CS5233 Modelling and Simulation Techniques

Assignment 3: A Literature Survey on Selected Topics

1.  Crisis Management Simulation

2.  Symbiotic Simulation/Direct Data-Driven Application Systems

3.  Grand Challenges in Modelling and Simulation
 
 

You should stick to the same grouping as the previous assignments, unless you have strong reasons for changing. As usual, you have to email me your group number, and 1st and 2nd choices of topic, and you are not allowed to start until you have been given permission to do so. There is a quota for each topic and will be on a first-come-first-served basis.

Each group needs to find 4-5 articles on its own topic using WWW or library facilities. Finding appropriate articles is important and may contribute to a higher mark.

Each group delivers a written survey report containing the following:

• problem formulation: describe the main concepts in your topic
• techniques and methods: describe the main methods being used within your topic, providing your own critique and opinions.
• Summary: summarise your report
• List of articles that you have used in preparing your report. (give title of the article, authors and place of publication. If it has been published on WWW, then add the web-address to it).

Structure and content of the survey report

• Your report must be tutorial and self-contained
• It should not exceed 5 pages of 12-point typefont and double spacing (you will be penalised if you do not conform to the guidelines)
• It should show your understanding of the most important concepts and methods within your topic
• You may structure your report as you wish, but you must obey the following rules (to make your report easily verifiable).
• you are expected to use your own wording and formulation, except when you quote from other publications and put it in quotes, as explained below.
• All quotations should be put in quotation-marks and should refer to the source article and page number, e.g., lookahead was defined as " the ability to ..." (see Fujimoto et al., page 695).
• If you say something that is not a direct quote, but is stated in some other form in one of the articles, you must refer to that article, e.g., performance of the conservative PDES schemes depends on lookahead as discussed in [give reference to the source].
• You may say something that is not mentioned in the articles, but according to your understanding should be correct. You are strongly encouraged to practise such initiatives and signs of creativity. However, it should be clear what your idea is and what is told by other researchers.

Some Sources of Information:

Past Winter Simulation Conference proceedings
Parallel and Distributed Simulation Workshops (later renamed Principles of Advanced and Distributed Simulation)