Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a contribution to the area of behavioural
operations management (OM) by identifying key challenges in the use of discrete-event …

The purpose of a modelling and simulation (M&S) study for real-world operations
management applications is to support decision-making and inform potential action …

Dynamic Data Driven Applications Systems (DDDAS) is a paradigm where data is
dynamically integrated into an executing application, and in reverse, the application …

There is a growing trend in the number of M&S studies that report on the use of Hybrid
Simulation. However, the meaning and the usage of the term varies considerably. Indeed …

Abstract In Operational Research conventional simulation practices typically focus on the
conceptualization, development and use of a single model simulated on a single computer …

The American scientist Carl Sagan once said:“You have to know the past to understand the
present.” We argue that having a meaningful dialogue on the future of simulation requires a …

The discipline of component-based modeling and simulation offers promising gains in
reducing cost, time, and the complexity of model development through the (re) use of …

This position paper provides first, a literature survey of selected domains with significant
contributions to simulation interoperability research, such as defense and healthcare …

Modeling and Simulation as a Service (MSaaS) embodies the idea that simulations should
be composed quickly for the task at hand from loosely coupled shared components …

Abstract A Smart Emergency Response System (SERS) prototype was built in the context of
the SmartAmerica Challenge 2013-2014, a United States government initiative. SERS was …