Path: uflorida!simulation From: simulation@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu (Moderator: Paul Fishwick) Subject: SIMULATION DIGEST V31 N4 Newsgroups: comp.simulation Reply-To: simulation@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu Sender: fishwick@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu Approved: fishwick@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu Distribution: world Volume: 31, Issue: 4, Tue Feb 9 20:35:55 EST 1993 +----------------+ | TODAY'S TOPICS | +----------------+ [NEW QUESTIONS] X.400 Networks Modeling Distributed Databases Benefits and Pitfalls of Simulation Separating Design and Experiment [CALL FOR PAPERS/PARTICIPATION] Parallel & Distributed Simulation AI, Simulation and Planning in High Autonomy Systems Computer Generated Forces and Behavioral Representation * Moderator: Paul Fishwick, Univ. of Florida * Send topical mail to: simulation@bikini.cis.ufl.edu OR post to comp.simulation via USENET * Archives available via FTP to bikini.cis.ufl.edu (128.227.224.1). Login as 'anonymous', use your e-mail address as the password, change directory to pub/simdigest. Do 'binary' before any file transfers. * Simulation Tools available by doing above and changing the directory to pub/simdigest/tools. * Gopher link, containing digest and software archives, is available at gopher.cis.ufl.edu. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: [NEW QUESTIONS] ------------------------------ Date: 05 Feb 1993 09:20:00 +0100 From: P.J.E.Leever@research.ptt.nl Subject: Simulation of (X.400-based) MHS networks To: SIMULATION@BIKINI.CIS.UFL.EDU Hello, I am currently looking for information and documentation on the subject: " Simulation of (X.400-based) MHS networks " I am interested whether there have been done any (case-)studies yet in this area. Any information in this area would be greatly appreciated. Kind regards, Peter Leever. Internet mail: P.J.E.Leever@research.ptt.nl Address : P.J.E. Leever PTT Research PO Box 15000 9700 CD Groningen The Netherlands X.400 mail : country: NL admd : 400NET prmd : PTT Research surname: Leever ------------------------------ Newsgroups: comp.simulation Path: sun2.hep.anl.gov!dal From: dal@sun2.hep.anl.gov (Dave Lifka) Subject: Looking for Mac or Sun Simulaion Software Keywords: Public Domain Mac or Sun Simulation Software Hi, I've just started reading this group and am interested in finding some decent public domain Macintosh or Sun simualtion software packages that have graphical capabilities. Maybe this is a long shot? I would like to use them to model a Very Large Distributed Database System with various Storage, network, and Processing capabilities. If there aren't any Public Domain packages known maybe someone could suggest some fairly inexpensive commercial packages (i.e. under $500.00) (ideally under $200.00) maybe this is also a long shot. I've used Simscript before on a PC but as I remember this was out of the above mentioned budget. Thanks please send any info to: Dave Lifka Argonne National Lab dal@sun2.hep.anl.gov ------------------------------ Return-Path: (5.65/UW-NDC Revision: 2.22 ) id AA25892; Mon, 8 Feb 93 10:31:27 -0800 Sender: news@shelley.u.washington.edu To: comp-simulation@cs.washington.edu From: mpark@stein.u.washington.edu (Michael Park) Newsgroups: comp.simulation Subject: seeking simulation quotation Date: 8 Feb 1993 18:31:26 GMT I have a fragmentary memory of a quotation about simulation that somehow resembles "seeing is believing" or "simulating is believing" or some such. Does this ring any bells with anyone out there? Are there any other famous quotes about the power of simulation to convince? --m ------------------------------ From: telwert@informatik.uni-rostock.de (Thomas Elwert) Posted-Date: Tue, 9 Feb 93 11:15:14 MET Subject: NEW QUESTIONS To: simulation@bikini.cis.ufl.edu Date: Tue, 9 Feb 93 11:15:14 MET X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] Content-Length: 682 X-Lines: 22 Hello! I'm looking for anyone who has experience with simulation systems which have a separation between model description and experiment description. I'm very interested in such simulation systems, the name of the simulation system, the developer of the simulation system, its structures and hierarchy, the details of the experiment description, the relations between experiment, model and simulation, the methods of parameter optimization, the methods of result processing and if possible features of the implementation. I`m also interested in simulation systems for ecosystems. Can anyone help me? Thanks. Thomas Elwert e-mail: telwert@informatik.uni-rostock.de ------------------------------ Subject: [CALL FOR PAPERS/PARTICIPATION] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Feb 93 15:25:51 -0800 From: rajive@CS.UCLA.EDU (Rajive Bagrodia) To: fishwick@bikini.cis.ufl.edu **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** 7th Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation (PADS) In association with the Federated Computing Research Conference May 16-19 1993, Sheraton Harbor Island Hotel, San Diego Sponsors: ACM Sigsim IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Simulation (TCSIM) The Society for Computer Simulation (SCS) **************************************************************************** **************************** Sunday, May 16 1993 *************************** **************************************************************************** TUTORIAL: PARALLEL DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION (not included in conference registration) Sunday, 5/16/93, 1:00-5:00 PM, Chardonnay Room. Richard M. Fujimoto Rajive Bagrodia College of Computing Computer Science Department Georgia Institute of Technology UCLA Atlanta, GA 30332-0280 Los Angeles, CA 90024 Discrete event simulation is widely used in the design and evaluation of complex systems and processes, e.g., large computer systems, communication networks, air traffic systems, VLSI circuits and battlefield strategies, to mention a few. This tutorial will review techniques using parallel computation to speed up the execution of such simulation programs. First and second generation synchronization algorithms will be discussed. Experiences using this technology will be reviewed. Techniques to simplify the development of simulation models for efficient concurrent execution will be described, as well as current trends in the area of simulation languages. The goal of this tutorial is to introduce researchers and practitioners to the current state of the art in parallel discrete event simulation. The intended audience includes researchers interested in the parallel discrete event simulation field and practioners with large scale simulation problems that could benefit from concurrent execution. **************************************************************************** RECEPTION (included in PADS registration) Sunday, 5/16/93, 7:00-9:00 PM, Bayview Room. **************************************************************************** **************************** Monday, May 17 1993 *************************** **************************************************************************** Session 1 (OPENING, KEYNOTE ADDRESS) Impact of PADS on Concurrency and Simulation K. Mani Chandy (Caltech) 9:20-10:30, Mission Courts South Room **************************************************************************** Coffee Break: 10:30-11:00 **************************************************************************** Session 2 (PAPER SESSION): Methodology 11:00-12:30, Mission Courts South Room Selecting the Optimal Checkpoint Interval in Time Warp Parallel Simulation Yi-Bing Lin (Bellcore), Bruno R. Preiss, Wayne M. Loucks (University of Waterloo), and Edward Lazowska (University of Washington) Parallel Algorithms for Simulating Continuous Time Markov Chains David M. Nicol (The College of William and Mary) and Phil Heidelberger, (IBM, T.J. Watson Research Center) Determining Initial States for Time-Parallel Simulations Marc Abrams (Virginia Tech) and Jain J. Wang (Virginia Tech) **************************************************************************** Lunch: 12:30-2:00 (not included with registration) **************************************************************************** Session 3 (PAPER SESSION): Algorithms 2:00-3:30, Mission Courts South Room Global Synchronization for Optimistic Parallel Discrete Event Simulation David M. Nicol (The College of William and Mary) An Algorithm for Minimally Latent Global Virtual Time Alexander I. Tomlinson and Vijay K. Garg (The University of Texas at Austin) On a Parallel Partitioning Technique for Use with Conservative Parallel Simulation Biswajit Nandy and Wayne M. Loucks (University of Waterloo) **************************************************************************** Coffee Break: 3:30-4:00 **************************************************************************** Session 4 (PAPER SESSION): Pot Pouri 4:00-5:30, Mission Courts South Room Disseminating Critical Target-Specific Synchronization Information in Parallel Discrete Event Simulations Carmen M. Pancerella and Paul F. Reynolds, Jr. (University of Virginia) Unsolved Problems in Discrete-Event Simulation (invited paper) Boris Lubachevsky (AT&T Bell Laboratories) Shared Variables in Distributed Simulation (invited paper) Horst Mehl (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany) **************************************************************************** Evening Reception: 5/17/93, 6:00-10:00 (FCRC Event: included with registration) An Evening at Sea World **************************************************************************** *************************** Tuesday, May 18 1993 *************************** **************************************************************************** Session 5 (PAPER SESSION): Parallel Simulation of Hardware 9:20-10:50, Mission Courts South Room High Performance Parallel Logic Simulation on a Network of Workstations Naraig Manjikian and Wayne M. Loucks (University of Waterloo) Corolla Partitioning for Distributed Logic Simulation of VLSI-Circuits Christian Sporrer and Herbert Bauer (Technical University of Munich) How Using Busses in Multicomputer Programs Affects Conservative Parallel Simulation Mary L. Bailey, Michael A. Pagels, and Kachung Kevin Wong (University of Arizona) **************************************************************************** Coffee Break: 10:50-11:10 **************************************************************************** Session 6 (PANEL): Parallel Simulation: Realizing the Potential 11:10-12:30, Mission Courts South Room **************************************************************************** Lunch: 12:30-2:00 (not included with registration) **************************************************************************** Session 7 (PAPER SESSION): Time Warp 2:00-3:30, Mission Courts South Room Efficient Implementation of Event Sets in Time Warp Robert Ronngren, Rassul Ayani (The Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) Richard M. Fujimoto, and Samir R. Das (Georgia Institute of Technology) Breathing Time Warp Jeff Steinman (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech) The Local Time Warp Approach to Parallel Simulation Hassan Rajaei, Rassul Ayani, and and Lars-Erik Thorelli (The Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) **************************************************************************** Session 8 (WORK IN PROGRESS SESSION) 4:00-5:30, Mission Courts South Room Brief, informal presentations of on-going work in parallel simulation. Participation is open to all attendees. Prospective speakers will be invited to propose a presentation at the conference. **************************************************************************** PADS BUSSINESS MEETING 5:40-6:30, Mission Courts South **************************************************************************** ************************* Wednesday, May 19 1993 *************************** **************************************************************************** Session 9 (PAPER SESSION): Performance 9:20-10:50 Santa Barbara / San Carlos Room An Analytical Comparison of Periodic Checkpointing and Incremental State Saving Avinash C. Palaniswamy and Philip A. Wilsey (University of Cincinatti) A Performance Study of the Cancelback Protocol for Time Warp Samir R. Das and Richard M. Fujimoto (Georgia Institute of Technology) A Parallel Simulation of Communicating Finite State Machines Carl Tropper and Azzedine Boukerche (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech) **************************************************************************** Coffee Break: 10:50-11:10 **************************************************************************** Session 10 (PAPER SESSION): Short Papers 11:10-12:30, Santa Barbara / San Carlos Room The Effect of Synchronization Requirements on the Performance of Distributed Simulations Murali Shanker and B. Eddy Patuwo (Kent State University) Performance of a Riskfree Time Warp Operating System Steven Bellenot (Florida State University) Restructuring a Parallel Simulation to Improve Cache Behavior in a Shared-Memory Multiprocessor: The Value of Distributed Synchronization David R. Cheriton, Hendrik A. Goosen, and Philip Machanick (Stanford University) Time Warp Simulation in Time Constrained Systems Kaushik Ghosh, Richard M. Fujimoto, and Karsten Schwan (Georgia Institute of Technology) **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** PADS COMMITTEE MEMBERS: **************************************************************************** ORGAINZERS: Richard Fujimoto, Georgia Institute of Technology General Chair Brian Unger, Jade Simulations International Associate General Chair Rajive Bagrodia, University of California, Los Angeles Program Chair David Jefferson, University of California, Los Angeles Associate Program Chair **************************************************************************** PROGRAM COMMITTEE Marc Abrams, Virginia Tech Ian Akyildiz, Georgia Tech Mary Bailey, University of Arizona Robert Felderman, University of Southern California, ISI Richard Fujimoto, Georgia Tech Jason Lin, Bellcore Boris Lubachevsky, AT&T Bell Laboratories Vijay Madisetti, Georgia Tech David Nicol, College of William & Mary Peter Reiher, University of California, Los Angeles Paul Reynolds, University of Virginia Brian Unger, Jade Simulations International **************************************************************************** PADS '93 will be part of the Federated Computing Research Conference (FCRC), which will encompass several established research conferences and workshops to be held in conjunction with one another. Its main goal is to obtain the benefits of having the computing research community meet together as a larger group, but to retain the traditional structure and research identity of the constituent meetings. Meetings that will participate in FCRC are as follows: 20th Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA '93) 25th Annual ACM Symposium on the Theory of Computation (STOC) 4th ACM SIGPLAN Symp. on Principles and Practices of Parallel Prog. (PPoPP '93) 9th Annual ACM Symposium on Computational Theory (SCG) 8th Annual Conference on Structure in Complexity Theory (STRUCTURES) Workshop on Parallel Algorithms (WOPA '93) 7th Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation (PADS) ACM/ONR Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Debugging (WPDD) CRA Workshop on Academic Careers for Women There will be an FCRC wide plenary talk each morning. The speakers for the days that PADS meets are: Richard Karp, Maurice Wilkes, and a senior science policy maker (to be determined) who will discuss changes taking place in federal science and technology policy. Registration for PADS includes the plenary talks as well as access to other conferences meeting at the same time as PADS. Thus, PADS registration includes access to most, if not all of the sessions for ISCA '93, STOC, and WPDD, and some sessions of SCG and Structures. **************************************************************************** Registration for the 7th Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation includes a reception (Sunday evening), "an evening at Sea World" (Monday evening), a business meeting, work-in-progress session, coffee breaks, and conference proceedings. Registration Rates: Advance Registration (Conference) members 300 non-members 350 students 125 (includes conference proceedings) Late/On-site registration (Conference) members 350 non-members 400 students 150 (includes conference proceedings) Tutorial - Advance Registration 150 Tutorial - Late Registration 200 Membership in ACM, IEEE, or SCS qualifies one for the "member" rate. **************************************************************************** The program for the full FCRC meeting (which includes registration forms) may be obtained electronically via anonymous ftp to arthur.cs.purdue.edu. The file is located in pub/fcrc/program.ps. Alternatively, hard copies may be obtained by contacting Richard Fujimoto (fujimoto@cc.gatech.edu, 404/853-9384) or Rajive Bagrodia (rajive@cs.ucla.edu, 310/825-2303). **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: 06 Feb 1993 19:20:54 -0700 (MST) From: Jerzy Rozenblit To: fishwick@fish.cis.ufl.edu Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS 4TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, SIMULATION, AND PLANNING IN HIGH AUTONOMY SYSTEMS Tucson, Arizona September 20-22, 1993 sponsored by The University of Arizona and Rand Corporation Conference Theme: Integrating Virtual Reality and Model-Based Environments This is the fourth in a series of annual meetings dedicated to advancing the integration of simulation and other knowledge-based methodologies. This conference will focus on virtual reality (VR) concepts and technologies. VR systems integrate visual , auditory, and tactile stimuli to create model-based environments that can be experienced and manipulated by users. Applicaton of virtual reality environments include cockpit and battlefield simulators, medical imaging, architectural deisgn, and scientific visualization. In additional, traditional simulation environments can be grately enhanced in their user-interface capabilities with VR techniques. While significant progress has been made in design of hardware components (eg. headgear, trackers, gloves, etc.), methodologies for design, engineering, and integration of VR systems are critically needed. Methods for representing and reasoning about large classes of autonomous objects and their temporal and spatial properties are necessary to support multiple concurrent levels of abstraction in truly reactive environments. Simulation and object-oriented, knowledge-based concepts can offer an array of models and techniques that serve as the foundation for these methodologies. The question is "How can we select from, and integrate, the techniques to achieve the training, education, or other objectives of a VR environment?" Conference Topics: The topics include DOD-related and non-DOD-related conceptual as well as application-oriented issues in the following areas: * Reactive environments with autonomous agents * Visualization * Telepresence * Shared and multi-sensory artificial reality * Integration of VR with traditional simulaton * Adequacy assessment of VR models * VR in training and education * Synthetic environments Although this year's focus is on VR, papers relating to critical issues in AI, simulation and planning in high autonomy systems are also solicited in DOD and non-DOD-related fields. Topics include: * multiple abstraction model families * dead-reckoning of simulation objects * distributed/concurrent interactive simulation * variable resolution simulation * variable structure environments * qualitative/quantitative model integration * model-based manufacturing automation * virtual factories * design modeling A special feature to be initiated this year will be a workshop on the DEVS Modeling Paradigm to be organized by Tag Gon Kim, tkim@eekaist.kaist.ac.kr Also, a special session on ecosystems and landscape modeling will be organized by Robert MacArthur. Topics include, but are not limited to: integration of simulation and GIS databases, visualization of spatial data and landscapes, model calibration and validation with GIS, and decision support for resource and recreation management. General Chair: Jerzy Rozenblit Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering The University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona 85721 ais@ece.arizona.edu Organizing Committee: Paul Davis Rand Corporation, USA Paul Fishwick University of Florida, USA Dorota Kieronska Curtin University, Australia Tag Gon Kim KAIST, S. Korea Robert MacArthur University of Arizona, USA Bernard Zeigler University of Arizona, USA Program Committee: J. Aguilar-Martin Directeur de Recherche au C.N.R.S., France Kenneth R. Anderson Siemens Research & Technology, Germany Panos Antsaklis University of Notre Dame, USA Kirstie Bellman The Aerospace Corporation, USA Felix Bretschneider Siermens AG, Germany Klaus Buchenrieder Siemens AG, Germany Wilhelm Burger UC Riverside, Linz University, Austria David Castillo McDonald Research Labs., USA Marco Chierotti Microsoft Corporation, USA Marc Courvoisier LAAS, France Terry Daniel University of Arizona, USA Wayne Davis University of Illinois, USA Thomas Dean Brown University, USA Alan Desrochers Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA Stephen Downes-Martin Sarkoff Institute, USA Art Farley University of Oregon Terry Frederick University of Central Florida, USA Randy Gimblett University of Arizona, USA Julie Hopson Army Research Lab, USA Jeff Hu Tulane University, USA Ray Yueh-Min Huang National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan Charles E. Hughes University of Central Florida, USA Witold Jacak Linz University, Austria Piotr Jankowski University of Idaho, USA Andrew Kusiak University of Iowa, USA Tu Van Le University of Canberra, Australia Michael Marafat University of Arizona, USA Vladimir Marik Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic Dick Modjeski U. S. Army, USA Shahid Mujtaba HP Laboratories, USA Simin Nadjim-Thehrani Linkoping University, Sweden Kevin Passino Ohio State University, USA Larry Peterson NRaD, USA Mikel Petty Institute for Simulation and Training, USA Herbert Praehofer Linz University, Austria F. Radermacher FAW, ULM, Germany Robert Reynolds Wayne State University, USA Mat Rizki Wright State University, USA Geoffrey Rutledge Stanford University, USA Suleyman Sevinc Sydney University, Australia Monique Thonnat INRIA, France Svetha Venkatesh Curtin University, Australia Tom Wheller Stevens Institute of Technology, USA Michael Young Wright Patterson AFB, USA Submissions: Five (5) copies of extended abstracts (2000 words) must be received by April 15, 1993 (hard copies only). The abstracats will be reviewed and the authors will be notified of acceptance by May 15, 1993. Camera-ready copies will be due by July 14, 1993. The conference proceedings will be published by the IEEE CS Press. At least one author of each paper is expected to present the paper at the conference. Any technical enquiries should be directed to : AIS 1993 Organizing Committee Engineering Professional Development Box 9 Harvill Building, Room 235 Second and Olive Streets University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona 85721 Tel: 602-621-5104 FAX: 602-621-1443 baltes@bigdog.engr.arizona.edu All submissions and registration questions should be directed to: Paul Baltes Engineering Professional Development University of Arizona Box 9 Harvill Building, Room 235 Second and Olive Streets Tucson, Arizona 85721 Tel: 602-621-3054 FAX: 602-621-1443 baltes@ bigdog.engr. arizona.edu AI SIMULATION & PLANNING IN HIGH AUTONOMY SYSTEMS September 20 - 22, `1993 _____ I plan to submit an abstract _____ Please send Preliminary Program Name _______________________________________________________________ Company/Affiliation ____________________________________________________ Mailing Address _______________________________________________________ City _____________________ State _____ ZIP __________ Country _____________ Phone ________________________________ FAX ___________________________ Please return to: Organizing Committee Engineering Professional Development University ofArizona Box 9 Harvill Building, Room 235 Second and Olive Streets Tucson, Arizona 85721 (602) 621-3054 FAX: (602) 621-1443 ------------------------------ Newsgroups: comp.simulation Path: eola.cs.ucf.edu!dreece From: dreece@eola.cs.ucf.edu (Doug Reece ) Subject: Conference Ann. - 3/17 - Orlando Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1993 15:46:03 GMT THIRD CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER GENERATED FORCES AND BEHAVIORAL REPRESENTATION March 17-19 Orlando, FL Conference Background and Purpose Under the sponsorship of the U.S. Army, Simulation, Training & Instrumentation Command (STRICOM) and Defense Modeling and Simulation Office, the Institute for Simulation and Training, of the University of Central Florida will conduct a Third Conference on Computer Generated Forces (CGF) and Behavioral Representation (BR). The Conference will be held in Orlando, Florida on 17,18, and 19 March 1993. The purpose of the conference is to: - Provide a forum for information exchange on CGF and BR modeling research. - Identify gaps in CGF and BR research. - Present upcoming research programs and opportunities. - Determine the CGF and BR community interest in technology demonstrations. Attendees will have an opportunity to participate in discussions of Service User needs, CGF systems issues, and technical presentations on the components of a CGF. General Information Registration - Advance registration is requested. However, on-site registration is offered on a space available basis. Please call or return the attached form before 26 February 1993 to ensure your participation. Fees - There will be a registration fee of $50.00 for government attendees and $75.00 for all others attending this conference. Location - The conference will be held at the Holiday Inn, International Drive, 6516 International Drive, Orlando, Florida 32819, (407) 351-3500. Please note that this conference immediately proceeds the 8th Workshop on Standards for the Interoperability of Defense Simulations which is scheduled for 22-26 March at the same hotel. Special rate and room block available until Feb. 17th. Please identify yourself as a CGF Conference participant. Inquiries - All inquiries regarding this conference should be directed to Mr. Daniel Mullally, Institute for Simulation and Training, Orlando, FL 32826-3257, (407) 658-5023/5000, FAX (407) 658-5059. ..................................................................... REGISTRATION FORM - 3rd Conference on Computer Generated Forces and Behavior Representation Name __________________________________________________ SSN ______________________________ Phone ________________________________________ Internet email ________________________________________ Position __________________________________________________ Organization _____________________________________________________________ Address ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ City _____________________________________ State ______ Zip ______________ I will attend the demonstration: ___ Total fee enclosed__________ Check enclosed_____ Company P.O. # __________________________________ Please make check payable to University of Central Florida. Print name, address, and SSN on front of check VISA/MC/Discover _______________________________________________Expires ______ FAX to (407) 823 6113 or mail to University of Central Florida Center for Continuing Education Orlando, FL 32816-0177 -- ..................................................................... Dr. Douglas A. Reece Research Scientist Institute for Simulation and Training University of Central Florida (407) 658-5537 12424 Research Parkway, Suite 300 FAX (407) 658-5059 Orlando, FL 32826 dreece@eola.cs.ucf.edu ..................................................................... ------------------------------ END OF SIMULATION DIGEST ************************