simulation@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu (Moderator: Paul Fishwick) (08/30/88)
Volume: 4, Issue: 7, Mon Aug 29 13:38:10 EDT 1988 +----------------+ | TODAY'S TOPICS | +----------------+ (1) Network Simulation Package Wanted (2) Simulation of Pharmacokinetics (3) Vehicle Routing (4) Simulated Annealing Packaged Wanted Moderator: Paul Fishwick, Univ. of Florida Send topical mail to: simulation@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 88 16:57:32 EDT From: Melisse Leib <mleib@SURAN.BBN.COM> To: simulation@BIKINI.CIS.UFL.EDU Subject: Wanted: Information on network simulation tools I'm looking for a package that will assist the simulation of computer networks. I've looked at NEST and Opnet, and I'm not happy with either. My most important criterion is that the package allow simulations to be rapidly and easily coded, debugged, and tested. Can anyone suggest a package? Melisse (mleib@bbn.com) ------------------------------ To: uunet!comp-simulation@uunet.UU.NET Path: dhw68k!Rick 'Transputer' Stein Newsgroups: comp.simulation,sci.med,sci.bio.technology Subject: Simulation of Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Processes Date: 26 Aug 88 16:47:35 GMT Reply-To: ccicpg!dhw68k.cts.com!Rick@uunet.UU.NET () Distribution: na Organization: Wolfskill residence; Anaheim, CA (USA) References: none Sender: ccicpg!felix!dhw68k.cts.com!Rick.'Transputer'.Stein@uunet.UU.NET Keywords: simulation, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics Does anyone know of research into the simulation of pharmacodynamics or pharmacokinetic reactions? I understand that the human body is a highly nonlinear system (see Peter Weiler in the ACS monograph: "Pharmacokinetics: Mathematics and Processes"). Can anyone tell me why the FDA has not started an automated drug certification program where the reaction matrix for a compound is evaluated on a computer instead of live animal tests? It seems to me that a big enough computer (say a transputer-based multicomputer system) with the right software could accomplish this task. Rick 'Transputer' Stein (uunet!dhw68k!stein) "All the worlds a nonlinear stage" --Shakestein [[You might want to study compartmental modeling which is used frequently in biology, and drug testing, etc. A good book is: "Compartmental Analysis in Biology and Medicine" By John A. Jacquez The University of Michigan Press 1985 (Second Edition) -paf]] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Aug 88 22:54 EST From: Ezra Zubrow <APYEZRA@ubvmsc.cc.buffalo.edu> Subject: RE: SIMULATION DIGEST V4 N4 To: fishwick@fish.cis.ufl.EDU X-Vms-To: IN%"fishwick@fish.cis.ufl.EDU" REPLY: TO PETER VERBRUGGEN , RANK XEROX VENRAY, THE NETHERLANDS RE : VEHICLE ROUTING. If geographic accuracy is a necessary aspect of the vehicle routing scheduling model, I can recommend a geographic information system called arc-info. It has both networking and allocation algorithms built into the system. One can easily add the scheduler with tools. It is available from the esri corporation, Redlands California. There are vax, prime, and pc versions in existence. One might have to write with the tool box a scheduling algorithm but that shouldn`t be to difficult. Best of luck. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Aug 88 11:51:41 EDT From: Gary Dare <dare@eevlsi.ee.columbia.edu> To: comp-misc@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU, comp-simulation@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU Subject: Looking for a Simulated annealing package Does anyone know of a public domain or very inexpensive program that minimizes a function using the simulated annealing algorithm? RSVP to one of the addresses below. Merci! gld ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ je me souviens ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gary L. Dare "Too old to rock'n'roll, > dare@eevlsi.ee.columbia.EDU too young to die!" > gld@cunixc.BITNET Jethro Tull ------------------------------ +--------------------------+ | END OF SIMULATION DIGEST | +--------------------------+