Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications

Integration of Traffic Simulation and Propulsion Modeling to Estimate Energy Consumption for Battery Electric Vehicles.- Speeding Up the Evaluation of a Mathematical Model for VANETs using OpenMP.- The Stability Box for Minimizing Total Weighted Flow Time under Uncertain Data.- Numerical Modelling of Nonlinear Diffusion Phenomena on a Sphere.- Simulation, Parameter Estimation and Optimization of an Industrial-scale Evaporation System.- High Detailed Lava Flows Hazard Maps by a Cellular Automata Approach.- A Consistent Preliminary Design Process for Mechatronic Systems.- A Process based on the Model-driven Architecture to Enable the Definition of Platform-independent Simulation MODELS.- Dynamic Response of a Wind Farm Consisting of Doubly-fed Induction Generators to Network Disturbance.- Educational Simulators for Industrial Process Control.- Simulation-based Development of Safety Related Interlocks.- Modelling Molecular Processes by Individual-based Simulations Applied to Actin Polymerisation.- Marine Ecosystem Model Calibration through Enhanced Surrogate-based Optimization.- Hydrodynamic Shape Optimization of Axisymmetric Bodies using Multi-fidelity Modeling.- Analysis of Bulky Crash Simulation Results: Deterministic and Stochastic Aspects.- Integration of Optimization to the Design of Pulp & Paper Production Processes.- Variation-aware Circuit Macromodeling and Design based on Surrogate Models.- Analysis and Optimization of Bevel Gear Cutting Processes by Means of Manufacturing Simulation.