Development and Application of System Simulation – A View from Opposed Properties.

The development of system simulation has become a wide area. Shannon’s definition for simulation as “the process of designing a model of a real system and conducting experiments with this model for the purpose either of understanding the behaviour of the system or of evaluating various strategies for the operation of the system” allows developments of different nature and invites for application in any area.

This presentation picks out developments and applications with “opposed” and “unusual” character: straightforward - surprising, expected - coincidental, new – repeated, classic – exotic, boon and bane, dogmatic – adjustable, necessary – nice, early – late, linear – diverse, solved – white spot, etc. These opposed properties are documented by new and old publications, and by case studies. The audience is invited to select the topics to be presented and to discuss.

Felix Breitenecker - Brief CV.

Felix Breitenecker studied ‘Applied Mathematics’ and, after guest professorships at University Glasgow, at University Budapest, at University Ljubljana and at other universities, since 1992 he acts as professor for Mathematical Modelling and Simulation at Vienna University of Technology. He covers a broad research area, from mathematical modelling to simulator development, from DES via numerical mathematics to symbolic computation, from biomedical and mechanical simulation to process simulation, and he also deals with ‘unusual’ simulation areas, like archaeology and poetry. In teaching area, he is organizing e-learning courses for basic mathematics and basic simulation. Felix Breitenecker is active in various simulation societies: president and past president of EUROSIM since 1992, board member and president of the German Simulation Society ASIM, and member of INFORMS, SCS, I3M, Liophant and others. He is engaged in many projects in the area of modelling and simulation, partners being industry and research institutions. Felix Breitenecker has published about 400 scientific publications, and he is author of three books and editor of 22 books (proceedings and monographs). Since 1995 he is Editor in Chief of the journal SNE Simulation Notes Europe.