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By Leandro Watanabe, Jacob Barhak, Chris Myers Abstract Disease modelers have been modeling progression of diseases for several decades using such tools as Markov models or microsimulation. However, they need to address a serious challenge; many models they create are […]

The 2018 SCS Editor’s Choice award has been awarded to Berenice Gudiño-Mendoza, Ernesto Lopez-Mellado, and Enrique Aquayo-Lara, for their paper, “A scheme for the simulation of networked agent systems modeled by timed hybrid Petri nets.” Read the paper here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0037549717737861

By Stephen Moskal1, Shanchieh Jay Yang1, and Michael E Kuhl2 Abstract Existing research on cyber threat assessment focuses on analyzing the network vulnerabilities and producing possible attack graphs. Cyber attacks in real-world enterprise networks, however, vary significantly due to not only […]

By Eric N Hatleback Abstract I argue that marking a proper distinction between two types of research in the cybersecurity field obviates the present debate concerning a “science of cybersecurity.” Once the terminology has been properly disambiguated, the accurate descriptor for […]

By Linda Barney This article features the results of the December 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and of how it was one of the most powerful and destructive seismic events in history and cause a tsunami which killed thousands of lives from many […]

From the Lawrence Livermore National Library In the next 30 years, there is a one-in-three chance that California’s Hayward fault will rupture with a 6.7 magnitude or higher earthquake, according to the United States Geologic Survey (USGS). Such an earthquake will […]

As fall sports seasons get under way and concerns related to concussions in contact sports continue to grow, a biomedical engineering professor is developing better tools to understand the mechanics of brain injuries in athletes.

As fall sports seasons get under way and concerns related to concussions in contact sports continue to grow, a biomedical engineering professor is developing better tools to understand the mechanics of brain injuries in athletes.

The Winter Simulation Conference Celebrates its 50th Anniversary in December 2017! WinterSim is a co-sponsored event by SCS. This event spawned many extra activities, such as a special track on the History of Simulation and related WSC activities that will […]

Did you plan on skipping the upcoming solar eclipse viewing parties on Aug. 21? Was your search for specially filtered glasses or welder’s masks futile? Do you plan on staying indoors that day to avoid the gawking masses staring [..]