The First Call about International Conference

"ANALYTICAL and STOCHASTIC MODELLING TECHNIQUES (ASMT)"

which is organized by SCS (The Society for Computer
Simulation International)  as a track Conference
of the ESS'2000 (European Simulation Symposium 2000)
and will be held in Hamburg, Germany, September 28-30,
2000, is attached.
Would you please distribute this information among your
colleagues.
The 2nd call will be sent in January.

Sincerely,
Vladimir Anisimov
Program Chair


             FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS

       7th International Conference on
    ANALYTICAL and STOCHASTIC MODELLING TECHNIQUES
       Hamburg, Germany, September 28-30, 2000

The submission of papers is solicited for the
"7th Analytical and Stochastic Modelling Techniques"
(ASMT) International Conference  which is organized by
SCS (The Society for Computer Simulation International)
as a part of the
     ESS'2000 (European Simulation Symposium 2000)
in Hamburg.

MOTIVATION:

This Conference is a continuation of series of
Conferences in Analytical and Numerical Modeling
Techniques held as a part of European Simulation
Conferences.

Taking into account the complexity of real models of
complex technical and information systems, methods
of stochastic modelling based on analytical and
approximate results for Markov and semi-Markov
stochastic processes, queueing networks, Petri nets,
etc. have recently become increasingly popular.

In many fields of applications involving performance
and reliability modelling of discrete flow systems,
such as computer systems, high speed communication
networks, flexible manufacturing systems and workflow
management systems, it has been widely recognized
that analytical and approximate approaches in
stochastic modeling can successfully complement
simulation methods.
However, there are still many important and
interesting problems to be resolved such as those
involving stochastic Petri nets and queueing networks
with complex structure, multiple job classes under
various blocking mechanisms and synchronization
constrains, problems of self-organization in neuron
networks, etc.
In these and many other models methods based on
analytical or approximate analytical results are more
preferable comparatively to methods of direct
stochastic simulation, because in general they save
the time of computation and give possibility to obtain
analytical dependencies of parameters.

Contributions based on analytical and approximate
methods in stochastic modelling as well as
applications are encouraged but not restricted to
the following topics:

TOPICS:

* Techniques and Algorithms:

   - Stochastic Models, Markov Models
   - Stochastic Petri Net Models
   - Queueing Systems and Network Models
   - Neuron Networks
   - Reliability and Maintenance Models
   - Stochastic Optimal Control and Optimization
   - Performance Modeling
   - Stochastic Process Algebras
   - Stochastic Precedence Graphs
   - Stochastic Simulation
   - Analytical and Numerical Simulation

* Evaluation Studies of:

   - Computer Systems and Information Networks
   - Workflow Management Systems
   - Communication Systems (LANs and Distributed
         Systems, ATM Switches, Mobile Radio,..)
   - Workload Modelling and Characterization
   - Operating Systems
   - Client-Server Systems
   - Multimedia Systems
   - Measurements and Hybrid Techniques
   - Software Performance

* Software Tools
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CONFERENCE CHAIR:

Dr. Gunter Bolch
University of Erlangen-Nurenberg
Department of Computer Science
Martensstrasse 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
Tel: +49.9131.857903, Fax: +49.9131.39388
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
URL: http://www4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/~bolch


PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIR:

Prof. Vladimir V. Anisimov
Bilkent University
Department of Industrial Engineering,
Bilkent 06533 Ankara, Turkey &
Kiev University, Kiev, Ukraine (on leave)
Tel: 90-312-290 1539, Fax: 90-312-266 4126
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
URL: http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~vlanis


INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE
(in progress)

Attahiru Alfa, University of Manitoba, Canada
Jesus R. Artalejo, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Khalid Begain, Mu'tah University, Jordan
Srinivas R. Chakravarthy, Kettering University, USA
Alexander Dudin, Belorussian University, Belorussia
Demetres Kouvatsos, University of Bradford, UK
Igor Kovalenko, Institute of Cybernetics, Ukraine
A. Krishnamoorthy, Cochin University of Science and Technology,India
Marcel Neuts, University of Arizona, USA
Michael Nikulin, University of Victor Segalen, France
Krzysztof Pawlikowski, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Richard Serfozo, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Bruno Sericola, IRISA-INRIA, France
Frederick T. Sheldon, University of Colorado, USA
Christoph Strelen, Universitaet Bonn, Germany
Janos Sztrik,  University of Debrecen, Hungary
Kishor Trivedi, Duke University, USA
Dietmar Tutsch, Technical University Berlin, Germany


DEADLINES AND REQUIREMENTS

Five copies of full papers (5 pages) or extended
abstracts (3 pages) marked "ASMT" should be submitted
in quadruplicate in printed form or alternatively as
an e-mail containing ASCII text, rtf, Tex, LaTeX,
PostScript or uuencoded Word or WP file to:
    Philippe Geril,
    SCS European Office, University of Ghent,
    Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
    Tel (Office): +32 9 2337790   Fax: +32 9 2334941
    Tel/Fax (Private): +32 59 800 804
    email: [log in to unmask]
    http://hobbes.rug.ac.be/~scs

Submission Deadline:         April 14th, 2000

Conference fee will be 450 EURO.
The fee includes all lunches, coffee breaks, social events,
and a volume of Proceedings which will be published
by SCS International/SCS Europe.

Further Information: http://hobbes.rug.ac.be/~scs