Fourth United Kingdom Simulation Society Conference
St Catherine’s College, Cambridge, England
7th-9th April 1999
Announcement and Call for Papers
Papers are invited on any aspect of simulation to be presented at a
three day event to be held in Cambridge, England. The conference
venue is St Catherine’s College. Founded in 1473, St Catherine’s
College is beautifully located in the heart of Cambridge, surrounded
by many other well known colleges. The accommodation, renowned
catering and conference facilities are an ideal blend of modern and
historic. The venue offers an especially attractive opportunity for
professional discussion and socialising.
Abstracts (2 pages of A4 without figures) are invited on any aspect of
simulation and its applications. Three specific streams may be of
interest to discrete-event simulation modellers:
Simulation in Operational Research
Stream Organiser: Stewart Robinson
Operational Research and Systems Group
Warwick Business School
University of Warwick
Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
Tel: 44-1203-522132
Email: [log in to unmask]
Discrete event simulation is widely used among operational research
practitioners for improving the understanding of problems in business,
the military and the public sector. Papers are sought on any aspect
of discrete event simulation methodology and practice as it is applied
in this field, including:
· Discrete event simulation applications and case studies
· Modelling methodology
· Discrete event simulation tools
· Output analysis and optimisation of simulation models
· Discrete event simulation and virtual reality
Modelling Business Processes
Stream Organiser: Vlatka Hlupic
Department of Information Systems and Computing
Brunel University
Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH, UK
Tel: 44-1895-251686
Email: [log in to unmask]
Numerous leading organisations have conducted Business Process
Reengineering (BPR) in order to improve productivity and gain
competitive advantage. However, the rate of failure in re-engineering
projects is as high as 70%, due to the inability to accurately predict
the outcome of a radical change, difficulty in capturing existing
processes in a structured way or the inability to recognise the
dynamic nature of processes. Modelling of business processes can
facilitate the investigation of the impact of business process change,
which leads to increased success rate of BPR projects.
Contributed papers are sought on, but are not limited to:
· Tools and techniques for business process modelling (BPM)
· Discrete-event simulation for BPM
· Simulation software tools for BPM
· BPM case studies
· BPM methodology
· Information flow modelling
· Modelling human and organisational aspects of BPR
· Cost/benefit analysis of BPM
Simulation and Java
Stream Organiser: Simon Taylor
Department of Information Systems and Computing
Brunel University
Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH, UK
Tel: 44-1895-203389
Email: [log in to unmask]
Whether it is to develop simulation models in a highly portable
environment, or to distribute simulation applications across the
world-wide web, the Java programming language is beginning to impact
on simulation research. To provide the opportunity for the simulation
community to catch up on the latest research and opinions on the uses
(and abuses) of this language, this stream invites contributions from
those who are currently active in using Java in simulation.
Submission of Papers
Please send abstracts/submissions/proposals for the above streams to
the stream organisers, and for other areas of simulation to the
conference chair. Accepted papers will be published in the
Proceedings of the Conference.
Abstract (four copies, 2 pages of A4): 1 November 1998
Notice of provisional acceptance: 17 December 1998
Camera ready copy and registration fee: 1 February 1999
Conference Chair
Russell Cheng
Canterbury Business School, The University, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7PE,
UK Tel: 44-1227-823665, Email: [log in to unmask]
Stewart Robinson
Lecturer in Operational Research and Systems
Warwick Business School
Warwick University
Coventry
CV4 7AL
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: 44-(0)1203-522132
Fax: 44-(0)1203-524539
Email: [log in to unmask]
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