Online Masters of Engineering in Modeling & Simulation in the Fulton School of Engineering at ASU in 2004 He was among the pioneers who established the Modeling & Simulation Professional Certification Commission in 2001 His research has been supported by NSF, Boeing, DISA, Intel, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and US Air Force Nurul Sarkar is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences at AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand He has more than 13 years of teaching experience in universities at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and has taught a range of subjects, including computer networking, data communications, computer hardware, and eCommerce His first edited book entitled “Tools for Teaching Computer Networking and Hardware Concepts” has been published by IGI Global Publishing in 2006 Nurul has published more than 80 research papers in international refereed journals, conferences, and book chapters, including the IEEE Transactions on Education, the International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, the International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, the International Journal of Business Data Communications and Networking, Measurement Science & Technology, and SIGCSE Bulletin Nurul was the recipient of Academic Staff Doctoral Study Award, and co-recipient of the 2006 IRMA International Conference Best Paper Award for a fundamental paper on the modelling and simulation of wireless networks Nurul’s research interests are in multi-disciplinary areas, including wireless network architecture, performance modelling and evaluation of wireless networks, radio propagation measurements, network security, simulation and modelling, intelligent agents, and tools to enhance methods for teaching and learning computer networking and hardware concepts Nurul is a member of various professional organisations and societies, including IEEE Communications Society, Information Resources Management Association (IRMA), and ACM New Zealand Bulletin He served as Associate technical editor for the IEEE Communications Magazine; Associate editor for Advances in Business Data Communications and Networking book series; editor for Encyclopaedia of Information Technology Curriculum Integration book series; Chairman of the IEEE New Zealand Communications Society Chapter, and Executive peer reviewer of the Journal of Educational Technology & Society Pedro Sebastião received the BSc degree in Electronic and Telecommunication and Computing, ISEL, Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon, Portugal, in 1992 He graduated in Electrical and Computing Engineering and received the MSc degree in Electrical and Computer Science from IST, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, in 1995 and 1998, respectively From 1992 to 1998, he was with the Department of Studies in the Portuguese Defence Industries In 1995, he joined with the IT, Portuguese Telecommunication Institute From 1998-2000, he was with the Communication Business unity, in Siemens Also, from 1999 to 2005, he was a lecturer in the Department of Information and Communication Technologies in ISG, High Management Institute Since 2005, he is a lecturer in the Department of Sciences and Information Technologies in Lisbon University Institute - ISCTE He has authored more than 40 international publications including conferences, magazines and book chapters His current research interests are stochastic models, efficient simulation algorithms, satellite, mobile and personal communication systems and planning tools 576 About the Contributors Andreas Tolk is Associate Professor for Engineering Management and Systems Engineering at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA, USA He received has Ph.D and M.S in Computer Science from the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich, Germany More than 25 of his conference papers were awarded for outstanding contributions He is affiliated with the Virginia Modeling Analysis and Simulation Center in Suffolk, VA, USA His research targets at the integration of Engineering Management, Modeling and Simulation, and Systems Engineering methods and principles, in particular for Complex Systems and System of Systems applications Thomas Wutzler is a junior researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena, Germany His research focuses on understanding and modelling the carbon cycle of terrestrial ecosystems with emphasis on soil carbon processes, uncertainties, and problems of scales He graduated as a master of computer science at the technical university in Dresden, Germany Then he continued with research in earth system sciences and earned a PhD in natural science He strives to provide communication and interfaces between the research communities of simulation computer science and earth system sciences His research has been supported by the German Environmental Foundation Saad Ghaleb Yaseen has a PhD in Management Information Systems He is an associate Professor and head of the MIS Department in the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences as AlZaytoonah University of Jordan He had conducted over 40 specialized studies in many fields such as IT, IS, e Management and knowledge management He is a renowned expert in the management of IT projects and a professional academician in the Middle East 577 578 Index A abstract model interface 78, 79 accelerated simulation method (ASM) 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 151, 153, 154, 155, 156, 159, 162, 176 activity ratios 501, 502 adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) 359, 370, 373, 378 additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) 143, 44, 147, 150, 155, 156, 162, 173 adjacency preserving task 225, 226 Advanced Continuous Simulation Language (ACSL) 429 agent-based modeling 28, 29, 56, 57 aggregation relationships 515 agricultural production systems simulator (APSIM) 16, 20, 21, 25, 26 algorithm animation 234, 236, 237, 238, 240, 241, 244, 246, 248, 249, 250, 251 algorithm simulation 234, 235, 236, 237, 239, 243, 245, 246, 247, 249, 250, 251 algorithm simulation exercises 234, 236, 237 , 243, 245, 250, 251 algorithm visualization 234, 237, 238, 245, 249, 251 Analytica 24, 26 analytic model 93 ANOVA 110, 111, 113, 115, 116, 124, 137 AnyLogic 23, 24 AP2-Earth 513 application domain electives ARCS 511 area of influence 198 Arena 450 astrophysics 15, 16, 21 automatic assessment 236, 245, 249, 250, 251 AVL trees 236 AweSim 510 axon 338, 340, 357, 358 B B Activity 534 band-pass filters (BPF) 147, 162 base-level reification 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 206, 207, 208, 211, 228, 229 behavioural realism 253, 258, 282 binary search tree (BST) 236 bit error ratio (BER) 143, 144, 145, 146, 154, 155, 156, 161, 162, 173 blanked test 106 body of knowledge 13 Bologna Process, the 2, 12, 14 Bremermann’s Limit 41, 42 Bridge Analyzer Module 521, 522, 523, 530 Buffer object 289, 290, 291, 292, 297, 298, 299, 300, 308, 316 Building Information Modeling (BIM) 529, 534 business intelligence 360, 369, 371, 376, 378 butterfly effect 41 bypassable 220, 222, 223, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230 C C++ 75, 76, 78, 80, 81, 83 cable-stayed bridges 511, 530, 531 Copyright © 2010, IGI Global, distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of IGI Global is prohibited Index C Activity 534 Call of Duty 17, 24, 25, 26 cantilever carriage method 528 capstone 4, career tracks 4, cash flow 499 cast-in-place on falsework method 524, 526, 528 causal loop diagram (CLD) 487, 488, 489, 490, 492, 493, 495, 507 causally connected 192, 198, 206, 219, 221, 223, 228, 229, 230 causal structure 491 cell assembly theory 29 cellular automata 33, 57 center points addition 111 chaos 28, 32, 33, 34, 35, 56 chaos theory 34, 37 ChemLab 16, 18, 19, 25 ChemViz 16, 18, 19, 25 Church-Turing hypothesis 30 CIPROS 511 classical mechanics 30 closed-loop thinking 484 clouds 507 code division multiple access (CDMA) 144, 163 coding performance 159 coloured Petri nets (CPN) 180, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188 COMBI 511 commodity production cycle 485 common reference model 336 complex adaptive systems (CAS) 35, 36, 37, 57 complex programmable logic device (CPLD) 179 composability 318, 321, 322, 330, 336 computer science 4, 7, 8, 20 computer simulation 509, 511, 512, 514, 519, 529, 530, 531, 532, 533 computer simulation language 428 conceptual data types (CDT) 239, 242 conceptual model 58, 61, 63, 64, 65, 71, 72, 73, 74 conceptual modeling 324, 336 conceptual model validity 58 confidence interval 123, 125, 135, 139, 142 constraints and logic rules 444 continuous simulation 337, 342, 343, 345, 346, 355, 357, 358 continuous-valued simulation 422, 423, 441 CORBA 81, 84, 86, 87 core courses cosmic-ray shower (CRY) 16, 19, 25, 26 Cosmology 15, 16, 17, 21, 25 COUNTER 511 coupled model 79, 80, 81, 84, 88 CPDF 153, 163, 170, 174, 175, 176 credit risk 484, 506 critical path method (CPM) 514 CRUISER 513 Crystal Ball 24 CSD 513 curriculum design 1, customer delay (CD) 512 cybernetics 28, 33, 57 cyclic evaluation 72 cyclic operation 511 CYCLic Operation Network 511 CYCLONE 510, 511, 512, 531 D Daniel method 111 Darwinian evolution 30 data administration 336 data alignment 336 data management 336, 360 data mining 318, 337, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 370, 371, 372, 373, 375, 376, 377, 378 data transformation 336 data validity 58 data warehouse 362, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 373, 378 debt ratios 501, 503 DecisionScript 24 decision support simulation systems 318, 325, 326, 329, 332, 335 decision support system (DSS) 335, 359, 360, 366, 373, 378 decision variables 444 579 Index dendrite 338, 357, 358 Design Expert 123, 124 development process 58, 59, 60, 61, 68, 71, 72 DEVSJAVA 78, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 86 diagrammatic representations 487 directed network graphs (DNG) 222 direct manipulation 235, 237, 238, 239, 245, 250, 251 discrete channel model (DCM) 145, 146, 147, 150, 151, 156, 160, 163, 167, 168, 169 discrete event simulation (DES) 284, 285, 319, 337, 342, 343, 344, 345, 358, 364, 420, 422, 423, 443, 444, 445, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 469, 471, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 481, 483, 514, 530 discrete event system specification (DESS) 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88 disequilibrium dynamics 489 distillations 28 DTSS 75, 76, 78, 83 duality 180, 181 dynamic data structure 514, 530 dynamic hypothesises 490 dynamic testing 65, 74 dynamo 429 E Earthmoving operations 514 EarthMoving Simulation Program (EMSP) 514, 515, 516, 518, 520, 530 ecological systems 15, 16 Ecosim Pro 16, 20, 21, 25 EcosimPro Language (EL) 429 efficient simulation 160 electrical engineering El-Warrak Bridge 528, 529 emergence 29, 34, 37, 57 emergency care simulator (ECS) 17, 22, 25 empiricism 40, 63 580 Entity object 287, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 300, 301, 302, 303, 305, 308, 310, 314, 315, 316 EONreality 17, 23, 25 European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) 17 event-driven simulation 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 442 event validity 63 evolutionary interface 198, 202, 206, 207 evolutionary strategies 196, 198, 211, 215 experimental error 92, 96, 97, 98, 99, 102, 104, 110, 113, 117, 142 experimental-frame processor (ef-p) model 80, 82 experimental status 59 F face validity 63, 72 facility modeling 513 false-work system 524 Falsificationism 40, 44 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 17 federation object model (FOM) 77 feedback loops 489 field programmable gate array (FPGA) 178, 179, 187, 188, 189 finite state machine (FSM) 179 flexible manufacturing systems 230 flight training device (FTD) 17 flooding algorithms 418, 420, 430, 433, 435, 436, 439, 442 Flow Bottleneck / Constraint 483 flow logic 511 flows 485, 487, 488, 489, 490, 492, 499, 500 formalism 191, 202, 209, 213, 214, 215, 217, 233 forward error correction (FEC) 143, 144, 145, 149, 160, 163 free-choice WF-net 222, 224, 229, 230 full factorial design 111 full flight simulator (FFS) 17 FUNCTION 511 fundamental data types (FDT) 239, 240, 242 Index G Gaussian noise 143, 144, 153, 159, 161, 162 generalized stochastic Petri nets (GSPN) 193, 195, 196, 200, 206, 209 general purpose simulation (GPS) 510, 511, 529, 533 genus locii goodness-of-fit statistical test 446 GPSS/H 510, 530 graphical user interface (GUI) 380, 381, 382, 385, 386, 400, 417 H hard-decision decoding 160 HAVELSAN 16, 17, 18, 25 healthcare 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 460, 476, 478, 479, 482 healthcare systems 443, 446, 447 hierarchical simulation modeling (HSM) 511, 512, 533 high level architecture (HLA) 76, 77, 81, 82, 85, 86, 87 historical information 63, 68 homomorphic 34, 35 human patient simulator (HPS) 17, 22, 25 hybrid simulation 337, 346, 358 I IEEE 802.11 395, 396, 398, 399, 401, 409, 410, 411, 414, 415, 416, 417 importance sampling 144 incompleteness theorem 40 Industrial Dynamics 485, 506 INET framework 383, 384, 397 information feedback 485 information gathering 66, 67, 70 information modeling 65, 66, 68, 70 information systems 4, 7, 12 information theory 33, 36 information validity 61, 64 inheritance relationships 515 input parameter(s) 511 integratability 321, 335 integration 4, 5, 7, 10, 55, 67 intended applicability 59, 61, 74 intercession 192, 198 interdisciplinary 1, 8, 11 interoperability 318, 321, 322, 327, 328, 330, 331, 332, 335, 336 interpolating curve 99 intra-robot communication 283 introspection 192, 198, 202, 203, 204, 208, 224, 228 ITIM approach 96 K kinematic action 514 knowledge management 332, 360, 376, 378 L Lack of Fit test 116, 123, 127, 133, 136 Lag-SIPP 450 “lake of resources” termination 528 LAR-1-probabilistic (LAR-1P) 418, 420, 434, 436, 437, 439 Law of Requisite Variety 35, 37 LiftMagic 17, 23, 25 line of balance (LOB) 514 liquidity ratios 501, 502, 503 livelock 204 location-aided routing scheme (LAR-1) 418, 420, 434, 436, 437, 439 long term evolution (LTE) 144, 163 LOS 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 474, 475, 476 lower bound 129 Lyapunov exponent 33 M Machine object 287, 289, 293, 294, 296, 300, 301, 316 machine program 65, 74 management flight simulators 487 Management Science 479, 480, 481, 482 MANET 418, 427, 430, 435, 436, 441, 442 MANSim 418, 420, 430, 431, 433, 434, 435, 436, 439, 442 mathematical modelling 6, 10, 11 Matlab 16, 20, 25 Matrix 234, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 243, 245, 246 581 Index mean square pure error (MSPE) 92, 98, 99, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 111, 123, 127, 132, 142 message transfer 511, 517 meta-program 196, 198, 203, 205, 206, 207, 208, 215, 224, 225, 226, 227, 229, 230 Microworld 487 mission rehearsal exercise (MRE) 24, 25 M/M/s model 447, 450 mobile ad hoc network (MANET) 418 model accreditation 59 model-based data engineering 322, 328, 336 model boundary 488, 490, 491, 492 model curriculum 2, 3, 9, 11, 12 model development 5, 20, 58, 59, 60, 61, 66, 68, 70, 71 model development process 58, 60, 61, 71 Modelica (open-standard object-oriented language for modeling of complex physical systems) 429 modelling and simulation (M&S) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 model verification 28, 58, 61, 65, 68, 72 modular educational approach Monte Carlo method 24, 28 Monte Carlo simulation 92–142, 160 multiplier effect 36 multistage approach 58 multistage validation 63 MyBodyPart 17, 23, 25 objective functions 444 ObjectList 288, 289, 291, 297, 298, 299, 301, 308, 310, 311, 314, 315, 316 object-orientation 514, 515, 530 object-oriented modeling 514, 530, 534 object-oriented system (CIPROS) 511 OMNeT++ 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 388, 389, 390, 391, 395, 396, 397 OMPR 418, 420, 434, 436, 437, 439, 440 on-the-fly 207, 220, 223, 229 open dynamics engine (ODE) 16, 19, 25 operational validity 44, 58, 64 operations research 444, 479, 480, 482 OPNET 380, 381, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402, 403, 405, 408, 409, 410, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417 optimal multipoint relaying (OMPR) 420 Optsim 24 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) 145, 163 N P NAMD 16, 18, 19, 25 National Aviation Authorities (NAA) 17 National Science Foundation (NSF) 12, 23, 26 network interface card (NIC) 383, 386, 417 Network Simulator 439, 442 neuron 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 52, 355, 356, 357, 358 Newton’s philosophy 30 NIST Network Emulation Tool (NIST NET) 429 Noiseless (error-free) environment 435 parametric partition 195 patient waiting time 443, 464 paving processes 509, 511 Petri nets 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 184, 187, 188, 191, 192, 193, 195, 196, 203, 206, 207, 209, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 218, 219, 220, 222, 223, 224, 227, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233 Physics Education Technology (PhET) Project 16, 19, 25 Physics Simulator 16, 19, 25 PILOT 235, 248 582 Noisy (error-prone) environment 435 nonlinearity 32, 36, 57 non-linear phenomena 484 non-linear relationships 485 non-linear system 483 NORMAL 511 O Index pilot training 15, 16, 25 pipelining software production 282 place-invariants 230 Poisson distribution 446, 449, 452 Poisson processes 445, 446, 447, 450 polymorphism 514, 530 practicum precedence diagram method 514 predicate transition 214 predictive validation 63 probabilistic flooding 418, 420, 440 problem entity 61, 63, 64, 65, 74 process function 511 process model 450 process modeling 512, 513 process-oriented simulation 418, 423, 424, 25, 426, 427, 442 process-task level 512 procurement 509, 513, 530 product modeling 513 profitability ratios 502 programming logic 523 program modularity 65 Project CLEA 17, 21, 25 project management tools ProModel 450 proper termination 222 pure flooding 418, 420 pure quadratic curvature test 101, 117, 124, 127, 133 rationalism 63 reconfigurable nets 213 recycling at construction sites 513 recycling effect 36 reductionism 30, 31, 34 reflective chemical abstract machine (RCHAM) 213 reflective framework 198, 200, 202, 206, 207 reflective Petri nets 191, 192, 193, 196, 207, 209, 215, 218, 219, 220, 223, 227, 231, 233 reflective tower 192, 215 regression model 120, 121, 122, 124, 136 reification 192, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 211, 212, 219, 223, 224, 226, 227, 228, 229 reinforcing loop 492, 494 replication 510, 515, 516 resource-based modeling (RBM) 512 resource library 512, 513 response surface methodology 93, 107, 137, 141, 142 restart transitions 195 retraining programs 11 risk analysts 484 rockfill dam 518 r-processes 512 runtime infrastructure (RTI) 77 Q S quality assurance (QA) 378, 443, 445, 446, 447, 449, 450, 452, 453, 454, 455, 56, 457, 459, 460, 463 QUEUE 511 queue length (QL) 512 queue wait (QW) 512 queuing analytic theory 443, 478 queuing formulas 446, 447, 448, 450 queuing models 445, 447, 449, 451, 466 queuing theory 443, 444, 445, 477, 479, 48 0, 481, 482, 483 “Saint-Marguerite” river 518 scalable vector graphics (SVG) 241 scaled prediction variance 122 SD Model 486 SEASAM 16, 20, 21, 25 Segmental construction 519 self-modifying nets 213 server quantity (SQ) 512 server utilization (SU) 512 service oriented architecture (SOA) 83, 86 shared abstract model (SAM) 75, 76, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 88 shift-down action 192, 198, 200, 205, 206, 208, 219 R radio propagation channel 158, 159, 160, 165 random node distribution 431, 432 583 Index shift-up action 192, 198, 206, 219 SimApp 429 Simbad 16, 19, 25, 27 SimEarth 514, 518, 529, 530 SimMan 17, 22, 25 Simphony 513, 531 Simplified Discrete Event Simulation Approach (SDESA) 513 Simula8 450 simulation 509, 510, 511, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 521, 522, 523, 524, 526, 528, 529, 530, 531, 532, 533, 534 simulation experiments 66, 67 simulationist 2, 11, 42, 45, 49, 51, 52 simulation language 65, 425, 428, 429, 442 Simulation Language for Alternative Modeling (SLAM) 429 simulation model 5, 29, 43, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72 simulation object model (SOM) 77 simulation package 483 simulation tailoring 71 simulation validity 38, 39, 42, 44 simulator interface 507 simulators 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 484, 491, 499, 500, 503, 504, 505, 507 single frequency distributions 99 Sink object 289, 290, 291, 295, 301, 316 slab units 511 soft-decision decoding 144, 153, 160 software visualization 247, 248, 250, 251 soundness 218, 221, 222, 223, 230, 231 source object 289, 290, 292, 293, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 305, 310, 316 special purpose simulation (SPS) 510, 513, 529, 533 SpikeStream 337, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358 spike time dependent plasticity (STDP) 339, 345, 349, 358 static testing 65, 74 stationary independent period-by-period (SIPP) 449, 450, 456, 480 584 steady-state simulation 422, 427, 442 steady-state time period 449 STELLA 16, 20, 25 stereoscopic view 283 stochastic activity schedule 513 stochastic simulation 422, 442 stochastic well-formed net (SWN) 193, 195, 196, 200, 206, 209, 211, 212 stock and flows diagram 488, 490, 492 stocks 488, 489, 490, 492, 496, 498, 503, 507 stocks and flows 488, 496 stratified nets 213 STROBOSCOPE 510, 512, 523, 524, 531 sum squares error (SSE) 96, 97, 110, 111, 116 superposition 207 superset 226 symbolic marking (SM) 195, 196 symbolic reachability graph (SRG) 195 synapse 338, 339, 342, 344, 345, 347, 348, 349, 350, 352, 353, 357, 358 synchronicity loss 514 system dynamics 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 505, 506, 507, 508, 513 system dynamics methodology 484 system dynamics models 486 system-engineering principles for healthcare 444 systems thinking 484, 508 T tailoring 71, 72 target functions 92, 93, 96, 98, 99, 105, 106, 107, 108 TaskList 285, 287, 308, 312, 313, 314, 316 TeamBots 16, 19, 25, 26 terminating simulation 422, 431 Three Body Problem 30 three-phase simulation 514 Tomlinson, Cercas, Hughes (TCH) codes 143, 144, 145, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 163 trace-driven simulation 422, 427 transition firing 182, 184, 185, 187 Index U uncertainty 513, 514, 530 universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) 144, 163 univocal matrix 93 upper bound 129 utilitarian target 107, 108 V validation 10, 28, 29, 39, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73 valorisation 106 variability 443, 444, 445, 446, 448, 452, 454, 457, 458, 459, 462, 463, 464, 469, 470, 472, 476, 478, 482 variability field 98, 99, 108 variables, parameters and constants 444 verification 28, 29, 41, 53, 54, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 65, 66, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73 verification and validation triangle 58, 59, 68, 71, 72 Virtlab 16, 18, 25 virtual reality 15, 16, 17, 19, 25, 26, 252, 253, 254, 257, 281, 282 virtual world 487 visual algorithm simulation 234, 236, 237, 243, 249, 250, 251 visual debugging 234, 235 W waiting pools 181 warm-up period 95 waste generation rates 513 “What If” scenarios 484 wireless communication system (WCS) 143, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 156, 160, 161, 163, 167, 173 work breakdown structure 511 workflow management system (WMS) 218, 219, 220, 222, 230, 231 workflow verification 230 World of Warcraft 17, 24, 25, 26 WorldViz 25 Z Zeitgeist zero flight time (ZFT) 17 585 ... 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