According to Shapiro (2007), simulation models permit the study of the dynamic behaviour of a supply chain. Simulation models can describe how all parts of the supply chain will operate over time in respect to a set of parameters and policies defined by managers/analysts. Understanding the dynamics of the supply chain in a safe computer environment is the main value of computer simulation model...

In this chapter we describe the basis of computational chemistry and discuss how computational methods have been extended to biology, and toxicology in particular. Since about 20years, chemical experimentation is more and more replaced by modelling and virtual experimentation. Computer modelling of biological properties is still a debated topic. However, the need of safety assessment of chemica...

Modification of polymer properties by blending is a common practice in the polymer industry. We report here a study of blends of cyanurate polymers by molecular modelling that shows that the final experimentally determined properties can be predicted from first principles modelling to a good degree of accuracy. There is always a compromise between simulation length, accuracy and speed of predic...

A review is presented of molecular and mesoscopic computer simulations of liquid crystalline systems. Molecular simulation approaches applied to such systems are described and the key findings for bulk phase behaviour are reported. Following this, recently developed lattice Boltzmann (LB) approaches to the mesoscale modelling of nemato-dynamics are reviewed. The article concludes with a discuss...

The primary purpose of this paper was to provide an in-depth analysis of the ability of modern analytical platforms (using IBM Watson Analytics as an example) to generate predictive models for stock prices forecasting in comparison with traditional analytical econometric platforms and models. Series of stock predictive models based on the suggestions of IBM Watson Analytics have demonstrated re...

Numerical simulation is a powerful design and audit tool. But in the building industry, it is not as widely spread as in other industries (electronics, car industry, space industry...). Meanwhile, in building related research centers, various simulation codes have been developed. These codes are generally powerful on the numerical level and can cope with a large range of building related issues...

This article describes Simexplorer, a computer framework for managing simulation experiments and, to some extent, the scientific quality of the modelling process. An information system, included in the framework, insures the traceability of the experiments and their reproducibility and thus contributes to the modelling process quality management. Moreover, this information system provides facil...

We describe a novel tool developed to support architectural design of distributed real-time control systems. The approach enables the co-simulation of functionality (from discrete-time control to logic) together with the controlled continuous-time processes and the behavior of the computer system. In particular, modelling and simulation of distributed computer control systems is supported allow...