[Iefac.list] CFP -- OR Society Simulation Workshop 2012 (SW12)

[W. K. Victor Chan]

CALL FOR PAPERS

THE OR SOCIETY 6th SIMULATION WORKSHOP (SW12)

Website: www.theorsociety.com (follow link to Simulation 2012)

27-28 March 2012
Worcestershire, United Kingdom


Held in cooperation with: 
The Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group for
Simulation (ACM SIGSIM)
The INFORMS Simulation Society 
The Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS)


The biennial OR Society Simulation Workshop brings together practitioners
and academics working in the field of discrete-event simulation and related
fields. It provides an opportunity to exchange ideas on the current and
future state-of-the-art in simulation and modelling. The programme consists
of a key note presentation, panel discussion and parallel streams. Breaks
between sessions and the conference dinner provide an excellent opportunity
for networking. The exhibition area includes some of the latest developments
in simulation software tools.

LOCATION

The Abbey Hotel Golf and Country Club is situated in Worcestershire, England
on a lovely 175-acre estate that once belonged to the now ruined local
abbey. It provides an excellent standard of accommodation and conference
venue. There are also leisure facilities and a championship standard Golf
Course.

The hotel is near to Birmingham, which has excellent links through the
International Airport and railway services. London is only 1.5 hours away.

Local attractions include Stratford-upon-Avon (Shakespeare's birthplace) and
Warwick's Medieval Castle.

JOURNAL OF SIMULATION (JOS) SPECIAL ISSUE

Selected papers will be considered for a JOS special issue (see
www.theorsociety.com).

THE PROGRAMME

The workshop will include plenary sessions, special focus streams,
simulation practice sessions and PhD posters. Contributions to the technical
programme are sought in the following areas, although papers in any area of
discrete-event simulation will be considered:

Simulation Modelling Methodology
. Component-based simulation
. Collaboration methods
. Distributed simulation
. Web-based simulation
. Simulation and the grid
. Simulation and Artificial Intelligence
. Simulation visualisation
. Simulation software
. Simulation standards
. Human performance modelling
. Agent-based simulation
. Service-oriented simulation
. Conceptual modelling
. Verification and validation 

Simulation Analysis Methodology
. Design and analysis of simulation experiments
. Simulation optimisation
. Risk Analysis
. Metamodelling

Simulation in Practice
. Simulation in manufacturing
. Simulation in services
. Simulation in defence
. Simulation in healthcare
. Simulation in semiconductor industry
. Simulation practice
. Simulation education
. Energy modelling
. Environmental simulation

All submissions will be peer reviewed. Accepted papers will be published in
the conference proceedings and will be presented at the conference.
Presentations will be given 30 minutes including time for questions and
answers.

The Simulation Practice Stream provides an opportunity to submit a shorter
paper (3 to 5 pages). These papers should either describe a novel
application of simulation or provide some insight into how the use of
simulation might be improved. Contributions from simulation practitioners
are particularly encouraged.

PhD Posters (1-3 pages) are included in the conference proceedings and
displayed during the conference.

TIMETABLE AND DEADLINES

28 October 2011: Submit electronically contributed papers not previously
published or presented. The submission form and submission instructions can
be found at www.theorsociety.com (under the conferences section). Each
submission must be a 4 to 10 page paper (3 to 5 pages for the Simulation
Practice Stream), including an abstract of less than 150 words. Submission
implies that an author will attend the workshop to present the paper, and
all clearance required for publication of the paper will be obtained by 10
February 2012.
6 January 2012: Contributors will be notified whether or not their paper has
been accepted.
10 February 2012: Authors provide the final manuscript for inclusion in the
conference proceedings. These should be in the format required for the
conference. See the author instructions at www.theorsociety.com (under the
conferences section).
10 February 2012: Submit PhD posters as 1 to 3 page papers. These should be
submitted using the electronic submission form for full contributed papers.
Submission implies that an author will register to the conference. PhD
posters will be published in the conference proceedings and should follow
the guidelines for conference papers.


If you require any further information on paper submission, please contact
the programme chairs: Dr Cathal Heavey and Dr Stephan Onggo (details below).

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Conference Chair
Dr Benny Tjahjono
Manufacturing Department
Building 50
Cranfield University, Cranfield 
Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL 
United Kingdom
Tel: +44-1234-750111x5453
Email: b.tjahjono at cranfield.ac.uk

Programme Chairs
Dr Cathal Heavey
Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology
University of Limerick
Limerick
Ireland
Tel: +353-61-202891
Email: cathal.heavey at ul.ie 

Dr Stephan Onggo
Lancaster University Management School
Bailrigg
Lancaster, LA1 4YX
United Kingdom
Tel: +44-1524-594237
Email: s.onggo at lancaster.ac.uk 

Publicity Chair
Dr Durk-Jouke van der Zee
Faculty of Economics and Business 
University of Groningen
Nettelbosje 2
9747 AE Groningen
The Netherlands
Tel: +31-50-363-4687
Email: d.j.van.der.zee at rug.nl 

PhD Poster Chair
Thomas Monks
Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Exeter
Veysey Building
Salmon Pool Lane
Exeter EX2 4SG
Tel: +44-1392-726086.
Email: thomas.monks at pcmd.ac.uk
 
Advisory Board
Professor Stewart Robinson
Warwick Business School
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL
United Kingdom
Tel: +44-2476-522132
Email: stewart.robinson at warwick.ac.uk

Dr Simon J.E. Taylor 
School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics
Brunel University
Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH
United Kingdom
Tel: +44-1895-203389 
Email: simon.taylor at brunel.ac.uk

Programme Committee
Dr James D Arthur (Virginia Tech)
Dr Andrew Beck (British Airways)
Prof Sally Brailsford (University of Southampton)
Dr Roger Brooks (University of Lancaster)
Professor Russell Cheng (University of Southampton)
Professor Stephen Chick (INSEAD)
Dr John Crocker (Data Systems & Solutions)
Dr Christine Currie (University of Southampton)
Professor Ruth Davies (University of Warwick)
Dr Mark Elder (SIMUL8)
Professor Paul Fishwick (University of Florida)
Dr Murat Gunal (Deniz Harp Okulu Naval Academy Turkey)
Professor Paul Harper (Cardiff University)
Dr Korina Katsaliaki (The International Hellenic University)
Shane Kite (Saker Solutions)
Dr Kathy Kotiadis (University of Warwick)
Professor Jim Moffat (Dstl)
Dr Mike Overstreet (Old Dominion University)
Professor Ray Paul (Brunel University)
Professor Michael Pidd (University of Lancaster)
Dr Antuela Tako (University of Loughborough)
Dr Georgios Theodoropoulos (University of Birmingham)
Dr Steve Turner (Nanyang Technological University)
Tony Waller (Lanner Group)