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DSSL II: A Powerful Tool for Modelling and Analysing Complex Systems

Chaharbaghi, Kazem - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 11 (1991) 4, pp. 44-88

environments. First, the sophistication of their modelling capability to handle a wide range of problematic situations and second … and vice versa. DSSL II is an advanced simulation methodology with a well defined and user‐friendly modelling strategy. It … has been devised to offer a versatile approach in modelling today′s sophisticated systems and policies. Features …

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Queues and the Power of Simulation: Helping with Business Decisions and Problems

Proctor, Robert A. - In: Management Decision 32 (1994) 1, pp. 50-55

Considers computer simulation as a method for studying the behaviour of business systems under a variety of assumed conditions for analysing the simultaneous interaction of many variables to produce valuable insights into problems. Looks at how simulations can help to provide answers to complex...

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Better Be Convincing or Better Be Stylish? a Theory Based Multi-Agent Simulation to Explain Minority Influence in Groups Via Arguments or Via Peripheral Cues

Mosler, Hans-Joachim - In: Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 9 (2006) 3, pp. 4-4

Very often in the history of mankind, social changes took place because a minority was successful in persuading the dominant majority of a new idea. Social psychology provides empirically well-founded theories of social influence that can explain the power of minorities at individual level. In...

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Forming mechanisms and structures of a knowledge transfer network: theoretical and simulation research

Wang, Xiaoguang - In: Journal of Knowledge Management 17 (2013) 2, pp. 278-289

Purpose – This paper aims to analyze the exchange and reciprocal mechanism behind individual knowledge transfer activities as well as their impact on the individual knowledge transfer networks. Design/methodology/approach – The author conducted theoretical and simulation research....

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Continuous and combined event-process models for simulating pipeline construction

Shi, Jingsheng; Abourizk, Simaan - In: Construction Management and Economics 16 (1998) 4, pp. 489-498

research. A comparison of the two models provides insights into the modelling approaches. It is concluded that the combined … event-process model is more flexible and more powerful for modelling complex construction operations than the continuous …

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Simulating the Financial Impact of Marketing and Logistics Decisions

Harrington, Thomas C.; Lambert, Douglas M.; Sterling, Jay U. - In: International Journal of Physical Distribution & … 22 (1992) 7, pp. 3-12

Presents a fourth generation language computer simulation model which was developed for a major US manufacturing company. Suggests that marketing and logistics managers can benefit from business planning models that simulate the financial impact of their decisions. To be effective, models must...

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Stochastic bicriteria single machine scheduling with sequence-dependent job attributes and job-dependent learning effects

Soroush, H.M. - In: European Journal of Industrial Engineering 8 (2014) 4, pp. 421-456

In real world scheduling systems, task or job attributes are stochastic and sequence dependent, learning improves attributes, and schedulers use their cost (or disutility) functions to evaluate schedules with respect to multiple criteria. This paper addresses a stochastic bicriteria single...

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Modelling service quality in the construction industry

Sunindijo, Riza Yosia; Hadikusumo, Bonaventura H.W.; … - In: International Journal of Business Performance Management 15 (2014) 3, pp. 262-276

constructs in the context of small and medium construction projects in Thailand. Structural equation modelling was used to … four dimensions of service quality: reliability, responsiveness, assurance, and tangibility, in which the first three …

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Markovian availability modeling for software‐intensive systems

Tokuno, Koichi; Yamada, Shigeru - In: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 17 (2000) 2, pp. 200-212

‐system reliability/performance is evaluated and assessed. Develops an availability model for a hardware‐software system. The system … longer; and reliability growth occurs in the perfect restoration action. The hardware‐ and software‐failure occurrence …

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An improved method of reliability assessment for suspended tests

Habchi, Georges - In: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 19 (2002) 4, pp. 454-470

This paper reports on the development of a new method for suspended test reliability assessment and modeling …. Reliability suspended tests are performed in order to accelerate testing duration and then to obtain information quickly on the …. The software developed for this purpose helps users to assess and model reliability for different test types (complete …

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