Proceedings of the 2009 INFORMS Simulation Society Research Workshop

L.H. Lee, M.E. Kuhl, J.W. Fowler, and S. Robinson, eds.

decision methodology, or special needs that arise in
applications. Examples include:
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING AN EXTENDED
ABSTRACT USING MICROSOFT WORD
Loo Hay Lee

f Industrial & Systems Engineering

nal University of Singapore
pore 117576, SINGAPORE
John W. Fowler

ment of Industrial Engineering

rizona State University
e, AZ 85287-5906, U.S.A.

ABSTRACT

Simulation Methodology
Continuous stochastic optimization
Discrete optimization with simulation, including
ranking and selection
Michael E. Kuhl Optimization heuristics
Stochastic programming
Industrial & Systems Engineering Department
Experimental designs for simulation
Rochester Institute of Technology
U.S.A.
Efficiency improvement techniques
Rochester, NY 14623,
Technology transfer and implementation
Market driven-demand for specific decision
Stewart Robinson support features
Decision Methodology
Warwick Business School
University of Warwick
Models of uncertainty
Coventry, CV4 7AL, U.K.
Bayesian and classical uncertainty analysis
Inference for stochastic models
Simulation in the decision-making process
Model validation
Special Needs that Arise in Applications

This word processing document summarizes the main

points for formatting extended abstracts for the 2009
INFORMS Simulation Society Research Workshop, which
is on the topic Simlation: At the interface of modeling
and analysis. Extended abstracts of three to five pages are
required for all presentation proposals that are accepted for
participation in the Research Workshop.
The final
submissions of the extended abstracts must otherwise
adhere to the general formatting requirements of Winter
Simulation Conference Proceedings articles.
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INTRODUCTION

Discrete event simulation and stochastic simulation are

often used to support practical decisions. A lot of theory
has been developed to optimize system outputs, to model
system inputs, and how to simulate more efficiently. Some
of that theory is very applicable to a broad range of
applications. Some of that theory is rather specialized, and
applies to a rather small subset of the potential uses of
simulation. A number of applications require ad hoc
adjustments to complement existing theory, in some cases
because adequate theory has not yet been fully developed,
and in other cases because theory has not yet been
integrated into readily available general simulation and/or
decision-support software.
The goal of the first INFORMS Simulation Society is
to bring together researchers to discuss advances in the
development of theory to support decisions more
effectively. Talks may focus on simulation methodology,

Operations management
Finance and risk management
Service delivery system

USING MICROSOFT WORD STYLES

The use of styles can greatly simplify the generation of

consistently formatted papers. Up to 85% of accepted
papers for the Winter Simulation Conference had
formatting problems and were returned to the authors for
revisions. This wastes a tremendous amount of time and
creates extra work for the editors and the authors. A
significant portion of these revisions can be eliminated
through the consistent use of the provided template and the
associated styles. Since the INFORMS Simulation Society
is using the same basic formatting style, this document has
been provided with a number of those styles.
The easiest way to use the Word template,
rw09word.dotx, is to simply copy the template to your
working directory and double-click the template from
Windows Explorer. This will launch Word and will create
a new document based on the template. An alternate way
involves copying the template into the directory containing
Words default templates. The default template directory
depends on the operating system. Find the default template
directory by searching for one of the default templates (for
example, normal.dotx). Then place the new template in
that directory. To access the template, you should open a
new Word document by selecting File/New from Words

Authors Names Here

menu bar; then the dialog box opens with an option to find
templates.
The word template for the INFORMS Research
Workshop, <rw07word.dot>, is available from the
Workshops
WWW
site
at
<http://www.insead.edu/issrw/
call_for_papers.htm>. From that point on, it is
highly recommended to consult the user documentation
that is available for the Winter Simulation Conference in
the Author Kit. In particular, consult <http://www.
wintersim.org/authkit.htm> for further instructions on how
to use the styles, in the document Instructions for
Preparing Manuscripts in Word.
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TABLES, FIGURES AND MORE

Please consult the documentation for preparing WSC

Proceedings papers in the Word format to learn about how
to format tables, figures, hyperlinks, bibliographic
references, and more. That information can be found at
that
conferences
www
site,
<http://www.
wintersim.org/authkit.htm>.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Place the acknowledgments section,
if needed, after the main text, but
before any appendices and the
references. The section heading is
not numbered. These instructions are
adapted from instructions that have
been updated and improved by
proceedings editors and several other
individuals, who are too numerous to
name separately (our apologies, but it
is necessary), since the first set of
instructions were written by Barry
Nelson for the 1991 WSC.
REFERENCES
Perrone, L. F., F. P. Wieland, J. Liu, and B. G. Lawson.
2006. Instructions for preparing manuscripts [online].

Available via <www.wintersim.org/authki

t.htm> [accessed February 11, 2006].
Wilson, James R. 2006. Guidelines on writing a good
paper for the Proceedings of the Winter Simulation
Conference
[online].
Available
via
<www.wintersim.
org/authkit.htm> [accessed February 11,
2006].

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES
Be sure to change the heading of this section to
BIOGRAPHY when the paper has a single author.
Also, use the Biography style when adding in each
author.
LOO HAY LEE is a associate professor of Industrial and
Systems Engineering at the National University of
Singapore.
His
e-mail
address
is
<iseleelh@nus.edu.sq>.
MICHAEL E. KUHL is an associate professor in the
Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at
Rochester Institute of Technology. His e-mail address is
<mekeie@rit.edu>.
JOHN W. FOWLER is a professor in the Operations
Research and Production Systems group of the Industrial
Engineering Department at Arizona State University. His
e-mail address is <john.fowler@asu.edu>.
STEWART ROBINSON professor of Operational
Research and Associate Dean of Specialist Masters
Programmes in the Operational Research and
Management Sciences Group in the Warwick Business
School at the University of Warwick. His e-mail address is
<stewart.robinson@warwick.ac.uk>.