FINAL PROGRAM WEDNESDAY 22 OCTOBER 1997 -- European Simulation Symposium 1997

_{9TH EUROPEAN SIMULATION}
_{SYMPOSIUM AND EXHIBITION}
_{SIMULATION IN INDUSTRY}
_{Passau, Germany, October 19-22, 1997}

The numbers in bold point to the pagenumber of the paper in the proceedings

	FINAL PROGRAM Wednesday October 22, 1997
08.00-09.00	Registration
08.30-10.30	Parallel Sessions
08.30-10.30	SIMULATION METHODOLOGY ROOM A METHODS AND TECHNIQUES B Session Chairperson: Francis Lorenz, Lorenz Simulation, Germany Holonic User Driven Methodologies and Tools for Simulating Human Organizations Emmanuel Adam, Emmanuel Vergison, Christophe Kolski and Ren Mandiau 57 System Specification and Simulation with a Module-Refinement Approach Junhai Li 62 Unified Topological Mini-Models in Technique Zigurds Markovitch and Janis Rekners 66 A Multi-Level Hybrid Approach to Model Software Development Processes Paolo Donzelli and Guiseppe Iazeolla 71
08.30-10.30	ROOM B DISTRIBUTED AND PARALLEL SYSTEM SIMULATION B Session Chairperson: Flavio R. Wagner 3D Animation Based on Dynamic System Modeling for Parallel Discrete Event Simulation Systems Yoshiki Yamaguchi, Noritaka Osawa and Toshitsugu Yuba 259 On the Optimization of Shared Variables in Time Warp C. Hirata and J. Kramer 264 A Criterion of Time Management Selection in a Parallel Car Traffic Simulation Atsuo Ozaki, Masakazu Furuichi, Kazuhiro Abe, Katsuto Nakajima and Hidetoshi Tanaka 270 Kortrijk hotel roomsRollback-Based Parallel Discrete Event Simulation by Using Hybrid State Saving Francesco Quaglia and Vittorio Cortellessa 275
08.30-10.30	SIMULATION METHODOLOGY ROOM C NEURAL NETWORKS Session Chairperson: Takao Onoye, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan Using Neural Networks in Structure Characterisation L. Vermeersch, E.J.H. Kerckhoffs and H. Koppelaar 303 A Dedicated Environment for The Simulation of Backpropagation Neural Networks on a General Purpose Hypercube Parallel Computer W.L. Li, E.J.H. Kerckhoffs and L.J.M. Rothkrantz 312
08.30-10.30	SIMULATION IN INDUSTRY ROOM D SIMULATION IN BUSINESS Session Chairperson: ERROR MSGE.J.H. Kerckhoffs, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands Simulation in Financial Services with The Business Process Management System ADONIS J. Herbst, S. Junginger and H. Khn 491 Business Process Modeling and Simulation Based on Topological Approach Janis Osis, Uldis Sukovskis and Artis Teilans 496 Enterprise Wide Simulation John Hammann 501 Artificial Intelligance in Simulation and Optimization on Business Process Engineering Wilfried Krug 504
08.30-10.30	SIMULATION IN ENGINEERING ROOM E SIMULATION IN COMPUTER DESIGN Session Chairperson: Annette Schreiber Timing Analysis with FPGA-Based Emulation Systems Nikolaj Janzen and Franz J.Rammig 547 Simulation in Low Power Embedded Processor Design Yukihiro Yoshida, Takao Onoye, Isao Shirakawa and Noboru Kubo 557 Efficient On-Line Trace Driven Simulation of Parallel Computer Architectures Sotiris Milios, Georgios Theodoropoulos and Dimitris Lioupis 562 Workload Characterisation Based on AI Techniques: A Comparative Study K.I. Shihab and J.A. Campbell 567
10.30-11.00	Coffee Break
11.00-12.30	Parallel Sessions
11.00-12.30	SIMULATION METHODOLOGY ROOM A Kastrup hotels OBJECT-ORIENTED MODELLING AND SIMULATION B Session Chairperson: Hans Vangheluwe, Univ. Ghent, Belgium SIMOO, An Environment for the Object-Oriented Discrete Simulation Bernardo Copstein, Flavio R. Wagner and Carlos S. Pereira 21 Object-Oriented Knowledge-Based Framework for Open Modeling in Hierarchical Simulation of Microsystems Tudor Niculiu, Daniel Leonescu, Anca Manolescu, Anton Manolescu, Klaus Hofmann and Manfred Glesner 26 An Object Oriented Automated Framework for Simulation of Complex Physical Systems Konstantinos E. Prapiadis, Martin Colley and Paul Chernett 31
11.00-12.30	SIMULATION IN INDUSTRY ROOM B TECHNIQUES FOR THE SIMULATION OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES B Session Chairperson: Janette Garcia, Univ. Simon Bolivar, Carracas, Venezuela Invited Presentation OOPUS-An Approach to Develop Flexible Production Planning and Control Systems Wilhelm Dangelmaier 747 Using a Repository Model Base to Support A Petri-Nets-Based Multifacetted Modelling of Complex Manufacturing Systems Eugene J.H. Kerckhoffs, Hassane Alla, Carmen-Veronica Bobeanu and Florin-Gheorghe Filip 728 ARENA's Component Concept Opens Simulation to Integrated Solutions Klaus Harder 736
11.00-12.30	SIMULATION IN INDUSTRY ROOM C SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Session Chairperson: Global Logistics Assistance Simulation System H. Mutzke 463 Optimization of a Collection System by Simulating Logistics Improvements Lucio Compagno, Danilo D. Filippo and Domenico Marchese 466
11.00-12.30	ROOM D SIMULATION OF ASSEMBLY LINES Session Chairperson: Hans Ziegler Hoteles en VeneciaSimulation of Manual Flow Lines Isabel C. Praa 337 Simulation of a PLC-Controlled Assembly Line J.H. Jarvis and D.H. Jarvis 342 HoME: Holistic Matrix Evaluation for Assembly Line Balancing Based on Simulation M. Schleicher, K. Hingerl, S. Graebe and G. Zeichen 347
11.00-12.30	SIMULATION IN ENGINEERING ROOM E ANALOG SIMULATION METHODOLOGIES Session Chairperson: Franz J.Rammig, Heinz Nixdorf Institut, University GH Paderborn An 0(Kmn') Algorithm for The Symbolic Analysis of Analog Integrated Circuits Petr Dobrovolny, Piet Wambacq, Georges Gielen and Willy Sansen 591 A New Circuit for VLSI Implementation of The Piece-Wise-Linear Function and an Approximative Derivative H. Chible, M. Valle, L. Motta and D.D. Caviglia 595 Object-Oriented Management of Algorithms and Models R. Mlekus and S. Selberherr 601
12.30-12.45	Closing Session Room A Farewell Address Winfried Hahn, General Symposium Chair, University of Passau
12.45-13.45	Lunch Please note: Lunch is optional; any participants that want to make use of this lunch are free to do so.