ESM2003,
9-11 June 2003
List of Accepted papers
Conference Schedule, Programme, photos
KN-1: Function Approximation by Random Neural Networks with a Bounded Number of Layers
Erol Gelenbe, Zhi-Hong Mao and Yan-Da Li.......... 5
KN-2: Fast Learning Neural Nets with Adaptive Learning Styles (invited)
D Palmer-Brown, Sin Wee Lee, Jon Tepper and Chris Roadknight.......... 118
KN-3: Queueing Models for Mobile systems
Khalid
Al-Begain
KN-4: Some Reminiscences on The History of Hardware and Software for Simulation 1963-2003
Richard N Zobel.......... 34
AI-1: An Improved Self-Tuning Mechanism of Fuzzy Control by Gradient Descent Method
Ahcene Habbi and Mimoun Zelmat.......... 43
AI-2: Inducing Parameters of a Decision Tree for Expert System Shell McESE by Genetic Algorithm
Ivan Bruha and F. Franek.......... 48
AI-3: SOMA applied to Optimum Work Roll Profile Selection in the hot rolling of wide steel
Lars Nolle and Ivan Zelinka.......... 53
AI-4: On Some Properties of Artificial Foraging Ant Communities
Juan de Lara and Manuel Alfonseca.......... 59
AI-5: Modelling Agents with UML, an Example in Building Security Evaluation
Juan de Lara.......... 65
AI-6: Face Detection in Grey Images using Orientation Matching
Linlin Shen and Li Bai.......... 71
AI-7: Adaptive optimistic Synchronization for Multi-Agent Simulation
Michael Lees, Brian Logan and Georgios Theodoropoulos.......... 77
AI-8: On-Line Design of Robost Fuzzy-Logic Control Systems by Multi-Objective Evolutionary Methods
P. Stewart, D. Stone and P. Fleming.......... 83
AI-9: Factorized Distribution Algorithms: Selection without Selected Population
Robert Santana.......... 91
AI-10: A Markov network based Factorized Distribution Algorithm for Optimization
Robert Santana.......... 98
AI-11: Conflict Resolution by Random Estimated Costs
Roman Belavkin.......... 105
AI-12: Modelling Traffic Navigation Network With A Multi-Agent Platform
Thierry Huet, Taha Osman and Cyril Ray.......... 110
AI-14: Improving Artificial Neural Network Performance by using Temporal-Spectral Features for Agricultural Crop Classification
Carlos Antonio Oliveira Vieira, Paul Mather and Paul Aplin.......... 124
AI-15: Preliminary Artificial Neural Network Analysis Of Seldi Mass Spectrometry Data For The Classification Of Melanoma Tissue
Lee J Lancashire, Shahid Mian, Robert C Rees and Graham R Ball.......... 131
AI-16: Computer Mediated Communication and organisation Culture: An Agent-Based Simulation Model
Enrique Canessa and Rick Riolo.......... 136
AI-17: Novel Neural Network Methods For Describing Attributes Contained Within Lesions Images
S.G.Andrews.......... 142
AI-18: A Multiscale Method for Automated Inpainting
R.J.Cant and C.S.Langensiepen.......... 148
AI-19: Intelligent System Design for Knowledge Structure Models from Observed Data
Vladimir Stepashko and Tatiana Zvorygi ..603
AI-20: A Formel Language for Software Reuse
Zina Houhamdi.......... 154
AS-1: A Preconditioning method for Stochastic Automata Networks
Abderezak Touzene.......... 163
AS-2: Hierarchical Stochastic Activity Networks
M. Abdollahi Azgomi, Ali Movaghar.......... 169
AS-3: An Mx/G/1 Retrial Queue With Unreliable Server and Vacations
Amar Aissani.......... 174
AS-4: Exponentially Fast Monte Carlo Simulations for Non-Equilibrium Systems
Andriy Bandrivskyy, S. Beri, D. Luchinsky, R. Mannella and P. McClintock.......... 180
AS-5: Simulation Methodology For Assessing Mxran Architecture Performance
Anja Wiedemann, Peter Schefczik, Georgios
Nikolaidis.......... 186
AS-6: A Characterization Of Product-Form Stationary Distributions For Queueing Systems In Random Environment
Antonis Economou.......... 193
AS-7: Spectral Efficiency Of MQAM Using Diversity Techniques
D. Alnsour, M. Al-Akaidi.......... 199
AS-8: Performance Of A Crossbar Network Using Markov Chains
D. Benazzouz, A. Farah.......... 205
AS-9: MINSimulate A Multistage Interconnection Network Simulator
Dietmar Tutsch and Marcus Brenner .......... 211
AS-10: Economic Reliability Forecasting in an Uncertain World
Ed Stocker and Joanne Bechta Dugan.......... 217
AS-11: A Monte Carlo Dispersion Analysis Of A Rocket Flight Simulation Software
F. Saghafi and M. Khalilidelshad.......... 222
AS-12: Interconnection Between Transmission Power and TCP Throughput Fairness in Wireless CDMA Networks
Laura Galluccio, A. Leonardi and G. Morabito.......... 229
AS-13: Transient Analysis of a Markov Modulated Fluid Queue with Linear Service Rate
L. Rabehasaina and B. Sericola.......... 234
AS-14: Stationary Analysis of Tandem Fluid Queues FED by Homogeneous on-off Sources
N. Barbot and B. Sericola.......... 239
AS-15: Product Form Over on-off Components in PEPA
Nigel Thomas.......... 245
AS-16: Approximate Solution of a class of Queuing Networks with Breakdowns
Nigel Thomas, D. Thornley and H. Zatschler.......... 251
AS-17: Functional Modelling and Performance Evaluation for two Class Diffserv Router using Stochastic Process Algebra
Abdelmalek Benzekri and Osman Salem.......... 257
AS-18: Impatient Service in a G-Network
P Bocharov, C. AApice and B. DAuria.......... 263
AS-19: Study of Neighbourhood Search Operators for Unitation Functions
Roberto Santana.......... 272
AS-20: Random Summation and its Application to the Performance Modelling of Computer Systems
S. Frenkel.......... 278
AS-21: Refined TCP Performance Evaluation with Simple Modelling
Sophie Fortin-Parisi and Bruno Sericola.......... 284
AS-22: A Generalized Markovian Queue to model an Optical Packet Switching Multiplexer
Ram Chakka, Tien Van Do and Zsolt Pand.......... 290i
AS-23: Comparative Performance Evaluation of E-Commerce Technologies: A TPC-W-Based benchmarking Tool
Yussuf Abu Shaaban and Jane Hillston.......... 296
AS-24: Performance Modelling of Differential Services in 3G Mobile Networks
Irfan Awan and Khalid Al-Begain.......... 302
BIOLOGY & MEDICINE
BM-1: Forming Of Controlled Living Microenvironments
Alexander A. Amelkin.......... 311
BM-2: Biomechanical Simulation Of Human Lifting
B. Colobert, F. Multon, A. Cretual and P. Delamarche.......... 318
BM-3: Kinematic Simulation Of Handball Throwing
L. Fradet, R. Kulpa, B. Bideau, F. Multon and P. Delamarche.......... 323
BM-4: Stochastic And Strain-Weighted Simulations Of Cancellous Bone Remodelling: Simulation Rules And Parameters
G Sisias, C Dobson, R Phillips, M Fagan and C Langton.......... 329
BM-5: Modelling Populations Of Prokaryotic Cells: The N-Layered M-Rdg Approximation
G. Chliveros, M.A. Rodrigues and D.Cooper.......... 338
BM-6: Visualising Speciation in Models of Cichlid Fish
Ross Clement.......... 344
BM-7: Qualitative-Quantitative Analysis of the Water Flooding of Nature Park
eljko Jagnjić, Zdenko Tadić and Franjo Jović.......... 349
BM-8: Interactive Spline Modelling of Human Organs for Surgical Simulators
R.J. Tait, G. Schaefer, U. Kόhnapfe and H.K. Ηakmak.......... 355
HP-1: Designing a Distributed JVM on a Cluster
John Zigman and Ramesh Sankaranarayana.......... 363
HP-2: Load Balancing by Domain Decomposition: The Bounded Neighbours Approach
F. Baiardi, A. Bonotti, L. Ferrucci, L. Ricci and P. Mori.......... 371
HP-3: A Novel Redundant Data Update Algorithm for Fault-Tolerant Server-less Video-on-Demand Systems
T.K. Ho and Jack Y.B. Lee.......... 378
HP-4: Bandwidth Management in a Centralized Large Scale Dissemination Network - A Simulation Study
K. Zerfiridis and H. Karatza.......... 385
HP-5: Flow Control in Optimistic Simulation
Luiza Solomon and Carl Tropper.........
HP-6: A Theoretical Framework for Modelling and Simulating Security Protocols
Frantz Iwu and Richard Zobel.......... 391
HP-7: A Time Slicing Approach to External Workload Management on BSP Time Warp
Malcolm Yoke Hean Low.......... 397
HP-8: Central Issues and Classifications of Location Management Techniques in Wireless and Mobile Computing Systems
Seung-Yun Kim and Waleed W. Smari.......... 404
HP-9: Real Time Systems for Urban Modelling
C. Swift, K. Leinemann and G. Schaefer.......... 411
HP-10: Client Side Simulation Tool JSSim
Jaroslav Sklenar.......... 417
HP-11: Prediction of Link Travel Times in the Context of Nottinghams Urban Road Network
Joanna K. Hartley.......... 423
HP-12: Tcp/Ip Connection
Management Using A Real-Time Development Tool
Ann
Gray, R. Whitelock, E. Peytchev And D. Al-Dabass
.636
HP-13: Case Study Of 100%
Test Coverage
J.C.
Simner, J. Conway, T. Osman And D. Al-Dabass
.628
HP-14: CGI Control Of
Remote Telecommunication Equipment
J.C. Simner,
S. Beck, M. Wuwer, T. Osman And D. Al-Dabass
..618
HP-15: 3rd Generation Technologies In Wireless Communication (invited)
Marwan Al-Akaidi
Performance Evaluation of Priority based Schedulers in the Internet
Lassaad Essafi and Gunter Bolch.......... 25
OR-1:
Towards Composable Simulation: Supporting the Design of Engine Assembly
Lines
Andrew Winnell and John Ladbrook .......... 431
OR-2:
Applying New Technologies to Automate and Support
Complex Simulation Models for Oil Distribution in Brazil
Guilherme Jϊlio Barbosa and C. Limoeiro.......... 437
OR-3:
On the Simulation of Queues with Pareto Service
P. Argibay-Losada, A. Suarez-Gonzalez, C. Lopez-Garcia, R.
Rodriguez-Rubio, J. Lopez-Ardao and D. Teujeiro-Ruiz.......... 442
OR-4:
Modelling Human Decision-Making
Stewart Robinson.......... 448
OR-5:
A Simulation Model for Aircraft Maintenance in an
Uncertain Operational Environment
Ville Mattila, Kai Virtanen and Tuomas Raivio.......... 456
OR-6:
Verification Model Structures for Digital Systems
Design
Sergey Frenkel.......... 462
OR-7: Accelarating Joint design: simulation building blocks and process support
Edwin C.Valentin, JAco H. Appelman and Marielle den Hengst-Bruggeling ..644
OR-8:
Visualizing the Creation of Dynamic Systems
Simulations
Ryszard Tolwinski.......... 469
OR-9:
Towards Collaborative Simulation Modelling: Improving
Human-to-Human Interaction through Groupware
Simon J E Taylor, Stewart Robinson and John Ladbrook.......... 474
CS-1:
Modelling of the Knowledge Dynamics of Students or
Employees
A P Sviridov.......... 485
CS-2:
Integrated Resource Scheduling and Simulation for
Dynamic Logistic Management
Roberto Mosca, Agostino Bruzzone and Alessandra Orsoni.......... 491
CS-3:
A Method for Generating Structurally Aligned Grids
using A Level Set Approach
Alireza Sheikholeslami, Clements Heitzinger and Siegfried
Selberherr.......... 496
CS-4:
Performance Prototyping - Generating and Simulating a
Distributed IT System from UML Models
Andreas Hennig, Anja Hentschel and James Tyck.......... 502
CS-5:
From UML to Performance Measures Simulative
Performance Predictions of IT Systems using the Jboss Application Server with
OMNET++
Andreas Hennig,, Dean Revill and Michael Ponitsch.......... 509
CS-6:
Meta-Modelling of Data Flow Processes with ATOM 3
Andriy Levytskyy and Eugene J.H. Kerckhoffs.......... 514
CS-7:
System Dynamic Simulating Modelling of Driving System
"Anchor Windlass Driven by Asynchronous Motor" (BSVAM)
Ante Munitic, Mario Orsulic, Maja Krcum and Josko Dvornik.......... 520
CS-8:
Modelling and Discrete-Event Simulation of Complex
Systems using Rainbow
Angelo Furfaro, Libero Nigro and Francesco Pupo.......... 526
CS-9:
Simulation of Self-Organizing Structures using
Neuro-Mechanical Networks
Magnus Sethson, Petter Krus and Matts Karlsson.......... 532
CS-10:
Rapid Prototyping of Human Interface Technologies
using Simulation
Maria F. Grabovac, David A. Craven and James W. Meehan.......... 538
CS-11:
Digital Audio Watermarking: Survey
Mikdam A. T. Alsalami and Marwan M. Al-Akaidi.......... 543
CS-12:
An Audio Separation System Based on the Neural Ica
Method
Michal Brαt and Miroslav norek.......... 557
CS-13:
Simulation Modelling of UML Software Architectures
S. Balsamo and M. Marzolla.......... 562
CS-14:
Metamodels for Real-Time Control: an Automotive
Design Study
Paul Stewart and P J Fleming.......... 568
CS-15:
Sensor Information Fusion for the needs of Fault
Diagnosis in Marine Diesel Engine Propulsion Plant
Radovan Antonic, Zoran Vukic and Ante Munitic.......... 574
CS-16:
Deriving a Hybrid Algorithm to Solve Heat Flow
Problems
S.Berry and V.Lowndes.......... 581
CS-17: Designing a Constant Work in Progress Production Control System
S.Berry and V.Lowndes.......... 585
CS-18:
Fuzzy Modelling Applied to Jobshop Scheduling
V. Lowndes, J. M. Carter, M. H. Wu And S.Berry.......... 589
CS-19: Dime-II: A Computing Framework For Traffic Systems
Mohamed Khalil And Evtim
Peytchev
TU-1: The Modelling, Evaluation and Specification Language, version 2: MOSEL2
TU-2: