in collaboration with
ACM/SIGSIM
April 14 - 17, 2008
Crowne Plaza Ottawa
Hotel
Ottawa,
Canada
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General Chair
Dr. Hassan Rajaei
Bowling Green State University, USA
Vice General Chair
Gabriel A. Wainer
Carleton University,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Program Chair
Michael J. Chinni
US ARMY -
RDECOM - ARDEC
Tutorials Chair
Prof. Axel Lehmann
Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen
Poster Chair
Abdolreza Abhari
Ryerson University, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
Awards Chair
Dr.
Maurice J. Ades
Westinghouse Savannah River Company, USA
Exhibits &
Publicity Chair
David Long
SAGETEA Group
Sponsored by
The Society for Modeling and Simulation International
P.O. Box 17900
San Diego, CA 92177-7900
Tel: 858-277-3888
Fax: 858-277-3930
E-mail: scs@scs.org
http://www.scs.org
in collaboration with
ACM/SIGSIM
Spring Simulation Multiconference 2008 (SpringSim'08)
41st Annual Simulation Symposium
Final Program
General Chair:
Taieb Znati,
University of Pittsburgh
Program Chair:
Helen Karatza,
Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki
Program-at-a-Glance
- ANSS Symposium Keynote
- Session 1: Network Modeling and Simulation I
- Session 2: Network Modeling and Simulation II
- Session 3: Simulation Languages, Tools and Environments
- Session 4: Performance Modeling
- Session 5: Dependability Simulation
- Session 6: Distributed Systems and Network Modeling and Simulation I
- Session 7: Advances in Simulation Methodology and Practices - Distributed Simulation
- Session 8: Parallel and Distributed Simulation
- Session 9: Advances in Simulation Methodology and Practices
- Session 10: Distributed Systems and Network Modeling and Simulation II
- Monday, April 14, 8:30 - 10:00:
SpringSim Keynote Address
- Monday, April 14, 10:30 - 12:00:
ANSS Keynote Address
- Service and Utility Oriented Distributed Computing Systems:
Challenges and Opportunities for Modeling and Simulation Communities;
Dr. Rajkumar Buyya, The University of Melbourne, Australia
- Service and Utility Oriented Distributed Computing Systems:
Challenges and Opportunities for Modeling and Simulation Communities;
Dr. Rajkumar Buyya, The University of Melbourne, Australia
- Monday, April 14, 1:30 - 3:00:
Session 1:
Network Modeling and Simulation I
Session Chair: Robert Simon, George Mason University, USA- Prototyping and Analysis of an Ontology-Based Personalized
Web Service Architecture
- Chatree Sangpachatanarukk and Taieb F. Znati, University of Pittsburgh, USA
- Cross-Layer Response Surface Methodology Applied to Wireless Mesh
Network VoIP Call Capacity
- Vineet Kulkarni and Michael Devetsikiotis, NC State University, USA
- TRAILS, a Toolkit for Efficient, Realistic and Evolving Models of
Mobility, Faults and Obstacles in Wireless Networks
- Ioannis Chatzigiannakis, Athanasios Kinalis, Georgios Mylonas,
Sotiris Nikoletseas, Grigorios Prasinos, Christos Zaroliagis,
University of Patras and CTI, Greece
- Ioannis Chatzigiannakis, Athanasios Kinalis, Georgios Mylonas,
Sotiris Nikoletseas, Grigorios Prasinos, Christos Zaroliagis,
University of Patras and CTI, Greece
- Prototyping and Analysis of an Ontology-Based Personalized
Web Service Architecture
- Monday, April 14, 3:30 - 5:30:
Session 2:
Network Modeling and Simulation II
Session Chair: Helen Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece- SCAR - Scattering, Concealing and Recovering Data within a
DHT
- Bryan N. Mills and Taieb F. Znati, University of Pittsburgh, USA
- A Simulation Study of Common Mobility Models for Opportunistic
Networks
- Muhammad Abdulla and Robert Simon, George Mason University, USA
- Simulation of Buffer Management Policies in Networks for Grids
- Agustin Caminero, Blanca Caminero, Carmen Carrion; Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Spain
- Anthony Sulistio, Rajkumar Buyya; The University of Melbourne, Australia
- An Efficient Approach for Location Updating in Mobile Ad-Hoc
Networks
- Sanjay K. Dhurandher, Namit Nangia, Nitin Bhardwaj, Pankai Goyal, Sumit Aggarwal; Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, University of Delhi, India
- Sudip Misra; Yale University, USA
- Mohammad S. Obaidat; Monmouth University, USA
- SCAR - Scattering, Concealing and Recovering Data within a
DHT
- Tuesday, April 15, 8:30 - 10:00:
Session 3: Simulation Languages, Tools, and Environments
Session Chair: Johannes Lessmann, University of Paderborn, Germany- A primer for real-time simulation of large-scale networks
- Jason Liu, Florida International University, USA
- Executable Protocol Models as a Requirements Engineering Tool
- Ashley McNeile; Metamaxim Ltd, London
- Ella Roubtsova; Open University of The Netherlands, The Netherlands
- CODES: An Integrated Approach to Composable Modeling and
Simulation
- Yong Meng Teo and Claudia Szabo, National University of
Singapore, Singapore
- Yong Meng Teo and Claudia Szabo, National University of
Singapore, Singapore
- A primer for real-time simulation of large-scale networks
- Tuesday, April 15, 10:30 - 12:30:
Session 4: Performance
Modeling
Session Chair: Session Chair: Yong Meng Teo, National University of Singapore, Singapore- Fast Computation of Hyper-exponential Approximations of the
Response Time Distribution of MMPP/M/1 Queues
- Paolo Romano, Bruno Ciciani, Andrea Santoro, Francesco Quaglia, Sapienza Universita di Roma, Italy
- Beyond the Model of Persistent TCP Flows: Open-Loop vs
Closed-Loop Arrivals of Non-Persistent Flows
- Ravi S. Prasad and Constantine Dovrolis, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
- An analytical model and performance evaluation of transport
protocols for wireless ad-hoc networks
- Sirisha Medidi, Jin Ding, Ghayathri Garudapuram, Jiong Wang, and Muralidhar Medidi; Washington State University, Pullman, USA
- Using black-box modeling techniques for modern disk drives
service time simulation
- Jose Daniel Garcia, Laura Prada, Javier Fernandez,
Alberto Nuñez and Jesús Carretero; University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain
- Jose Daniel Garcia, Laura Prada, Javier Fernandez,
Alberto Nuñez and Jesús Carretero; University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain
- Fast Computation of Hyper-exponential Approximations of the
Response Time Distribution of MMPP/M/1 Queues
- Tuesday, April 15, 1:30 - 3:00:
Session 5: Dependability
Simulation
Session Chair: Helen Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece- Automatic Mutation Testing and Simulation on OWL-S Specified Web
Services
- Shufang Lee, Xiaoying Bai, Tsinghua University, China, Yinong Chen, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA
- Resource Allocation Strategies in a 2-level Hierarchical Grid
System
- S. Zikos and H.D. Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- SOA Simulation and Verification by Event-driven Policy
Enforcement
- W. T. Tsai, Xinyu Zhou, Yinong Chen, Arizona State
University, Tempe, USA
- W. T. Tsai, Xinyu Zhou, Yinong Chen, Arizona State
University, Tempe, USA
- Automatic Mutation Testing and Simulation on OWL-S Specified Web
Services
- Tuesday, April 15, 3:30 - 5:00:
Session 6: Distributed Systems and Network Modeling and Simulation I
Session Chair: Helen Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece- New Techniques for Modelling File Data Distribution on Storage
Nodes
- Alberto Núñez, Javier Fernandez, Jose Daniel Garcia, Laura Prada and Jesús Carretero; Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
- Derivation of Fault Tolerance Measures of Self-Stabilizing
Algorithms by Simulation
- Nils Müllner, Abhishek Dhama, Oliver Theel, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany
- An Efficient Weighted-Round-Robin Algorithm for Multiprocessor
Architectures
- Soren Sonntag and Helmut Reinig, Infineon Technologies,
Munich, Germany
- Soren Sonntag and Helmut Reinig, Infineon Technologies,
Munich, Germany
- New Techniques for Modelling File Data Distribution on Storage
Nodes
- Wednesday, April 16, 8:30 - 10:00:
Session 7: Advances in Simulation Methodology and Practices - Distributed
Simulation
Session Chair: Angelo Furfaro, University of Calabria, Italy- A Conceptual Modeling Method for Critical Infrastructure Modeling
- John Sokolowski, Charles Turnitsa, Saikou Diallo; Virginia Modeling Analysis and Simulation Center, Old Dominion University, USA
- Towards Peer-to-Peer Based Distributed Simulation on Grid
Infrastructure
- Azzedine Boukerche, Ming Zhang, University of Ottawa, Canada
- The Use of Device Simulation in Development of USB Storage
Devices
- R. Brian Anderson, Mike Borowczak, Philip A. Wilsey, Clifton
Labs, USA
- R. Brian Anderson, Mike Borowczak, Philip A. Wilsey, Clifton
Labs, USA
- A Conceptual Modeling Method for Critical Infrastructure Modeling
- Wednesday, April 16, 10:30 - 12:30:
Session 8:
Parallel and Distributed Simulation
Session Chair: Yinong Chen, Arizona State University, USA- Actor-based Simulation of PDEVS Systems over HLA
- F. Cicirelli, A. Furfaro, L. Nigro, University of Calabria, Italy
- Logical Process-based Sequential Simulation Cloning
- Patrick Peschlow, Martin Geuer, Peter Martini, University of Bonn, Germany
- Tuning a Distributed Simulator Using an Evolutionary Algorithm
- Donald O. Hamnes, Saint Cloud State University, USA
- State Causality Analysis of Conservative Parallel Network
Simulation
- Siming Lin, Xueqi Cheng, Jianming Lv; Institute of Computing
Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
- Siming Lin, Xueqi Cheng, Jianming Lv; Institute of Computing
Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
- Actor-based Simulation of PDEVS Systems over HLA
- Wednesday, April 16, 1:30 - 3:00:
Session 9: Advances in Simulation Methodology and Practices
Session Chair: Philip A. Wilsey, Clifton Labs, USA- A Collaborative Service-Oriented Simulation Framework with
Microsoft Robot Studio
- W. T. Tsai, Qian Huang, Xin Sun, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA
- Dynamic Structure DEVS: Improving the Real-Time Embedded Systems
Simulation and Design
- Hui Shang and Gabriel A. Wainer, Carleton University, Canada
- Modeling and Analysis of Real-life Job Shop Scheduling Problems
by Petri nets
- Hehua Zhang, MingGu; Tsinghua University, China & Key Laboratory for Information System Security, Ministry of Education of China
- Xiaoyu Song; Portland State University, USA
- A Collaborative Service-Oriented Simulation Framework with
Microsoft Robot Studio
- Wednesday, April 16, 3:30 - 5:00:
Session 10: Distributed Systems and Network Modeling and Simulation II
Session Chair: Gabriel A. Wainer, Carleton University, Canada- A Novel Optimized Caching Technique for Mobile Gnutella based
Network to Support Large-Scale Collaborative Virtual Environment
- Azzedine Boukerche and Anis Zarrad, University of Ottawa, Canada
- Regina Borges Araujo, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil
- An Integrated Node Behavior Model for Office Scenarios
- Johannes Lessmann and Sascha Lutters, University of Paderborn, Germany
- A Multi-Level Fidelity-Preserving Bandwidth-Limited Worm
Simulation Model and Its Application
- Yuewu Wang, Jiwu Jing, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Peng Liu, Xiaoqi Jia, Pennsylvania State University, USA
- A Novel Optimized Caching Technique for Mobile Gnutella based
Network to Support Large-Scale Collaborative Virtual Environment
