The 20th IASTED International Conference on
Modelling and Simulation
MS 2009

July 6 – 8, 2009
Banff, Alberta, Canada

Past Conference Information

The Modelling and Simulation 2009 conference in Banff, Alberta, Canada has ended.

Conference Proceedings

The Conference Proceedings are available for purchase on the ACTA Press website:

Conference Chair

Prof. Reda S. Alhajj
University of Calgary, Canada
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Keynote Speakers

"Behavior Modelling Power Amplifiers / Transmitters For Wireless and Satellite Communications"

Prof. Fadhel M. Ghannouchi
University of Calgary, Canada
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"Current Challenges in Managing Water"

Prof. Daniel P. Loucks
Cornell University, USA
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Invited Speaker

"Effectiveness of Modelling in Predicting Cancer Biomarkers from Gene Expression Data"

Prof. Jon Rokne
University of Calgary, Canada
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Tutorial Session

"From Foundations to Applications of Visual Analytics"
Dr. David S. Ebert
Purdue University, USA
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Mr. Ross Maciejewski
Purdue University, USA
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Scope

The topics of interest covered by MS 2009 included, but were not limited to:

APPLICATIONS IN AUTOMATION, CONTROL, AND ROBOTICS

  • Assembly Planning
  • CAD/CAM
  • Flexible Manufacturing Systems
  • Fluid Power Technology
  • Human-Machine Interfaces
  • Industrial Automation
  • Intelligent Agents
  • Intelligent Control
  • Material Handling
  • Mobile Robots
  • Motion Planning
  • Multi-Robot Systems
  • Process Automation
  • Process Control
  • Robot Design
  • Robust Robot Control
  • Scheduling
  • Sensing and Data Fusion
  • Tele-Robotics
  • Virtual Reality

APPLICATIONS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS

  • 3rd and 4th Generation Networks
  • Congestion Control Mechanisms
  • Database Management
  • Distance Education
  • E-Commerce
  • Fluid Models
  • Information System Management
  • M-Commerce
  • Mobile Networks
  • Multimedia Systems
  • Network Simulation
  • Performance Modelling
  • Protocols
  • Quality of Service
  • RF Circuit Modelling
  • Software Engineering
  • Telecommunications
  • The Internet
  • Wireless System Architectures

APPLICATIONS IN MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS RESEARCH

  • Accounting
  • Business Process Simulation
  • Cost Benefit Analysis
  • Economic Revitalization
  • Economics
  • Financial Models
  • Forecasting
  • Knowledge Management Systems
  • Logic Programming
  • Logistics
  • Operation and Production Management
  • Operations Research
  • Optimization
  • Policy Issues
  • Regulatory Impact Analysis
  • Resource Management
  • Risk Analysis
  • Scheduling
  • Stochastic Models
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Total Quality Management
  • Work Flow Management

ENERGY AND POWER SYSTEMS MODELLING

  • Electricity Market Modelling
  • Energy Demand Modelling
  • Energy Economics
  • Energy Flow Modelling
  • Fault Simulation
  • Fluid Power Systems
  • Harmonics Modelling
  • Modelling of Energy Sources
  • Power Network Simulation
  • Power Plant Modelling
  • Power Quality Analysis
  • SCADA Systems
  • Stability Studies
  • Transient Analysis
  • Transmission Line Modelling
  • Turbine Modelling

ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS MODELLING

  • Agricultural Modelling
  • Air Modelling and Simulation
  • Aquatic Ecosystems
  • Atmospheric Modelling
  • Biological Systems
  • Climatic Modelling
  • Earth System Modelling
  • Ecosystem Modelling
  • Freshwater Ecosystems
  • Hazardous Material
  • Hydrological Modelling
  • Marine Ecosystems
  • Meteorological Modelling
  • Mobile Source Emissions
  • Natural Resource Management
  • Reservoir Simulation
  • Terrain Analysis
  • Terrestrial Ecosystems

MODELLING AND SIMULATION METHODOLOGIES

  • 3-Dimensional Modelling
  • Agent-based Modelling
  • Applications
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Bond Graph Modelling
  • CASE Systems in Engineering Design
  • Computational Geometry
  • Computer Aided Design
  • Continuous and Discrete Methodology
  • Data Modelling
  • Discrete Event Simulation
  • Distributed Simulation
  • Dynamic Modelling
  • Expert Systems
  • Finite Element Methods
  • Fuzzy Systems
  • Genetic Algorithms
  • Knowledge-based Systems
  • Mathematical Modelling
  • Model Development
  • Monte Carlo Simulation
  • Multi-Paradigm
  • Neural Networks
  • Numerical Methods
  • Object Oriented Implementation
  • Petri Nets
  • Physically-based Modelling
  • Simulation Optimization
  • Simulation Tools and Languages
  • Simulation Uncertainty
  • Statistical and Probabilistic Modelling
  • Synthetic Environments
  • Time Series Analysis
  • Virtual Reality
  • Visualization
  • Web-based Simulation

MODELLING IN BIOMEDICINE AND BIOMECHANICS

  • Arterial Wall Mechanics
  • Biomechanical Modelling
  • Biomedical Modelling
  • Cardiovascular Modelling
  • Dental Modelling
  • Health Care Modelling
  • Human Animation
  • Image-guided Surgery
  • Joint Modelling
  • Limb Modelling
  • Medical Education
  • Medical Imaging
  • Medical Instrument Design
  • Medical Robotics
  • Medical Vision
  • Modelling of Sports Injuries
  • Muscular Modelling
  • Orthopaedic Modelling
  • Patient Simulators
  • Respiratory Mechanics
  • Surgical Modelling
  • Surgical Simulators
  • Surgical Training
  • Tele-Medicine
  • Virtual Reality