ACM Sigsim Simulation Digest 

Abstract: The last great (Wisconsin) ice age has long held the interest of climatologists, geologists, and geographers as the best documented of the several ice ages of the last million years. Although local glaciation maximums varied by several thousand years, the time 18,000 B.P. (years before present) is globally representative of this event. The changes of flora and fauna that accompanied this ice age are recorded in an extensive paleoclimatic literature, and are supplemented by widespread evidence of changes in the physical character of the earth's surface, such as changes in sea level, sea-ice extent, and local orography. From these and other evidence, estimates of the local nature of the ice-age climate itself have been derived at selected sites in terms of such variables as the local wind, temperature, or rainfall. Although they are insufficient to portray the overall global climatic regime, these estimates indicate that the ice-age climate was substantially different from today's in many regions of the world.

Abstract: On November 7, 1952, 39 representatives of 13 organizations met at the Colonial House in Oxnard, California, to discuss the formation of an association for simulation. The meeting was arranged, with the encouragement of his wife, Suzette, by John McLeod, who was then employed at the United States Naval Air Missile Test Center at Point Mugu, California. The group decided to form an organization, which they called the Simulation Council. The stated objective, as determined after some discussion, was "to increase the effectiveness and broaden the application of simulation."

Abstract: The Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) is the premier international forum for disseminating recent advances in the field of system simulation, with the principal focus being discrete-event simulation and combined discrete-continuous simulation. In addition to a technical program of unsurpassed scope and quality, WSC provides the central meeting place for simulation practitioners, researchers, and vendors drawn from all disciplines and from the industrial, governmental, and academic sectors.

Abstract: This paper describes CAPS, a simulation system which enables an analyst without programming experience to quickly produce (in hours) guaranteed executable programs through the use of an interactive dialog. The result is a substantial reduction in both time and effort from the point of problem definition to the availability of model output for decision making. CAPS was developed by Dr. A. T. Clementson of the University of Birmingham and this paper draws heavily upon his work. (See Ref. 1) The user dialog with CAPS is described and examples of the ease of use are given, including an actual model.