Advancing the Frontiers of Simulation : A Festschrift in Honor of George Samuel Fishman

edited by Christos Alexopoulos, David Goldsman, James R. Wilson

This Festschrift honors George Samuel Fishman, one of the founders of the field of computer simulation and a leader in the disciplines of operations research and management science for the past five decades. The papers in this volume span the theory, methodology, and application of computer simulation. Renowned researcher, teacher, mentor, and author, Fishman has made fundamental contributions to both the theory and practice of simulation, the dissemination of knowledge, service to the profession, and the advancement of the status of the field. Among his many honors and awards are the Distinguished Service Award from TIMS/College on Simulation, the Frederick W. Lanchester Prize from INFORMS, and the INFORMS Simulation Society's Lifetime Professional Achievement Award. Individual papers in this volume include a biography and then an interview with Fishman, Computer Intensive Statistical Model Building, Patchwork Distributions, Asymptotic Validity of Batch Means Steady-State Confidence Intervals, Efficient Modeling of Delays in Discrete-Event Simulation, Sampling from Linear Multivariate Densities, Factor Screening in Simulation Experiments, and many others that all honor the achievements, influence, and friendship of George Samuel Fishman.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Alexopoulos, Christos
Other Persons:	Goldsman, David (contributor) ; Wilson, James R. (contributor)
Publisher:	Boston, MA : Springer-Verlag US
Subject:	George S. Fishman \| Simulation \| Theorie \| Theory \| Optimierung \| Entscheidungstheorie
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [external.dandelon.com] ; Description [zbmath.org]

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Extent:	Online-Ressource v.: digital
Series:	International Series in Operations Research & Management Science ; 133
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Preface; Contents; Contributors; George Fishman's Professional Career; Christos Alexopoulos, David Goldsman, and James R. Wilson; 1 A Brief Biography; 2 Contributions to Computer Simulation; 2.1 Contributions to Research; 2.2 Dissemination of Knowledge and Advancement of the Field; 2.3 Development of Software; 3 George's Academic Family Tree; 4 Recapitulation; References; A Conversation with George Fishman; Christos Alexopoulos, David Goldsman, and James R. Wilson; 1 Education and Early Career; 2 Academic Career; 3 Life After Being Department Chair 4 The Future of Simulation and Operations ResearchComputer Intensive Statistical Model Building; Russell Cheng; 1 Introduction; 2 The Linear Model; 3 Methods for Selecting the Best Model; 3.1 "Min Cp" and "Unbiased Min p" Selection Methods; 3.2 Dimensionality Problem; 4 Bootstrap Analysis; 4.1 Bootstrap Samples; 4.2 Bootstrap Generation of a Set of Promising Models; 4.3 Bootstrap Quality Assessment of Selected Best Model; 5 Numerical Examples; 5.1 Epoxide Bond Example; 5.2 Bank Data Example; 6 Conclusions; References; Patchwork Distributions Soumyadip Ghosh and Shane G. Henderson1 Introduction; 2 Patchwork Distributions; 3 Modeling Power; 4 Modeling Effort: Theoretical Results; 5 Modeling Effort: Computational Results; 6 Conclusions; References; Asymptotic Validity of Batch Means Steady-State Confidence Intervals; Peter W. Glynn and Eunji Lim; 1 Introduction; 2 Validity Based on a FCLT Hypothesis; 3 Validity Based on a CLT Hypothesis: Reductionto the Stationary Setting; 4 Validity Based on a CLT Hypothesis: The Main Result; 5 Validity Based on a CLT Hypothesis: Specializing the Results to the Regenerative Setting ReferencesEfficient Modeling of Delays in Discrete-Event Simulation; James O. Henriksen; 1 Introduction; 2 The Four Forms of Delays; 2.1 Scheduled Delays; 2.2 State-Based Delays; 2.3 Compound Delays; 2.4 User-Managed Delays; 3 Demands Imposed by World-View and Simulation Tool Architecture; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Event-Scheduling World-View; 3.3 The Transaction-Flow World-View; 3.4 The SLX World-View; 3.5 Ramifications of World-Views; 4 Demands Imposed by Application Characteristics and Modeling Style; 5 Modeling Time-Based Delays; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 History 5.3 Required and Desired Properties of Event List Algorithms5.4 An Event List Algorithm Is a Highly Specialized Form of Priority Queue; 5.5 Event List Implementation Approaches; 5.6 Measuring Event List Algorithm Performance; 5.7 What Is the Best We Can Do?; 5.8 Basics of Calendar Queues; 5.9 H2, a Calendar Queue Algorithm under Development; 5.10 Observations on H2; 5.11 Priority Queue Algorithm Computational Costs; 6 Modeling State-Based Delays; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The Objective; 6.3 Run-Time Data Structures; 6.4 Implementation Strategy; 6.5 A Complex ``wait until'' Example 6.6 Compiling ``wait until'' Statements Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:	978-1-4419-0816-2 ; 978-1-4419-0817-9 ; 978-1-4419-0816-2
Other identifiers:	10.1007/b110059 [DOI]
Classification:	Methoden und Techniken der Betriebswirtschaft
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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