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Fortieth anniversary special panel: Landmark papers

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David Goldsman,

James O. Henriksen,

Pierre L'Ecuyer,

Barry L. Nelson,

David H. Withers,

Nilay Tanik ArgonAuthors Info & Claims

WSC '07: Proceedings of the 39th conference on Winter simulation: 40 years! The best is yet to come

Pages 2 - 13

Published: 09 December 2007 Publication History

Abstract

To celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the Winter Simulation Conference, we have selected ten landmark papers from the four decades of the conference. In this article, we review these landmark papers and discuss their impact on the theory, education, and practice of simulation.

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WSC '07: Proceedings of the 39th conference on Winter simulation: 40 years! The best is yet to come

December 2007

2659 pages

ISBN:1424413060

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Jeff Tew

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IIE: Institute of Industrial Engineers
INFORMS-SIM: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences: Simulation Society
ASA: American Statistical Association
IEEE/SMC: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
SIGSIM: ACM Special Interest Group on Simulation and Modeling
NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology
(SCS): The Society for Modeling and Simulation International

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Sandikçi BTunç STanriöver BSon YHaas P(2019)A new simulation model for kidney transplantation in the United StatesProceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference10.5555/3400397.3400483(1079-1090)Online publication date: 8-Dec-2019
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3400397.3400483
Sargent RBalci O(2017)History of verification and validation of simulation modelsProceedings of the 2017 Winter Simulation Conference10.5555/3242181.3242199(1-16)Online publication date: 3-Dec-2017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3242181.3242199

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