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: +1–919–515–6415; Fax: +1–919–515–5281; E-mail: antispam e-mail link

Items of Immediate Interest

• Kuhl, M.E., J. S. Ivy, E. K. Lada, N. M. Steiger, M. A. F. Wagner, and J. R. Wilson. 2009. Univariate input models for stochastic simulation. Journal of Simulation forthcoming. (PDF file).


• Wilson, J. R. 2009. Simulation and Industrial Engineering: A Century of Joint Progress. Invited seminar for the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. Available as PDF file [accessed October 27, 2009].


• Wilson, J. R. 2009. Responsible authorship and peer review. Presentation for BIT 815K. Available as PDF file [accessed September 28, 2009].


• Lee, J., C. Alexopoulos, D. Goldsman, S.-H. Kim, K.-L. Tsui, and J. R. Wilson. 2009. A distribution-free tabular CUSUM chart for correlated data with automated variance estimation. IIE Transactions 41:979–994. (PDF file).


• Kuhl, M. E., and J. R. Wilson 2009. Advances in modeling and simulation of nonstationary arrival processes. Presentation at INFORMS Simulation Society Research Workshop (PDF file).


• Tafazzoli, A., and J. R. Wilson 2009. Skart: A skewness- and autoregression-adjusted batch-means procedure for simulation analysis. IIE Transactions in review (PDF file). Online Appendix (PDF file).


• Goldsman, D., R. E. Nance, and J. R. Wilson. 2009. The history of simulation in industrial engineering. Presentation at the 2009 IIE Annual Conference, Miami, FL. (PDF file).


• Tafazzoli, A. 2009. Skart: A skewness- and autoregression-adjusted batch-means procedure for simulation analysis. Ph.D. dissertation, Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. (PDF file).


• Antonini, C., C. Alexopoulos, D. Goldsman, and J. R. Wilson. 2009. Folded standardized time series area estimators for simulation. IIE Transactions 41 (2): 134–144. Available as PDF file


• Wilson, J. R. 2009. Guidelines on writing a good paper for the Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference. Available as PDF file [accessed January 30, 2009].


• 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 2 (3): 170–185. Available as PDF file [accessed November 20, 2008].


• Wilson, J. R. 2008. Synergies in industrial engineering research: The case of simulation and quality control. Keynote address, Thirty-Eighth International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China. (PDF file).


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


• 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].


• 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 NCSU Libraries Faculty Award (2009).


• 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 November 7, 2009, by James R. Wilson.