{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4391381709","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/wsc60868.2023.10408088","title":"Choosing the Right Entity Size to Minimize Discretization Error in Discrete Event Simulation Models","display_name":"Choosing the Right Entity Size to Minimize Discretization Error in Discrete Event Simulation Models","publication_year":2023,"publication_date":"2023-12-10","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4391381709","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/wsc60868.2023.10408088"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/wsc60868.2023.10408088","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/wsc60868.2023.10408088","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2023 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5067145241","display_name":"Leonardo Chwif","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I155501849","display_name":"Instituto Mau\u00e1 de Tecnologia","ror":"https://ror.org/01crvtj80","country_code":"BR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I155501849"]}],"countries":["BR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Leonardo Chwif","raw_affiliation_strings":["Mauá Institute of Technology,Industrial Engineering,São Caetano do Sul,Brazil,SP 09580-900"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Mauá Institute of Technology,Industrial Engineering,São Caetano do Sul,Brazil,SP 09580-900","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I155501849"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5044858544","display_name":"Wilson Pereira","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5290-6929"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Wilson Pereira","raw_affiliation_strings":["Simulate Simulation Technology,São Paulo,Brazil,SP 05508-000"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Simulate Simulation Technology,São Paulo,Brazil,SP 05508-000","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5083299566","display_name":"Jos\u00e9 Arnaldo Barra Montevechi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6443-5113"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I8165072","display_name":"Universidade Federal de Itajub\u00e1","ror":"https://ror.org/00235nr42","country_code":"BR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I8165072"]}],"countries":["BR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jos\u00e9 Arnaldo Barra Montevechi","raw_affiliation_strings":["Federal University of Itajubá,Production Engineering and Management Institute,Itajubá,MG,Brazil,37500-903"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Federal University of Itajubá,Production Engineering and Management Institute,Itajubá,MG,Brazil,37500-903","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I8165072"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.24811754,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1339","last_page":"1350"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11195","display_name":"Simulation Techniques and Applications","score":0.9991000294685364,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11195","display_name":"Simulation Techniques and Applications","score":0.9991000294685364,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10524","display_name":"Traffic control and management","score":0.9699000120162964,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2207","display_name":"Control and Systems Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14082","display_name":"Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization","score":0.9674000144004822,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2607","display_name":"Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/26","display_name":"Mathematics"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/discretization","display_name":"Discretization","score":0.8668395280838013},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7725847959518433},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/object","display_name":"Object (grammar)","score":0.6381982564926147},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/event","display_name":"Event (particle physics)","score":0.6133288145065308},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/algorithm","display_name":"Algorithm","score":0.6122639179229736},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/simple","display_name":"Simple (philosophy)","score":0.5851426124572754},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/discretization-error","display_name":"Discretization error","score":0.5644996762275696},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/discrete-event-simulation","display_name":"Discrete event simulation","score":0.5569479465484619},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/theoretical-computer-science","display_name":"Theoretical computer science","score":0.3673274517059326},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-mining","display_name":"Data mining","score":0.3317086696624756},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.2643437087535858},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.20242393016815186},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/simulation","display_name":"Simulation","score":0.17633628845214844}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C73000952","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17007827","display_name":"Discretization","level":2,"score":0.8668395280838013},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7725847959518433},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781238097","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175026","display_name":"Object (grammar)","level":2,"score":0.6381982564926147},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779662365","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5416694","display_name":"Event (particle physics)","level":2,"score":0.6133288145065308},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.6122639179229736},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780586882","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7520643","display_name":"Simple (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.5851426124572754},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126148662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3890355","display_name":"Discretization error","level":3,"score":0.5644996762275696},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C147203929","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q574814","display_name":"Discrete event simulation","level":2,"score":0.5569479465484619},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C80444323","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2878974","display_name":"Theoretical computer science","level":1,"score":0.3673274517059326},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124101348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172491","display_name":"Data mining","level":1,"score":0.3317086696624756},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.2643437087535858},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.20242393016815186},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C44154836","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45045","display_name":"Simulation","level":1,"score":0.17633628845214844},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C134306372","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7754","display_name":"Mathematical analysis","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/wsc60868.2023.10408088","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/wsc60868.2023.10408088","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2023 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":26,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1536034087","https://openalex.org/W1997101486","https://openalex.org/W2043951723","https://openalex.org/W2052233619","https://openalex.org/W2072740441","https://openalex.org/W2115956117","https://openalex.org/W2147094258","https://openalex.org/W2165048053","https://openalex.org/W2180389630","https://openalex.org/W2887229171","https://openalex.org/W2897040440","https://openalex.org/W2901064157","https://openalex.org/W2901509189","https://openalex.org/W2944612278","https://openalex.org/W2962685604","https://openalex.org/W2988934653","https://openalex.org/W3137456979","https://openalex.org/W3146412893","https://openalex.org/W3150011545","https://openalex.org/W3196568706","https://openalex.org/W4210492122","https://openalex.org/W4230078965","https://openalex.org/W4231683165","https://openalex.org/W4239977495","https://openalex.org/W4241301046","https://openalex.org/W6762869799"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W37066597","https://openalex.org/W25733641","https://openalex.org/W1977553163","https://openalex.org/W1993570899","https://openalex.org/W1555094802","https://openalex.org/W4230197975","https://openalex.org/W3128822846","https://openalex.org/W188298612","https://openalex.org/W2046814020","https://openalex.org/W2028070877"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0,38,60],"discrete-event":[1],"simulation":[2,49],"models,":[3],"the":[4,8,15,24,40,58,76,89,95,109],"way":[5],"we":[6],"establish":[7],"relationship":[9],"between":[10],"a":[11,53,81,100],"real-world":[12],"object":[13,21],"and":[14,48,113],"model":[16],"entity":[17,41,91],"(a":[18],"single":[19],"indivisible":[20],"flowing":[22],"through":[23,67],"model)":[25],"is":[26],"crucial":[27],"to":[28,34,45,93],"some":[29,114],"classes":[30],"of":[31,108],"problems":[32],"due":[33],"possible":[35],"computational":[36],"unfeasibility.":[37],"addition,":[39],"size":[42,92],"also":[43],"relates":[44],"results":[46],"accuracy":[47],"running":[50],"time":[51],"-":[52],"subject":[54],"barely":[55],"explored":[56],"in":[57],"literature.":[59],"this":[61],"paper,":[62],"these":[63],"questions":[64],"were":[65],"investigated":[66],"case":[68],"studies":[69],"which":[70],"supported":[71],"our":[72],"initial":[73],"hypothesis":[74],"about":[75],"general":[77],"relationships":[78],"involved.":[79],"Then,":[80],"simple":[82],"algorithm":[83,110],"was":[84],"developed":[85],"for":[86,116],"correctly":[87],"choosing":[88],"best":[90],"provide":[94],"desired":[96],"accuracy,":[97],"measured":[98],"as":[99],"discretization":[101],"error,":[102],"with":[103],"promising":[104],"results.":[105],"The":[106],"limitations":[107],"are":[111,119],"addressed":[112],"directions":[115],"future":[117],"research":[118],"pointed.":[120]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T09:08:48.828518","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}