Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Editor-in-Chief: H.D. Karatza Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, Editorial Board: Z. Agioutantis Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece, I. Awan University of Bradford, Bradford, UK, S.R. Chakravarthy Kettering University, Flint, MI, USA, Y. Chen Arizona State University, Tempe, USA, Z. Chen Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore, M.G. Dimopoulos Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, S. Galmés Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma, Spain, E. Gelenbe Imperial College London, London, UK, S. Guillas University College London (UCL), London, UK, Z. Jiang University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA, S.C. Joshi Nanyang Technological University, Singapore City, Singapore, L. Kaiktsis National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens, Greece, R. Karba University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, C. Kiddle University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, A. Kolb Universität Siegen, Siegen, Germany, X. Koutsoukos Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA, R. Kristiansen Narvik University College, Narvik, Norway, S. Majumdar Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, C.X. Mavromoustakis University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus, N. Mi Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA, F. Milano Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain, G. Min University of Bradford, Bradford, UK, L. Nigro Università della Calabria, Rende, Italy, S. Nikoletseas University of Patras, Patras, Greece, H. Pierreval French Institute of Mechanical Engineering (IFMA), Aubière Cedex, France, A.D. Pimentel Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA), Amsterdam, Netherlands, W.T. Song National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC, J.L. Stein University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, J. Sundnes Simula Research Laboratory, Lysaker, Norway, A. Tomboulidis University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece, E. Venturino Università di Torino, Torino, Italy, T.R. Wan University of Bradford, Bradford, UK, F. Xhafa Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain, T.C. Zannis Hellenic Naval Academy, Piraeus, Greece, H. Zareipour University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, K.G. Zografos Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece, A.C. Zolotas Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK, Editor Emeritus, Eurosim Liaison: H.J. Halin Zurich, Forch, Switzerland, Founding Editor: L. Dekker†