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OC-MISS/SCS
The Society for Modeling and Simulation |
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Executive: |
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Director |
Dr. T.I. Ören |
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Co-Associate Director |
Dr. G. Wainer |
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Co-Associate Director & Secretary |
Dr. J.-M. Thizy |
http://www.admin.uottawa.ca/staff/thizy/h1.htm |
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Past Director |
Dr. L.G. Birta |
2003 July
Annual Report: 2002 July –
2003 July
Contents:
Research
Research projects and contract work:
Publications
- Books
- Articles
in journals
- Articles in conference proceedings: 2002,
2003
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Reviews
Refereeing
for journals
Conferences/seminars
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Participation in conference organization
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Talks in conferences and seminars
- OC-MISS seminars
Teaching of M&S Course
Student
Supervision
Visiting Scholars
Cooperation with other organizations
The
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To promote widespread and successful use of modeling and
simulation in the National Capital Region in such areas as: education,
business, engineering, science, social systems/governance (including
international relations, conflict management, peace support/assurance
operations), and several aspects of defense
requirements.
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To stimulate the development of modelling and simulation
companies in
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To enhance the educational opportunities in modelling and
simulation in the National Capital Region including graduate theses work,
academic courses, and professional training and seminars.
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To contribute to the advancement of the state-of-the-art of
modelling and simulation methodology, technology, and tools.
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To contribute to the development of modelling and simulation
as a professional discipline.
Activities by the members of the OC-MISS
(July 2002 – June 2004):
Research:
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DEVS formalism
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Cellular
models
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Modelling
and simulation methodologies and tools
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Parallel/distributed/Web-based
simulation
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Real-Time
modeling
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Interoperability
and HLA
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Reliability
in M&S
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M&S BoK
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Ethics
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Intelligent
agents
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Agent-directed
simulation
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Simulation
of human behavior
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Simulation
for computational social science
Research projects and contract work:
· A project for the Canadian Department of National
Defense is finalized by five members of the OC-MISS.
· "A methodology for developing Real-Time
controllers". IRIS emerging opportunies fund. PRECARN,
· "Advanced Laboratory for Real-Time
Simulation". New Opportunities Grant. Canadian Foundation for Innovation
and
Publications:
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"Methodologies
and tools for discrete-event simulation" (in Spanish). G. Wainer. Nueva Librería,
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"A distributed framework for simulation and
visualization of Cell-DEVS models". G. Wainer,
W. Chen. Accepted for publication in Transactions
of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International. 2003.
· "CD++: a toolkit to define discrete-event
models". G. Wainer. In Software,
Practice and Experience. Wiley. Vol. 32, No.3.
pp. 1261-1306. November 2002.
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Ören, T.I.
(2002 - Invited Plenary Paper). Ethics as a Basis for Sustainable Civilized Behavior for Humans and Software Agents. Acta Systemica, 2:1, 1-5.
(will also be published in the Proceedings of the InterSymp
2002 - The 14th International Conference on Systems Research, Informatics and
Cybernetics of the IIAS, July 29 - August 3,
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Ören, T.I.
(2002 - Invited Paper). SCS and Fifty Years of Progress, 50th anniversary
issue, Modeling and Simulation, 1:3 (July-September), 32-33
Articles in Conference Proceedings:
2002
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"A flow
injection model using Cell-DEVS".
A. Troccoli, J. Ameghino,
F. Ińón, G. Wainer. In Proceedings of the 35th IEEE/SCS Annual Simulation
Symposium.
· "Automatic verification of DEVS models". L. Morihama,
V. Pasuello, G. Wainer. In Proceedings of SISO Spring Interoperability
Workshop.
· Ören, T.I., Elzas, M.S., Smit,
· Ören, T.I. (2002). Rationale for a Code of Professional Ethics for Simulationists. Proceedings of the 2002 Summer Computer Simulation Conference.
· Ören, T.I. (2002 - Invited Paper). In Search of a Value System for Sustainable
Civilization: Ethics and Quality. Special Focus
Symposium (within InterSymp 2002) on: Cognitive,
Emotive and Ethical Aspects of Decision Making and Human Actions, August 1-2,
· Ören, T.I. (2002). Future of Modelling
and Simulation: Some Development Areas. Proceedings of
the 2002 Summer Computer Simulation Conference
· Ören, T.I. (2002 - Invited Plenary Paper).
Growing
Importance of Modelling and Simulation: Professional
and Ethical Implications. Proceedings of the Asian
Simulation Conference / the 5th International Conference on System Simulation
and Scientific Computing, Cheng, Zongji et al., eds.,
· "Implementing finite state machines using
CD++". T. Zheng, G. Wainer. Accepted for
publication in Proceedings of the 2003
Summer Computer Simulation Conference.
· "Models of complex systems using Cell-DEVS". J. Ameghino, E. Glinsky, G. Wainer. Accepted for publication in Proceedings of the 2003 Summer Computer
Simulation Conference.
· "Defining robot trajectories control using
cellular model approaches". K. Lam, G. Wainer. Accepted for publication in
Proceedings of the 2003 Summer Computer
Simulation Conference.
· "Implementing Finite Element Method models
using Cell-DEVS". H. Saadawi,
G. Wainer. Accepted for publication in Proceedings
of the 2003 Summer Computer Simulation Conference.
· "Cellular modeling of a sand pile
model". H. Saadawi, G. Wainer. Accepted for
publication in Proceedings of the 2003
Summer Computer Simulation Conference.
· "VR
visualization of 3D cellular models". W. Chen, G. Wainer. Accepted for
publication in Proceedings of the 2003
Summer Computer Simulation Conference.
· "Interfacing Real-Time DEVS
models with a DSP platform". L.Li,
T. Pearce, G. Wainer. In Proceedings of
the Industrial Simulation Symposium 2003.
· "Implementing
Parallel Cell-DEVS". A. Troccoli,
G. Wainer. In Proceedings of 36th
IEEE/SCS Annual Simulation Symposium.
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Birta, L. G. "The Quest
for the Modelling and Simulation Body of Knowledge", plenary address,
Sixth Conference on Computer Simulation and Industry Applications,
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Ören, T.I.
and Ghasem-Aghaee, N. (2003 - In Press). Personality Representations
Processable in Fuzzy Logic for Human Behavior
Simulation, Proceedings of the 2003 Summer Computer Simulation Conference,
Montreal, PQ, Canada, July 20-24, 2003.
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Ghasem-Aghaee, N. and Ören, T.I. (2003 - In Press). Towards Fuzzy Agents with
Dynamic Personality for Human Behavior Simulation,
Proceedings of the 2003 Summer Computer Simulation Conference, Montreal, PQ,
Canada, July 20-24, 2003.
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Yilmaz, L. and Ören, T.I. (2003 - Accepted). Towards Simulation-Based
Problem Solving Environments for Conflict Management in Computational Social
Science, Proceedings of Agent 2003- The Agent 2003 Conference on Challenges in
Social Simulation,
Reviews:
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Ören, T.I.
(2002). Review of the article: "Introducing X-machine models to verify PLC
ladder diagrams" by Colin Chambers, Mike Holcombe, and Judith Barnard.
Computers in Industry 45(3): 277-290, 2001. ACM
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Ören, T.I.
(2003). Review of the article: "Automatic Simulation Model Generation for
Simulation-based, Real-time Shop Floor Control" by Young Jun Son and Richard
A. Wysk, Computers in Industry 45 (3): 291-308, Jan 2001. ACM
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Ören, T.I.
(2003 - Submitted). Review of the article: "Incremental Requirement
Specification for Evolving Systems" by Jonsson
B., Margaria T., Naeser G.,
Nyström J., Steffen B.,
Nordic Journal of Computing 8(1): 65-87, 2001. ACM
Refereeing for Journals
Total: 11 (GW, LGB, and TIÖ)
Conferences/seminars
- Participation
in conference organization (details in http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~oren/confs_2000s.htm and in http://www.sce.carleton.ca/faculty/wainer.html
2002 (total: 3), 2003 (total: 14), 2004 (total: 7)
- Talks in conferences and seminars
(details in http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~oren/confs_2000s.htm and in http://www.sce.carleton.ca/faculty/wainer.html
2002 (total: 8), 2003 (total: 8)
- OC-MISS seminars
· 2003 June 1, by Prof. B.P. Zeigler: Unifying Discrete and Continuous Simulation with Discrete Events: DEVS as the Next Modeling Standard
Seminar jointly organized by OC-MISS and SISO (Simulation Interoperability Standards
Organization)
Teaching of M&S Course (GW)
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94.587.
Methodological aspects on modelling and simulation
(2002F/2003F).
Student Supervision PhD
(total: 3 (GW)), M.Sc.
(total: 9: 6 (GW) + 3 (Trevor Pearce))
(details in: http://www.sce.carleton.ca/faculty/wainer.html
and http://www.sce.carleton.ca/faculty/pearce/pearce_stu.shtml)
Visiting Scholars
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Xavier
Susini (École Polytechnique de Marseille). June-July
2002. Host (GW)
Research
topic: visualization of ATLAS traffic simulations.
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Nimei Mac-Wing (École Polytechnique de Marseille). June-July 2002.
Host (GW)
Research
topic: 3D visualization of Cell-DEVS models.
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Dr. Nasser
Ghaesem-Aghaee (Visiting professor) (
Research
ropics: Intelligent agents, fuzzy agents,
agent-directed simulation, human behavior simulation
Cooperation with other organizations
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Support of the proposal to
Science and
Modeling, Simulation and Stochastic Fusion Technologies for
Subsurface Groundwater Characterization, Management, and Control
(A proposed NSF Project lead by Dr. B.P. Zeigler, ECE, UofA)
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SISO (Simulation
Interoperability Standards Organization)
Trevor Pearce is the Standardization Activities Chair
Dr.