Annual Report of the miss of insa-rouen

Professor Keresztes visited this year Prof. Stanislaw Raczynski director of the Mexican MISS Center and took contacts with Dominique Borione in the field of symbolic simulation.

Last but not least we would like to mention that preliminary negotiations with Prof. Tuncer Oren Director of the Ottawa MISS Center have been started to establish cooperation in research and education between our centers.

Education
The simulation courses taught by the personal of the Hungarian MISS Center and Satellite Center were the following:
At the Budapest University of Technology and Economics:

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  Modeling and Simulation in Economy
  
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  Promoting Decision Making and Management by Simulation
  

At the Szechenyi Istvan University:

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  Methodology and Application of Simulation
  

There are 5 Ph.D. students working on their thesis at the Hungarian MISS Center. They are actively taking part in the different research projects.

A staff member of the Center Gabor Szucs defended his Ph.D. thesis in the field of intelligent demon controlled simulation: “Optimizing and modeling methods of highly sophisticated systems by artificial intelligence controlled simulation, with special emphasis on the examination of transport systems”

Center simulation tools
The main tool we apply in our research projects as well as in education is the AI controlled simulation system CASSANDRA (Cognizant Adaptive Simulation System for Applications in Numerous Different Relevant Areas) 3.0 we have developed in the recent years. (The CASSANDRA system has been applied in numerous international projects in various fields of application and its main features are outlined in the courses taught as mentioned above.)
Another tool is the PASION simulation system developed at the MISS Center of Mexico and provided by courtesy of Prof. Dr. Stanislaw Raczynski director of the Center.
By the courtesy of Prof. Dr. Bernd Schmidt from the University of Passau we have obtained the simulation system SIMPLEX II as freeware.
Beyond CASSANDRA 3.0 developed by us we have already used the other two software systems as well.
By courtesy of Incontrol Simulation Software BV we have received the student version of their simulation tool Enterprise Dynamics just recently that we intend to apply in the education of simulation.

Center highlights
The Center intends to combine basic research of simulation methodologies coupled tightly with applications in various fields. Our approach is that we aim at finding solutions to problems arising in practical problem solving where the existing solutions are inadequate. In the past we have been participating in various projects, that we intend to continue. On the other hand we intend to get the students involved in the research work. This latter aspect could be enhanced by starting MISS Ph.D. curricula.
The main area of simulation we are active in is discrete simulation combined with artificial intelligence. The possible field of applications is rather wide. There are however some areas in which we already have been active or intend to be active in the near future. These priority areas are; flexible manufacturing systems, traffic, logistics, conflict resolution, micro and macro economy, development of regions. We are however open to undertake simulation in other application fields as well where our expertise and tools can be applied efficiently.
One of the directions in which we intend to work and obtain results is the simulation of ill-defined systems with particular emphasis to economic and multidisciplinary problems. We have started already research work in this direction and we endeavor to include graduate and Ph.D. students in this work. It should be mentioned that a number of students who listened to the simulation courses mentioned above became eager to participate in our projects and deal with simulation in our center. We consider this as a positive feedback of our work.

Center publications
Javor, A., Keresztes, P., Szucs, G.: Research and Education of AI Controlled

Simulation for Interdisciplinary Problem Solving

Summer Computer Simulation Conference, Orlando, Florida, July 15-19,

2001. 536-541

Szucs, G.: Railway Simulation with the CASSANDRA Simulation System

Journal of Computing and Information Technology (CIT), Vol. 9, 2001.

133-142

Szucs, G.: Simulation Model Structure Development by using an Intelligent Demon

New and Renewing Information Systems, Budapest University of Technology

and Economics, Budapest, 2001. 251-260. (in Hungarian)

Javor, A., Meszaros-Komaromy, G.: Investigation of the Influence of the Road Traffic

Network Conditions on the Development of Regions by Means of AI

Controlled Simulation

AIS’2002, Lisbon, Portugal, April 7-10, 2002. 86-90.

Javor, A., Szucs, G.: A Methodology for the Determination of the Models of Soft

Systems by Means of Intelligent Agents

Periodica Polytechnica (in publication)

Meszaros-Komaromy, G.: Simulation as a Tool to Promote Decision Making

in the Development of Regions

Periodica Polytechnica (in publication)

Csík, B: Simulation of Competitive Market Situations using Intelligent Agents

Periodica Polytechnica (in publication)

What you mean you want to see at MISS and MISSTRESS
1) The elaboration, accreditation and starting of a joint Ph.D. in simulation sciences curriculum that has already been planned in the last years.
2) Starting of joint projects with the participation of those MISS centers which are interested in them. Some concrete initiations have already been mentioned above.

What you will serve for MISS
1) Prof. Javor, director of the Hungarian Center in his capacity of being co-director of the MISS network in close cooperation with Lou Birta senior vice president started to make contacts and realize the revitalization of the active networks.
2) Active participation in the elaboration of the Ph.D. in simulation sciences program.
3) Participation in joint research and/or education programs.

Budapest, July 3, 2002

Prof. Andras Javor Ph.D.,D.Sc.

Director of the Hungarian MISS Center

Associate director of the Hungarian Satellite Center