ANNOUNCE Submission System Open/Athens Conference

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ATHENS, GREECE - Conference News and Updates
International Conference of the System Dynamics Society
July 20 - 24, 2008

The web submission system is now open to accept conference paper and
workshop submissions. Other important dates are listed below:

Other Important Dates:
Submission deadline: March 21
Self-nomination for Dana Meadows Award deadline: March 21
Application deadline for partial Conference Scholarship: March 31
Notification of acceptance: May 9

CONFERENCE WEBSITE:
<http://www.systemdynamics.org/conferenc ... /index.htm>
http://www.systemdynamics.org/conferenc ... /index.htm

The REGISTRATION BROCHURE, Online conference registration form and HOTEL
ROOM RESERVATION REQUEST FORM are available on the conference website.

TRAVEL: For local information, conference travel planning, pre- or
post-conference vacation options as well as opportunities for guided coach
tours and one-day cruises, please visit http://www.mibsconventions.gr/

The NEWCOMER ORIENTATION SESSION is a special event for newcomers.
Information will be provided to help newcomers maneuver resourcefully
through the conference and get the most out of the experience. If you are a
newcomer and would like to benefit from this program, please check the box
on the registration form as a first-time participant. To volunteer as a
guide, please contact James Melhuish at jamesmelhuis@gmail.com.

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: Nominations are invited for the Jay W. Forrester Award
and the Dana Meadows Student Paper Prize. Please refer to the Society
website for more details on all awards.

INFORMATION on the PhD Colloquium, Modeling Assistance Workshop, Poster
Symposium, Developmental Papers Sessions, and other topics is available on
the conference website. Watch for future announcements regarding a variety
of events.

EARLY DECISION FOR VISA OR FUNDING PURPOSES: Although this is not
recommended in general, the program committee will review a paper for early
decision for authors who need a long lead time to acquire a visa and/or
funding. For details on how to receive an early review, please consult the
Submission System Instructions found on the Conference Website.

CONFERENCE SPONSORS to date:
Amber Blocks Ltd.
Centre for OR & Applied Statistics, Salford Business School, University of
Salford
CRA International
Decisio Consulting Inc.
Evans & Peck
Forio Business Simulations
Global Strategy Dynamics Ltd.
International Society for the Systems Sciences
isee systems
Jantz Morgan LLC
John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Lane Press of Albany
Mohaseboon Business and Financial Consultancies
PA Consulting Group
Pegasus Communications, Inc.
Powersim Solutions, Inc.
SoL, The Society for Organizational Learning
Swiss Reinsurance Company
Vanguard Strategy
Ventana Systems, Inc.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
XJ Technologies

CONFERENCE TEAM:
Conference Co-Chairs: Emmanuel Adamides - University of Patras, Greece, and
Nicholas C. Georgantzas - Fordham University Business Schools, New York, USA


Local Organizing Chairs: George-Michael Klimis - Panteion University,
Greece, and George Papaioannou - Public Power Corporation of Greece

Local Organizing Team: Patroklos Georgiadis - Aristoteles University of
Thessaloniki; George Papachristos, Nikolaos Pomonis, and Yeoryios
Stamboulis, all from University of Patras

Conference Local Co-hosts: University of Patras, Panteion University, and
the Hellenic Chapter of the System Dynamics Society

Program Chair: Brian C. Dangerfield - University of Salford, UK

Workshop Chair: Jack B. Homer - Homer Consulting, USA

PhD Colloquium Organizer: Nicole Zimmermann - Mannheim University, Germany
and Cecile Emery

Conference Travel Agent: Maria Panteli, MIBS Travel Organisation
Email: <mailto:panteli@mibs.gr> panteli@mibs.gr Website:
http://www.mibsconventions.gr

Conference Manager: Roberta L. Spencer
Email: conference@systemdynamics.org

We look forward to seeing you in Athens!

Best Regards, The Athens Conference Team
Email: conference@systemdynamics.org

""True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand
about life, ourselves, and the world around us."" - Socrates

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ANNOUNCE Submission System Open/Athens Conference

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Posted by Bill Braun <bbraun@hlthsys.com>

Thank you to all that responded. I hope I captured everyone's contributions.

Bill Braun

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SOFTWARE

AnyLogic
http://www.xjtek.com/

Arena
http://www.arenasimulation.com/

CACI SimProcess
http://www.simprocess.com/downloads/downloads.cfm
Will run with Vensim using the Vensim Java API

CPNTools
http://wiki.daimi.au.dk/cpntools/cpntools.wiki , GUIfied tool for Colored Petri NetsExtend
http://www.extendsim.com/

EZSim
http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~khoshnev/software.html
http://www.atomseek.com/Software/Simula ... ad_L97982/

EZSim
http://www.tasg.com/asgpinfo.htm

EZSim II
http://greenbay.usc.edu/csci577/fall200 ... Index.html

Flexsim
http://www.flexsim.com/

GoldSim
http://www.goldsim.com/Content.asp?PageID=197

ML Designer
http://www.mldesigner.com/mldesigner.html

MicroSaint
http://www.maad.com/index.pl/micro_saint

Renque
http://www.renque.com/

Scicos
http://www-rocq.inria.fr/scicos/
Follow the Screenshots link for additional documentation, tutorials, and examples.

SimPy
http://simpy.sourceforge.net/
Models are programed in Python, produces graphical output

Topaz
(no link to software; see link to article below)


PAPERS/ARTICLES/BOOKS

Abstract of paper partially addressing SD-DES integration:
http://sim.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/75/4/199
Full version of paper available at
ftp://kibernetika.fov.uni-mb.si/andrej/ ... lation.zip

""Explaining Puzzling Dynamics: Comparing the Use of System Dynamics and Discrete-Event Simulation""
By John Morecroft
http://www.hlthsys.com/sd-de/Explaining ... ecroft.pdf

SD-DE Integration Paper by Magdy Helal, from ISDC 2007:
http://www.systemdynamics.org/conferenc ... LAL482.pdf

""From System Dynamics and Discrete Event to Practical Agent Based Modeling: Reasons, Techniques, Tools""
By Andrei Borshchev and Alexi Filippov
http://www.systemdynamics.org/conferenc ... 1BORSH.pdf

""Computer Simulation in Management Science"" by Michael Pidd
""Tools for Thinking: Modelling in Management Science"" by Michael Pidd

SD-DE Compare Contrast, from GoldSim site
http://www.goldsim.com/Content.asp?PageID=197

TOPAZ related article:
""Human cognition performance model to evaluate safe spacing in air traffic""
By H.A.P. Blom, S.H. Stroeve, M.H.C. Everdij, M.N.J. van der Park
http://www.nlr.nl/id~4262/lang~en.pdf


MODELS

Companion iThink models to Morecroft's paper:
http://www.hlthsys.com/sd-de/Discrete_Event.itm (Morecroft)
http://www.hlthsys.com/sd-de/SD_Model.itm (Morecroft)
http://www.hlthsys.com/sd-de/Morecroft.itm (Heffernan)


MISCELLANEOUS RESOURCES

Strathclyde University
http://www.dmem.strath.ac.uk/~pball/sim ... ulate.html

Past conversation on SD and other modeling approaches:
http://www.ventanasystems.co.uk/forum/v ... php?t=2813
Posted by Bill Braun <bbraun@hlthsys.com>
posting date Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:15:16 -0500
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