Sandia National Laboratories is investing in projects that aim to develop computational modeling and simulation … applications that explore human cognitive and social phenomena. While some of these modeling and simulation projects are explicitly …-making. This raises the issue of how to evaluate computational modeling and simulation applications in both research and applied …

Utility Simulation Model (ARGUS) is being revised to incorporate the provisions of the CAAA acid rain title and to simulate SO … (ARGUS2) incorporates unit-level performance data and can incorporate unit-specific compliance decisions when these are known …

) that achieves the lowest total project cost for a given probability of success while meeting technical performance and … Monte Carlo simulation tools. The approach is detailed using a realistic but simplified case of a project with two technical …

--albeit imprecise--goal in all these activities is to ''optimize performance,'' which is to have maximal success/profit/return with … itself to the overall performance and affordability. This is not unreasonable, since oftentimes major upgrades on some …

Modern computers make possible a new blending of systems, man, and cybernetics in the detailed simulation of large …: What kinds of questions does the simulation address and what kinds of solutions does it provide? How can the solutions be … validated? Is simulation more cost-effective than other methods? Answers to these questions lead us to define a useful …

managers). The performance of alternative designs and courses of action must be assessed with respect to multiple performance … available that address specific performance issues during various stages of a building's life cycle. Some of these tools support … collaboration by providing means for synchronous and asynchronous communications, performance simulations, and monitoring of a …