James R. Wilson

Additional Information

Professor, Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, North Carolina State University

Office: Daniels Hall, Room 370; Campus Box 7906; Raleigh, NC 27695-7906, U.S.A.
Phone: +1–919–515–2362; Fax: +1–919–515–5281; E-mail: antispam e-mail link

Items of Immediate Interest

• Web page of Ali Tafazzoli, one of my doctoral students (HTML file).


• Wilson, J. R. 2008. Guidelines on writing a good paper for the Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference. Available as PDF file [accessed January 13, 2008].


• Wilson, J. R. 2008. Responsible authorship and peer review. Seminar for the NCSU Graduate School Program in the Responsible Conduct of Research. Available as PDF file [accessed March 22, 2008].


• Wilson, J. R. 2004. Some guidelines on technical writing. Presentation to joint seminar of the Department of Industrial Engineering and the Graduate Program in Operations Research, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. Available as: PDF file [accessed August 23, 2005].


• Wilson, J. R. 2002. Responsible authorship and peer review. Science and Engineering Ethics 8 (2): 155–174. Available as: PDF file [accessed August 23, 2005].

Recent Publications, Presentations, and Software Available on the Web:

• Lada, E. K., N. M. Steiger, and J. R. Wilson. 2008. SBatch: A spaced batch means procedure for steady-state simulation analysis. Journal of Simulation forthcoming. Available as PDF file [accessed September 30, 2008].


• Tafazzoli, A. and J. R. Wilson. 2008. Skart: A skewness- and autoregression-adjusted batch-means procedure for steady-state simulation output analysis. Technical report. Available as PDF file [accessed May 16, 2008].


• Wilson, J. R. 2008. Flexible input-modeling techniques for stochastic simulation, with application to policy analysis for liver transplantation. Seminar for the Health Systems Engineering Group, Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, NC State University, Raleigh, NC. Available as PDF file [accessed February 8, 2008].


• Wilson, J. R. 2008. Steady-state simulation using ASAP3. Seminar for the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, NC State University, Raleigh, NC. Available as PDF file [accessed January 15, 2008].


• ASAP3 software for steady-state simulation output analysis (including full online documentation). Available as Windows 16-bit self-extracting PKZIP file.


• Wilson, J. R. 2008. Responsible authorship and peer review: In honor of Rick Rosenthal. Invited presentation, Department of Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA. Available as PDF file [accessed January 8, 2008].


• Antonini, C., C. Alexopoulos, D. Goldsman, and J. R. Wilson. 2007. Folded standardized time series area estimators for simulation. IIE Transactions to appear. Available as PDF file [accessed January 6, 2008].


• Alexopoulos, C., N. T. Argon, D. Goldsman, N. M. Steiger, G. Tokol, and J. R. Wilson 2007. Efficient computation of overlapping variance estimators for simulation. INFORMS Journal on Computing 19 (3): 314--327. Available as PDF file [accessed August 27, 2007].


• Lada, E. K., J. R. Wilson, N. M. Steiger, and J. A. Joines. 2007a. Performance of a wavelet-based spectral procedure for steady-state simulation analysis. INFORMS Journal on Computing 19 (2): 150–160. Available as PDF file [accessed January 15, 2008].


• Lada, E. K., J. R. Wilson, N. M. Steiger, and J. A. Joines. 2007b. Online supplement to "Performance of a wavelet-based spectral procedure for steady-state simulation analysis." INFORMS Journal on Computing to appear. Available as PDF file [accessed January 15, 2008].


• Aktaran-Kalayci, T., D. Goldsman, and J. R. Wilson. 2007. Linear combinations of overlapping variance estimators for simulation. Operations Research Letters 35:439--447. Available as PDF file [accessed August 27, 2007].


• Aktaran-Kalayci, T., C. Alexopoulos, N. T. Argon, D. Goldsman, and J. R. Wilson. 2007. Exact expected values of variance estimators in steady-state computer simulation. Naval Research Logistics 54:397--410. Available as PDF file [accessed August 27, 2007].


• Kim, S.-H., C. Alexopoulos, K.-L. Tsui, and J. R. Wilson. 2007. A distribution-free tabular CUSUM chart for autocorrelated data. IIE Transactions 39:317--330. Available as PDF file [accessed August 27, 2007].


• Alexopoulos, C., D. Goldsman, J. Fontanesi, D. Kopald, and J. R. Wilson. 2008. Modeling patient arrival times in community clinics. Omega 36:33--43. Available as PDF file [accessed August 27, 2007].


• Wilson, J. R. 2007. Recent advances in steady-state simulation analysis with applications to statistical process control. Plenary address, International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Systems Management, Beijing, China. PDF file [accessed June 8, 2007].


• Wilson, J. R. 2007. Steady-state simulation analysis using ASAP3. Invited presentation, Fudan University, School of Management, Beijing, China. Available as PDF file [accessed June 8, 2007].


• Lada, E. K., N. M. Steiger, and J. R. Wilson. 2006. Performance evaluation of recent procedures for steady-state simulation analysis. IIE Transactions 38 (9): 711–727. Available as PDF file [accessed July 12, 2006].


• Kuhl, M. E., S. Sumant, and J. R. Wilson. 2006. An automated multiresolution procedure for modeling complex arrival processes. INFORMS Journal on Computing 18 (1): 3–18. Available as PDF file [accessed March 2, 2006].


• Lada, E. K., and J. R. Wilson. 2006. A wavelet-based spectral procedure for steady-state simulation analysis. European Journal of Operational Research 174:1769–1801. Available as PDF file [accessed January 15, 2008].


• WASSP software for steady-state simulation output analysis (including a User's Manual). Available as Self-extracting archive file.


• Steiger, N. M., E. K. Lada, J. R. Wilson, J. A. Joines, C. Alexopoulos, and D. Goldsman. 2005. ASAP3: A batch means procedure for steady-state simulation output analysis. ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation 15 (1) 39–73. Preprint available as PDF file [accessed March 2, 2006].


• Software for system simulation and stochastic simulation input modeling.

Recent Professional Recognition:

• Received the “Best Paper Award” from the Institute of Industrial Engineers for the following paper (2006):

  Zouaoui, F., and J. R. Wilson. 2004. Accounting for input-model and input-parameter uncertainties in simulation. IIE Transactions 36 (11): 1135–1151. Reprint available as: PDF file [accessed August 23, 2005].



• Elected Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (2005).


• Named Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation (2004).


• Elected Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (2002).

Other Information:

• Less recent publications available on the Web (HTML file).


• Complete curriculum vitae, including URLs for all articles available on this site (PDF file).


• Crain, R. C., J. O. Henriksen, S. D. Roberts, T. J. Schriber, and J. M. Sussman. 1992. The Winter Simulation Conference: Celebrating twenty-five years of progress. In Proceedings of the 1992 Winter Simulation Conference, ed. J. Swain, D. Goldsman, R. Crain, and J. Wilson, 37–62. Piscataway, New Jersey: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Available as: PDF file.


• Araten, M., H. G. Hixson, A. C. Hoggatt, P. J. Kiviat, M. F. Morris, A. Ockene, J. Reitman, J. M. Sussman, and J. R. Wilson. 1992. The Winter Simulation Conference: Perspectives of the founding fathers. In Proceedings of the 1992 Winter Simulation Conference, ed. J. Swain, D. Goldsman, R. Crain, and J. Wilson, 3–33. Piscataway, New Jersey: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Available as: PDF file.


• Wilson, J. R. 1998. Photos of a stained-glass window presented to my parents on their sixtieth wedding anniversary. Inscribed in the central panel is Sonnet 43 of Sonnets from the Portuguese. Many of the design elements are based on a window in the Elizabeth Barrett Browning Salon of the Armstrong Browning Library (Baylor University, Waco Texas). View 1, view 2, view 3.


• Wilson, J. R., and D. Goldsman. 2001. Alan Pritsker's multifaceted career: Theory, practice, education, entrepreneurship, and service. IIE Transactions 33 (3): 139–147. Available as: PDF file [accessed August 23, 2005].
  

Updated October 5, 2008, by James R. Wilson.