simulation@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu (Moderator: Paul Fishwick) (05/20/89)
Volume: 8, Issue: 10, Fri May 19 16:09:08 EDT 1989 +----------------+ | TODAY'S TOPICS | +----------------+ (1) Automobile Mechanics Info. Needed (2) Workshop: Prototyping Tools and Techniques (3) Performance of PC Network Systems (4) 1989 Winter Simulation Conference * Moderator: Paul Fishwick, Univ. of Florida * Send topical mail to: simulation@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu * Archives available via FTP to bikini.cis.ufl.edu, login as 'anonymous', use your last name as the password, change directory to pub/simdigest. * Simulation Tools available by doing above and changing the directory to pub/simdigest/tools. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: simulation@bikini.cis.ufl.edu Subject: Info wanted on Driving Simulation Date: 12 May 89 19:57:45 PDT (Fri) From: pa1237%sdcc15@ucsd.edu ...I'm sorry if I'm wasting your time, but I'm interested in finding out about the mechanics of an automobile in motion. comp.simulation may not be the right place, but I can't find anything better. The type of information I'd need is basic Newtonian mechanics, in order to simulate traction loss, handling, and perhaps even rolling the vehicle--preferably in realtime, hopefully with just integer arithmetic. That may be a tall order, but can you offer any suggestions? Perhaps new paths to start looking down? Memories of an old article in some forgotten magazine? Thanks for your time and trouble. | David Etherton | Arpa: detherton@ucsd.edu | .sig-O-Matic Version 1.0 | | UC San Diego | Bnet: detherto@ucsd.edu.BITNET | Fri May 12 19:50:56 1989 | | "Was it love, or was it the idea of being in love?"--Pink Floyd | ------------------------------ >From mtuxo!jsa@att.att.com Tue May 16 15:25:08 1989 From: jsa@att.att.com@mtuxo.att.com Date: Tue, 16 May 89 15:04 EDT Path: mtuxo!jsa From: jsa@mtuxo.att.com (XMRH2-J.ANGIOLILLO) Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng,comp.sys.mac.hypercard,news.announce.conferences,nj.general,comp.simulation Subject: Prototyping Workshop Keywords: June 9th Date: 16 May 89 19:04:33 GMT Organization: AT&T, Middletown NJ Announcing a One-Day Workshop on User Centered Design of Communication Systems: Prototyping Tools and Techniques Friday, June 9th, 1989 The Communications Technical Group of the Human Factors Society is sponsoring a one-day workshop on the use of PC- based rapid prototyping tools. A number of low-cost, PC- based prototyping tools have been introduced in the past few years. They provide an alternative to the two traditional methods of user interface design--paper specifications and physical model building. The workshop will be held on June 9th, 1989, at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Crawford Corners Road, Holmdel, New Jersey. Thomas Tullis, Director of the User Interface Research Group at Ashton-Tate, will present an overview of the tools available. Following this overview, several case studies and demonstrations will be presented by human factors engineers at AT&T, Bellcore, BNR, IBM, and SIAC. The workshop will conclude with a round-table discussion by a panel of experts in the area of user interface prototyping. Advanced registration is required and seating in limited. For more information, please call Joel Angiolillo (201-576- 3817, jsa@mtuxo.att.com). ------------------------------ >From mcvax!ssp4.idca.tds.philips.nl!fritsf@uunet.UU.NET Tue May 16 17:38:06 1989 To: comp-simulation@cwi.nl Path: ssp4!fritsf From: mcvax!idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl!fritsf@uunet.UU.NET (F H J Feldbrugge) Newsgroups: comp.simulation,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.misc Subject: PC User Emulation Keywords: User Emulation, Performance Analysis, Benchmarks Date: 16 May 89 14:49:32 GMT Organization: Philips Telecommunication and Data Systems, The Netherlands We'd like to measure performance of PC network systems. To that end we prefer to emulate a number of PC users, rather than having an army of typists who repeatedly type in the same input sequences, thus avoiding human annoyance and enhancing reproducibility. I know of such a tool for emulation of users at serial terminals, namely the PreVue system. PreVue is able to watch user input and system responses. It can replay the user input later, checking system responses and measuring response times. For PCs, interception of user input and system responses is not so simple. But maybe there are PC user emulation tools around with a functionality similar to PreVue? If you know the existence of such a tool, please let me know. -------------------------------------------------------------------- | Frits Feldbrugge | Internet: fritsf@idca.tds.philips.nl | | Philips TDS | UUCP: .....!mcvax!philapd!fritsf | -------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ >From NELSON%ccl2@eng.ohio-state.edu Wed May 17 16:38:26 1989 Date: Wed, 17 May 89 16:36 EDT From: NELSON%ccl2@eng.ohio-state.edu Subject: please post To: news-announce-conferences@ukc.ac.uk, performance@cs.wisc.edu, SIMULA%BITNIC.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu, simulation@ufl.edu X-Vms-To: @CONFERENCES., @PERFORMANCE., @SIMULA., @SIMULATION. Conference Announcement - For Immediate Release 1989 WINTER SIMULATION CONFERENCE The 1989 Winter Simulation Conference will be held on December 4 - 6, 1989 at the Capital Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. The conference will feature tutorials, papers on applications and methodology, panel discussions, state-of-the-art reviews, software tutorials and demonstrations, and vendor exhibits of simulation products. Discrete-event simulation, which is the focus of the conference, is used to model manufacturing, transportation, distribution, computer, communication, military, health care, and many other types of systems. WSC typically includes papers in all of these areas, with special emphasis on manufacturing systems. Papers on methodology present current research in modeling, design, analysis, and execution of simulation experiments. A special feature of WSC is an extensive schedule of tutorials on simulation methodology and software presented by leading researchers and software developers. There are tutorials targeted for audiences with no previous background in simulation, for simulation users who want to increase their knowledge of simulation, and for researchers who want to learn about advanced and emerging topics. The software tutorials are backed up by an extensive vendor exhibits area for demonstrations and further discussion. For additional information contact General Chair Kenneth J. Musselman, Pritsker Corporation, 1305 Cumberland Avenue, P.O. Box 2415, West Lafayette, IN 47906, (317) 463-5557. For registration information contact Registration Chair William R. Lilegdon at the same address and phone number. ------------------------------ END OF SIMULATION DIGEST ************************