94 research outputs found
Three-dimensional conceptual model for service-oriented simulation
In this letter, we propose a novel three-dimensional conceptual model for an
emerging service-oriented simulation paradigm. The model can be used as a
guideline or an analytic means to find the potential and possible future
directions of the current simulation frameworks. In particular, the model
inspects the crossover between the disciplines of modeling and simulation,
service-orientation, and software/systems engineering. Finally, two specific
simulation frameworks are studied as examples.Comment: 7 pages, 1 figures, 3 table, Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE
A, 2009, 10(8): 1075-108
A Hybrid Model for Dynamic Simulation of Custom Software Projects in a Multiproject Environment
This paper describes SimHiProS, a hybrid simulation
model of software production. The goal is to gain insight on the dynamics
induced by resource sharing in multiproject management. In order
to achieve it the hierarchy of decisions in a multiproject organization is
modeled and some resource allocation methods based on algorithms from
the OR/AI domain are used. Other critical issues such as the hybrid nature
of software production and the effects of measurement and control
are also incorporated in the model. Some first results are presented.Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación TIN2004-06689-C03-03Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación TIN2007-67843-C06-0
Social Media, Gender and the Mediatisation of War: Exploring the German Armed Forces’ Visual Representation of the Afghanistan Operation on Facebook
Studies on the mediatisation of war point to attempts of governments to regulate the visual perspective of their involvements in armed conflict – the most notable example being the practice of ‘embedded reporting’ in Iraq and Afghanistan. This paper focuses on a different strategy of visual meaning-making, namely, the publication of images on social media by armed forces themselves. Specifically, we argue that the mediatisation of war literature could profit from an increased engagement with feminist research, both within Critical Security/Critical Military Studies and within Science and Technology Studies that highlight the close connection between masculinity, technology and control. The article examines the German military mission in Afghanistan as represented on the German armed forces’ official Facebook page. Germany constitutes an interesting, and largely neglected, case for the growing literature on the mediatisation of war: its strong antimilitarist political culture makes the representation of war particularly delicate. The paper examines specific representational patterns of Germany’s involvement in Afghanistan and discusses the implications which arise from what is placed inside the frame of visibility and what remains out of its view
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