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Simulation: Business Acumen Aligned To Business Execution

Posted on 16. Mar, 2013 by .

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A new report entitled ‘Skills Mismatch: Business Acumen and Strategy Execution’ indicates that  businesses are unable to reach strategic goals due to a lack of business acumen.  The survey by The Economist Intelligence Unit and BTS says, “innovative, experiential learning methods that reduce risk and accelerate results.” Interestingly, simulation is proving to be the weapon of [...]

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Precision Farming By Design – Drawing Productivity

Posted on 19. Dec, 2012 by .

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Land management works best when graphics are used. Maps, charts, sketches and drawings all provide an easy medium for understanding and representing landscape activities – 2D, 3D or 4D.  Traditionally, graphics have been used in geographic information systems (GIS) in land-based activities as a means to represent, few people in the agricultural and precision farming [...]

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WSC Berlin 2012: Simulation In Smart Construction, Machine Control and BIM

Posted on 11. Dec, 2012 by .

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The presentation ‘Towards the Smart Construction Site: Improving Productivity and Safety of Construction Projects Using Multi-Agent Systems, Real-Time Simulation and Automated Machine Control’ by Amin Hammad, at the Winter Simulation Conference in Berlin today, described recent work in the area of simulation for construction. Construction sites are concerned with budget over runs, productivity, delays in [...]

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WSC Berlin 2012: Military Simulations And GIS Modeling

Posted on 10. Dec, 2012 by .

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Military operations are advanced through the use of simulation and geographical information system (GIS) modelling. At the Winter Simulation Conference in Berlin today I had the chance to sit in on the military simulation section presentations – which proved to be very interesting. In the case of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAVs),  the challenge military operations [...]

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WSC Berlin 2012: ‘The Science of The Climate Crisis’

Posted on 10. Dec, 2012 by .

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Stefan Rahmstorf, Head of Earth Systems at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Potsdam, Germany delivered a keynote address entitled ‘The Climate Crisis’ at the World Simulation Conference in Berlin today. “We study to better understand climate change,” he said. “Now we are working with interactive ise sheet and carbon cycle models,” he [...]

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Winter Simulation Conference 2012 Opens In Berlin

Posted on 10. Dec, 2012 by .

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The Winter Simulation Conference 2012 opened in Berlin this morning. Oliver Rose, General Chair  of the Universitat der Bundeswehr Munich welcomed guests from around the world including 190 individuals from the United States, 240 from Germany with the balance from many other nations. “This is the first time this event is being held in Europe in [...]

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International Winter Simulation Conference

Posted on 08. Dec, 2012 by .

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I’ll be attending the International Winter Simulation Conference in Berlin next week. If you are interested to meet with respect to 3D Visualization World Magazine – please send me a note. The Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) is the premier international forum for disseminating recent advances in the field of system simulation. In addition to a [...]

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European Union Begins To Set Visualization And Simulation Priorities

Posted on 09. Nov, 2012 by .

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The EU funded study VISION was directed at assessing and understanding visualization research needs in the European Union. That study has now been completed, and the EU will be meeting December 4, 2012 in Brussels to begin discussions about visualization and simulation needs research and the direction these efforts (and funding) ought to take to 2020. [...]

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Education and Simulation – Engaging Young Minds

Posted on 02. Oct, 2012 by .

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Each week we continuously feature more than 20 videos online at 3D Visualization World Magazine in our ‘About’ section. This week our content on site is highly education oriented with a focus on augmented reality. You can see some interesting videos in our Simulation Video section this week – here.

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Note to self – GIS ‘Option Applications’

Posted on 13. Aug, 2012 by .

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The standard working premise behind using a geographic information system (GIS) today is based on that fact that one has the knowledge and ability to initiate tools that cause database, analysis and map creation. Without this rudimentary mastery, the GIS becomes partially used. Even so, many people with good knowledge of GIS may not be [...]

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