SIMULATION, Ahead of Print. <br/>Because computers (except for parallel computers) generate simulation outputs sequentially, we recommend sequential probability ratio tests (SPRTs) for the statistical analysis of these outputs. However, until now simulation analysts have ignored SPRTs. To change this situation, we review SPRTs for the simplest case; namely, the case of choosing between two hypothesized values for the mean simulation output. For this case, the classic SPRT of Wald (Wald A. […]

SIMULATION, Ahead of Print. <br/>System verification is an ever-lasting system engineering challenge. The increasing complexity in system simulation requires some level of expertise in handling the idioms of logic and discrete mathematics to correctly drive a full verification process. It is recognized that visual modeling can help to fill the knowledge gap between system experts and analysis experts. However, such an approach has been used on the one hand to specify the behavior of […]

SIMULATION, Ahead of Print. <br/>Based on the two-lane, symmetric traffic model (STCA), a modified traffic model, including Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) communication (STCA V2I model, for short), is presented. The combined full-autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles are able to exchange information as well as the intentions of the driver with the surrounding vehicles through V2I communication. In the analyzed case, the communication between vehicles includes the sending of information […]

SIMULATION, Ahead of Print. <br/>Despite the growing popularity of 802.11 wireless networks, users often suffer from connectivity problems and performance issues due to unstable radio conditions and dynamic user behavior, among other reasons. Anomaly detection and distinction are in the thick of major challenges that network managers encounter. The difficulty of monitoring broad and complex Wireless Local Area Networks, that often requires heavy instrumentation of the user devices, makes […]

SIMULATION, Ahead of Print. <br/>Down-times from the in-service failure of power plant components, such as turbine blades, portend dire impacts and consequences in the form of huge financial losses. The susceptibility of steam turbine blades to failure is now being reduced by a novel technique, laser shock peening (LSP), which induces compressive layers through the surface of the blades. Current simulation studies of LSP employing conventional methods are indeed computationally expensive […]