Publications: Full List
Books
ROBINSON, S. (1994). Successful Simulation: a Practical Approach to Simulation Projects.
McGraw-Hill,
Brooks, R.J. and ROBINSON, S. (2001). Simulation. Palgrave.
ROBINSON, S. (2004). Simulation: The Practice of
Model Development and Use. Wiley,
Book Chapters
ROBINSON,
S. (2007). Modeling Human Interaction in Organizational Systems. Handbook of
Dynamic System Modeling (Fishwick, P.A., ed.). Chapman and Hall/
Journal Papers
ROBINSON, S. (1993). The Application of Computer Simulation in Manufacturing. Integrated
Manufacturing Systems, 4 (No. 4), pp. 18-23.
ROBINSON, S.L. (1994). An Introduction to Visual Interactive
Simulation in Business. International Journal of Information Management, 14
(No. 1), pp. 13-23.
ROBINSON, S. (1994). Simulation Projects: Building the Right Conceptual Model.
Industrial Engineering, 26 (No. 9), pp. 34-36.
ROBINSON, S. (1995). An Heuristic Technique for Selecting the
Run-length of Non-terminating Steady-state Simulations. Simulation 65 (No.
3), pp. 170-179.
ROBINSON, S. and Higton, N. (1995). Computer Simulation for Quality and
Reliability Engineering. Quality and Reliability Engineering International,
11, pp. 371-377.
Hewitt, F., ROBINSON, S. and Bennett, D. (1996). Modelling and Benchmarking Business
Processes: The Supply-Line Example. Benchmarking for Quality Management and
Technology, 3 (No. 2), pp. 4-14.
ROBINSON, S. and Pidd, M. (1998). Provider and
Customer Expectations of Successful Simulation Projects. Journal of the Operational
Research Society, 49 (No. 3), pp. 200-209.
ROBINSON, S. (1998). Measuring Service Quality in the Process of Delivering a
Simulation Study: The Customer's Perspective.
International Transactions in Operational
Research, 5 (No. 5), pp. 357-374.
ROBINSON, S. (1999). Measuring Service Quality:
Current Thinking, Future Requirements. Marketing
Intelligence and Planning, 17
(No. 1), pp. 21-32.
ROBINSON, S. and Stanger, M. (1999). Strategies for
Simulating: Investigating and Improving the Use of Simulation at British
Airways OR. OR Insight, 12 (No. 1),
pp. 8-15.
ROBINSON, S. (1999). Simulation Verification,
Validation and Confidence: A Tutorial.
Transactions of the Society for Computer
Simulation International, 16 (No.2), pp. 63-69.
ROBINSON, S. (2001). Soft with a Hard Centre:
Discrete-Event Simulation in Facilitation. Journal
of the Operational Research Society, 52 (No. 8), pp. 905-915.
ROBINSON, S. (2002). General Concepts of Quality for
Discrete-Event Simulation. European
Journal of Operational Research, 138 (1), pp. 103-117.
ROBINSON, S., Brooks, R.J. and Lewis, C.D. (2002)
Detecting Shifts in the Mean of a Simulation Output Process. Journal of the Operational Research Society,
53 (No. 5), pp.559-573.
ROBINSON, S. (2003). Modes of Simulation Practice:
Approaches to Business and Military Simulation. Simulation Practice and Theory, 10, pp. 513-523.
ROBINSON, S., Edwards, J.S. and Yongfa, W.
(2003) Linking the Witness Simulation Software to an Expert System to Represent
a Decision-Making Process. Journal of
Computing and Information Technology,
11 (2), pp. 123-133.
ROBINSON, S., Alifantis, A., Hurrion, R.D., Edwards,
J.S., Ladbrook, J. and Waller, T. (2003). Modelling and Improving Maintenance
Decisions: Having Foresight with Simulation and Artificial Intelligence. In SAE
2002 Transactions Journal of Materials & Manufacturing.
SAE International,
Edwards, J.S., Alifantis, A., Hurrion, R.D., Ladbrook, J., ROBINSON, S. and Waller, T. (2004). Using a Simulation Model for Knowledge Elicitation and Knowledge Management. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 12 (7-8), pp. 527-540.
ROBINSON, S., Nance, R.E.,
Paul, R.J., Pidd, M. and
ROBINSON,
S. (2005). Distributed Simulation and Simulation Practice. Simulation:
Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Computer Simulation, 81 (1), pp. 5-13.
ROBINSON, S. (2005). Discrete-Event Simulation: From the Pioneers to the Present, What Next? Journal of the Operational Research Society, 56 (6), pp. 619-629. Invited Review.
ROBINSON, S., Alifantis, T., Edwards,
J.S., Ladbrook, J. and Waller, T. (2005). Knowledge Based Improvement:
Simulation and Artificial Intelligence for Identifying and Improving Human
Decision-Making in an Operations System. Journal
of the Operational Research Society, 56 (8), pp. 912-921.
ROBINSON, S. (2007). A Statistical Process Control
Approach to Selecting a Warm-up Period for a Discrete-Event Simulation. European
Journal of Operational Research, 176 (1), pp. 332-346.
ROBINSON, S. (2007). PSMs:
Looking in from the Outside. Journal
of the Operational Research Society, 58
(5), pp. 689-691.
ROBINSON, S., Lee, E., and Edwards, J.S.
(2007). Improving the Use of Visual Interactive Simulation as a Knowledge
Elicitation Tool. World
Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, 3 (3/4), pp. 260-272.
ROBINSON, S. (2008).
Conceptual Modelling for Simulation Part II: A Framework for Conceptual
Modeling. Journal of the Operational
Research Society, 59 (3), pp. 291-304.
Ahmed,
R., Hall, T., Wernick, P., ROBINSON, S. and Shah, M. (2008). Software Process
Simulation Modelling: A Survey of Practice. Journal of Simulation, 2 (2), pp. 91-102.
Tako,
A.A. and ROBINSON, S. Comparing Discrete-Event
Simulation and System Dynamics: Users’ Perceptions. Journal of
the Operational Research Society. Forthcoming.
Conference
Papers
ROBINSON, S. and McMillan, A. (1992). Visual Interactive Simulation in Airport
Design: Modelling a Tracked Transit System. ASTAIR 92 - Advanced Software
Technology for Air Transport. Proceedings of 2nd International Conference and
Exhibition of ASTAIR 92.
Hewitt, F., Bennett, D. and ROBINSON, S. (1995). Benchmarking Distribution, Logistics and the
Supply Chain Process. In: Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on
Logistics (K.S. Pawar ed.),
ROBINSON, S. and Bhatia, V. (1995). Secrets of Successful Simulation Projects.
In: Proceeding of the Winter Simulation Conference 1995, (Alexopoulos, C.,
Kang, K., Lilegdon, W.R. and Goldsman, D., eds.), The Society for Computer
Simulation,
ROBINSON, S. and Pidd, M. (1995). Service Quality in the Management of
Simulation Projects. In: Proceeding of the Winter Simulation Conference
1995 (Alexopoulos, C., Kang, K., Lilegdon, W.R. and Goldsman, D., eds.), The
Society for Computer Simulation,
ROBINSON, S. And Pidd, M. (1997). SimQual: Customer Assessment of Simulation
Studies. In: Proceedings of UK Sim '97: Third Conference of the United
Kingdom Simulation Society (Luker, P., ed),
ROBINSON, S. (1997). Simulation Model Verification
and Validation: Increasing the Users' Confidence. Proceeding of the 1997 Winter Simulation Conference (Andradottir,
S., Healy, K.J., Withers, D.H. and Nelson, B.L., eds.). The Society for
Computer Simulation, San Diego, CA, pp. 53-59.
ROBINSON, S., Edwards, J.S. and Yongfa, W. (1998).
Simulating Human Decision Making with Expert Systems. 12th European Simulation Multiconference, pp. 646-649.
ROBINSON, S. and Stanger, M. (1998). Developing a
Simulation Strategy for British Airways OR. Winter
Simulation Conference 1998 (D.J. Medeiros, E.F. Watson, M. Manivannan, J. Carson, eds.), The
Society for Computer Simulation,
ROBINSON, S., Edwards, J.S. and Yongfa, W. (1998). An Expert Systems Approach to Simulating the Human Decision Maker.
Winter Simulation Conference 1998 (D.J.
Medeiros, E.F. Watson, M. Manivannan, J. Carson, eds.), The Society for
Computer Simulation,
Hlupic, V. and ROBINSON, S. (1998). Business
Process Modelling and Analysis Using Discrete-Event Simulation. Winter Simulation Conference 1998 (D.J.
Medeiros, E.F. Watson, M. Manivannan, J. Carson, eds.), The Society for
Computer Simulation,
ROBINSON, S. (1999). Concepts of Simulation Quality.
UK Sim '99: Fourth Conference of the
United Kingdom Simulation Society (D. Al-Dabass and R. Cheng, eds.),
Nottingham Trent University, pp. 99-102.
ROBINSON, S. (1999). Three Sources of Simulation
Inaccuracy (and How to Overcome Them). Proceedings
of the 1999 Winter Simulation Conference (P.A. Farrington, H.B. Nembhard,
D.T. Sturrock, and G.W. Evans, eds.). IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 1701-1708.
Dennis, S., King, B., Hind, M. and ROBINSON, S.
(2000). Applications of Business Process Simulation and Lean Techniques in
British Telecommunications Plc. Proceedings
of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (J.A. Joines, R.R. Barton, K.
Kang, and P.A. Fishwick, eds.). IEEE,
Piscataway, NJ, pp. 2015-2021.
ROBINSON, S. (2001). Modes of Simulation Practice in Business and the Military. Proceeding of the 2001 Winter Simulation Conference ed. B.A. Peters, J.S. Smith, D.J. Medeiros, and M.W. Rohrer. Piscataway, New Jersey: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. pp. 805-811
Alifantis, A. and ROBINSON, S. (2001). Using
Simulation and Neural Networks to Develop a Scheduling Advisor. Proceeding of the 2001 Winter Simulation
Conference ed. B.A. Peters, J.S.
Smith, D.J. Medeiros, and M.W. Rohrer. Piscataway, New Jersey: Institute of
Electrical and Electronic Engineers. pp. 954-958.
ROBINSON, S., Alifantis, A., Edwards, J.S., Hurrion,
R.D., Ladbrook, J. and Waller, T. (2001). Modelling and Improving Human
Decision Making with Simulation. Proceeding
of the 2001 Winter Simulation Conference ed. B.A. Peters, J.S. Smith, D.J. Medeiros, and M.W. Rohrer.
Piscataway, New Jersey: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. pp.
913-920. ISBN: 0780373073
ROBINSON, S., Alifantis, A., Hurrion, R.D., Edwards, J.S., Ladbrook, J. and Waller, T. (2002). Modelling and Improving Maintenance Decisions: Having Foresight with Simulation and Artificial Intelligence. In Foresight Vehicle Technology: Consumer Driven Design, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Purchasing (M. Sporton, ed.). SAE International, SP-1694, Warrendale, PA, pp. 201-208. ISBN: 07680 09626.
ROBINSON, S. (2002). Selecting a Warm-up Period: A
Statistical Process Control Approach. Operational
Research Society Simulation Workshop 2002. Operational Research Society, Birmingham, UK, pp.
69-78.
Edwards, J.S., Alifantis, A., Hurrion, R.D.,
Ladbrook, J., ROBINSON, S. and Waller, T. (2002). Knowledge Elicitation
Supported by Simulation. Operational Research Society
Simulation Workshop 2002. Operational Research Society, Birmingham, UK, pp. 31-37.
ROBINSON, S. (2002). A Statistical Process Control
Approach for Estimating the Warm-up Period. Proceeding
of the 2002 Winter Simulation Conference ed.
ROBINSON, S. (2003). Modelling Human
Decision-Making. Proceedings of the 17th European Simulation
Multiconference (ESM 2003) (D. Al-Dabass, ed.). SCS,
ROBINSON,
S. (2004). Designing the Conceptual Model
in Simulation Studies. Proceedings of the 2004 Operational Research Society
Simulation Workshop (SW04) (
Ahmed,
R., Hall, T., Wernick, P. and ROBINSON, S. (2004). Evaluating the Quality of
Software Process Simulation Models. Proceedings of
the 2004 Operational Research Society Simulation Workshop (SW04) (
Ahmed R, Hall T., Wernick P. and ROBINSON, S. (2004). Simulation Modelling
Practices of ProSim03 Modellers: A Survey. Proceedings of ProSim04 Workshop,
ROBINSON, S.,
Edwards, J.S. and Lee, E.P.K. (2005). Simulation Based Knowledge Elicitation.
International Conference on Human-Computer Interface: Advances for Simulation
Modelling.
Lee, E.P.K, ROBINSON, S. and Edwards, J.S. (2005). Improving the Use of
Simulation-assisted AI in Eliciting Operations Knowledge. Third European
Conference on Intelligent Management Systems in Operations (Kobbacy,
K.A.H., Vadera, S. and Labib, A.S., eds.), The Operational Research Society,
Morecroft, J. and ROBINSON, S. (2005). Explaining
Puzzling Dynamics: Comparing the Use of System Dynamics and Discrete-Event
Simulation. The
23rd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society,
ROBINSON, S. (2005). Automated Analysis of
Simulation Output Data. Proceeding of the 2005 Winter Simulation Conference (M.
E. Kuhl, N. M. Steiger, F. B. Armstrong, and J. A. Joines, eds.). IEEE,
Morecroft, J. and ROBINSON, S. (2006). Comparing
Discrete-Event Simulation and System Dynamics: Modelling a Fishery. Proceedings
of the Operational Research Society Simulation Workshop 2006 (SW06) (J.
Garnett, S. Brailsford, S. Robinson and
Tako,
A. and ROBINSON, S. (2006). Towards an Empirical Comparison of Discrete-Event
Simulation and System Dynamics in the Supply Chain Context. Proceedings of the Operational Research
Society Simulation Workshop 2006 (SW06). (J. Garnett, S. Brailsford, S. Robinson and
Lee,
E.P.K., ROBINSON, S. and Edwards, J.S. (2006). Exploring the use of Visual
Interactive Simulation as a Knowledge Elicitation Tool. Proceedings of the Operational Research
Society Simulation Workshop 2006 (SW06). (J. Garnett, S. Brailsford, S. Robinson and
ROBINSON, S. (2006). Issues in Conceptual Modelling
for Simulation: Setting a Research Agenda. Proceedings of the Operational
Research Society Simulation Workshop 2006 (SW06) (J. Garnett, S.
Brailsford, S. Robinson and
ROBINSON, S., Lee,
E.P.K., and Edwards, J.S. (2006). Improving the Use of Visual Interactive Simulation
as a Knowledge Elicitation Tool. Proceedings of the Industrial Simulation
Conference 2006 (Genco, A., Gentile, A. and Sorce, S. eds.), EUROSIS, pp.
479-485.
ROBINSON, S. (2006). Conceptual Modeling for Simulation: Issues and
Research Requirements. Proceeding of the
2006 Winter Simulation Conference
(L. F. Perrone, F. P. Wieland, J. Liu, B. G. Lawson, D. M. Nicol, and R. M.
Fujimoto, eds.), IEEE,
Sargent,
R.G., Nance, R.E., Overstreet, C.M., ROBINSON, S. and Talbot, J. (2006). The Simulation Project Life-Cycle: Models and Realities. Proceeding of the 2006 Winter Simulation
Conference (L. F. Perrone, F. P. Wieland, J. Liu, B. G.
Lawson, D. M. Nicol, and R. M. Fujimoto, eds.), IEEE,
Ahmed R and ROBINSON S.
(2007). Simulation in Business and Industry: How Simulation Context Can Affect
Simulation Practice. Spring Simulation MultiConference, Business and Industry
Symposium (Ades, M.J., Chinni, M.J.,
Pidd, M. and ROBINSON, S.
(2007). Organising Insights into Simulation Practice. Proceedings of the 2007 Winter Simulation Conference (
Hoad, K, ROBINSON, S. and Davies, R. (2007). Automating
Tako, A.A. and ROBINSON,
S. (2008). Comparison of
Hoad, K., ROBINSON, S.
and Davies, R. (2008). Automating Estimation of Warm-up Length. Proceedings of the Operational
Research Society Simulation Workshop 2008 (SW08) (C. Currie, K. Kotiadis, S.
Robinson and
Tako, A.A. and ROBINSON,
S. (2008). Model Building in System
Dynamics and Discrete-event Simulation: a quantitative comparison.
Dimitriou, S., ROBINSON, S. and Kotiadis, K. (2008). The Newsvendor Problem: An Agent
Based Simulation Perspective. EUROMA Conference.
Conference
Presentations
ROBINSON, S. (1994). Improving Current Practice in Simulation Modelling and Analysis.
TIMS/ORSA Meeting, Boston, MA: 26 April.
ROBINSON, S. (1996). Service Quality Management in the Process of Delivering a Simulation
Study. IFORS Conference, Vancouver: 9 July.
ROBINSON, S. and Pidd, M. (1997). Quality Counts in Simulation too? EURO
XV - INFORMS XXXIV,
ROBINSON, S. (1997). Assessing Customer Perceptions of Simulation Studies. Operational
Research Society Conference 39, Bath, 9-11 September 1997.
ROBINSON, S. (1998). Knowledge Based Simulation: Simulating the Human Expert.
Operational Research Society Conference 40, Lancaster, 8-10 September 1998.
ROBINSON, S. (2000). Reflections on Conceptual Modelling for Simulation. Operational
Research Society Conference 42, Swansea, 12-14 September 2000.
ROBINSON, S. and Alifantis, A. (2000). Modelling the Decision-Maker: Progress in
Implementing an AI Approach for an Industrial Application. Operational
Research Society Conference 42, Swansea, 12-14 September 2000.
ROBINSON, S., Alifantis, A., Edwards, J.S., Hurrion,
R.D., Ladbrook, J. and Waller, T. (2001). Knowledge Based Improvement: A Simulation/AI
Approach. EURO 2001,
ROBINSON, S. and Meadows, M. (2001). Teaching OR to
MBAs at
ROBINSON, S. (2001). Modes of Simulation Practice.
OR43, Bath, 4-6 September.
ROBINSON, S., Alifantis, A., Edwards, J.S., Hurrion,
R.D., Ladbrook, J. and Waller, T. (2001). Representing and Improving Human
Decision-Making with Simulation. OR43, Bath, 4-6 September.
ROBINSON, S., Meadows, M. and O'Brien, F.A. (2001).
Getting OR to Work with MBAs. OR43, Bath, 4-6 September.
Edwards, J.S., Alifantis, A., Hurrion, R.D., Ladbrook, J., ROBINSON, S. and Waller, T. (2001). Putting Some Knowledge into a Simulation. OR43, Bath, 4-6 September.
ROBINSON, S., Nance, R, Paul, R.J., Pidd, M. and
Edwards, J.S., Alifantis, A., Hurrion, R.D., Ladbrook,
J., ROBINSON, S. and Waller, T. (2002). Does OR Have a Place in Knowledge
Management? IFORS 2002,
ROBINSON, S., Alifantis, A., Edwards, J.S., Ladbrook, J.,
and Waller, T. (2003). Modelling and Comparing
the Consequences of Human Decision-Making Strategies in a Manufacturing Plant.
OR45,
Ioannou, A. AND ROBINSON, S.
(2003). A Comparison of Methods for Determining the Warm-up Period in
Simulation Models. OR45,
ROBINSON, S. (2003).
Statistical Process Control for Determining the Warm-up Period of a Simulation
Model. OR45,
ROBINSON.
S. (2003). Distributed Simulation and Simulation Practice. Keynote Address
at Distributed Simulation and Real-Time Applications Symposium (IEEE
Conference),
Dimitriou,
S., ROBINSON, S., Podinovski, V. and Ioannou, G. (2004). Assessing the
Comparative Efficiency of British Telecom Call-Centres using Data Envelopment
Analysis. EURO XX, July,
ROBINSON,
S. and Lee, E. (2004). Simulation for Knowledge Elicitation. OR46,
Stray S., Meadows, M., O'Brien, F.,
Shale, E. and ROBINSON, S. (2004). The Development of a Distance Learning OR/MS
MBA Course. OR46,
Fishwick, S., Hughes, C., Lok, B., Martens, A. and
ROBINSON, S. (2005). Panel Discussion: Convergence of Human-Computer
Interaction and Simulation and Modeling. International Conference on
Human-Computer Interface: Advances for Simulation Modelling.
Lee, E.P.K., ROBINSON, S.
and Edwards, J.S. (2005). Enhancing the Knowledge Elicitation Process: A VIS-Machine
Learning Perspective. OR47,
ROBINSON, S. and Hoad, K.
(2006). Automating the Analysis of Simulation Output Data. OR48,
ROBINSON, S. (2006). Regenerating
Simulation: Reviving a Special Interest Group. OR48,
ROBINSON, S. (2007). Closing Remarks (Invited
Speaker). INFORMS Simulation Society Research Workshop,
Hoad, K, ROBINSON, S. and
Davies, R. (2007). Automatic Analysis of
Number of Replications. OR49, Edinburgh.
Tako
A.A. and ROBINSON, S. (2007). Discrete-Event Simulation and System Dynamics
Models: How Different are they from a User’s Point of View? OR49,
Edinburgh.
ROBINSON,
S. et al (2007). Panel discussion on OR in the London Olympics. OR49, Edinburgh.
Hoad, K., ROBINSON, S.
and Davies, R. (2007). Classification of Discrete Event Simulation Models and
Output Data: Creating a Sufficient Model Set.
INFORMS Annual Conference,
Morecroft, J. and ROBINSON, S. (2008). Comparing
System Dynamics and Discrete-Event Simulation: Lessons from Fisheries. Annual Gathering of the
ROBINSON, S. (2008). Conceptual
Modelling: Definitions, Concepts and Future Research. SpringSim 2008
Multiconference, Workshop on Conceptual Modeling.
Hoad, K, ROBINSON, S. and
Davies, R. (2008). Automating Warm-Up Length Estimation. OR50, York.
Dimitriou, S., ROBINSON, S. and Kotiadis, K. (2008). Towards Developing an Agent Based Simulation Model of
the Newsvendor Problem. OR50,
York. September 2008.
ROBINSON, S. (2008).
Discrete Event Simulation for Strategy. OR50, York. September 2008.
Hoad, K., ROBINSON, S.
and Davies, R. (2008). Automating the Analysis of
Simulation Output Data. INFORMS
Annual Conference,
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