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Papers appearing in journals 

 
 Utility Analysis of Network Simulators 
    David M. Nicol
   International Journal of Simulation : Systems, Science, and Technology  
   2003
   To appear.
      


 
 Discrete-Event Fluid Modeling of TCP Background Traffic 
    David M. Nicol and Guanhua Yan
   ACM TOMACS  
   2003
   to appear
      


 
  Composite Synchronization for Parallel Discrete Event Simulation 
    David Nicol and Jason Liu
    IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems  
   volume 13, number 5, May 2002
   To appear.
      


 
  A Geographically Distributed Enterprise System 
    Heidi Ammerlahn, David Nicol, Michael Goldsby and Michael Johnson
    Future Generation Computer Systems  
   17(2):135-146, October 2000
      


 
  Modeling the Global Internet 
    James Cowie, David Nicol and Andy Ogielski
    IEEE Computing in Science and Engineering  
   1(1):42-50, Jan.-Feb. 1999
      


 
  Simulation of Fluid Stochastic Petri Nets 
    Gianfranco Ciardo, David Nicol and Kishor Trivedi
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering  
   25(2):207-217, March/April 1999
      


 
  Performing Out-of-Core FFTs on Parallel Disk Systems 
    Tom Cormen and David Nicol
    Parallel Computing  
   24(1):5-20, January 1998
      


 
  Out-of-Core FFTs with Parallel Disks 
    Tom Cormen and David Nicol
    ACM Performance Evaluation Review  
   25(3):3-12, December 1997
      


 
  Automated Parallelization of Discrete State-space Generation 
    David Nicol and Gianfranco Ciardo
    Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing  
   volume 47, 47 1997, pp. 153-167
      


 
  Balancing Contention and Synchronization on the Intel Paragon 
    Shahid Bokhari and David Nicol
    IEEE Concurrency  
   5(2):74-84, April-June 1997
      


 
  Fluid Stochastic Petri Nets: Theory Applications and Solution Techniques 
    Graham Horton, David Nicol, V. Kulkarni and Kishor Trivedi
    European Journal of Operational Research  
   105(1):184-201, February 1998
      


 
  Distributed State Space Generation of Discrete-State Stochastic Models 
    Gianfranco Ciardo, David Nicol and Josh Gluckman
    INFORMS Journal on Computing  
   10(1):82-93, January 1998
      


 
  Conference Program Management Using the Internet 
    David Nicol
    IEEE Computer  
   29(3):112-113, March 1996
      


 
  Parallelized Direct Execution Simulation of Message Passing Programs 
    Phillip Dickens, David Nicol and Philip Heidelberger
    IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems  
   7(10):1090-1105, October 1996
      


 
  Analytic Comparison of Bounded Time Warp and YAWNS  
    Phillip Dickens, David Nicol, Paul Reynolds and Mark Duva
    ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation  
   6(4):297-320, October 1996
      


 
  Parallel Execution for Serial Simulators 
    David Nicol and Philip Heidelberger
    ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation  
   6(3):210-242, July 1996
      


 
  Efficient Bulk-Loading of Gridfiles 
    Scott Leutenegger and David Nicol
    IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering  
   9(3):410-420, May/June 1997
      


 
  Static Assignment of Complex Tasks using Stochastic Majorization 
    David Nicol, Rahul Simha and Don Towsley
    IEEE Transactions on Computers  
   45(6):730-741, June 1996
      


 
  A Comparative Study of Parallel Algorithms for Simulating Continuous Time Markov Chains 
    David Nicol and Philip Heidelberger
    ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation  
   5(4):326-354, October 1995
      


 
  Non-committal Barrier Synchronization 
    David Nicol
    Parallel Computing  
   volume 21,  1995, pp. 529-549
      


 
  On the Minimum of a Set of Independent Geometrically Distributed Random Variables 
    Gianfranco Ciardo, David Nicol and Larry Leemis
    Statistics and Probability Letters  
   volume 23,  1995, pp. 313-326
      


 
  The Cost of Conservative Synchronization in Parallel Discrete-Event Simulations 
    David Nicol
    Journal of the ACM  
   40(2):304-333, April 1993
      


 
  Performance Bounds on Self-Initiating Parallel Discrete Event Simulations 
    David Nicol
    ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation  
   1(1):24-50,  1990

Papers appearing in conferences 

 
  Utility Analysis of Parallel Simulation 
    David M. Nicol
    2003 Conference on Parallel and Distributed Simulation 
   San Diego, CA , June  2003
      


 
  Using Simulation to Understand Dynamic Connectivity at the Core of the Internet  
    David M. Nicol, Brian Premore and Andy Ogielski
    Proceedings of UKSim 2003 
   Cambridge University, England , April  2003
      


 
  Scalability of Garbage Collection in Java-based Discrete-Event Simulators  
    David M. Nicol
   Proceedings of UKSim 2003 
   Cambridge University, England , April  2003
      


 
  Scalability of Network Simulators Revisited 
    David M. Nicol
    Proceedings of the Communication Networks and Distributed Systems Modeling and Simulation Conference  
   Orlando, FL , February  2003
      


 
  A Mixed Abstraction Level Simulation Model of Large-Scale Internet Worm Infestations  
    M. Liljenstam, Y. Yuan, B. Premore and D. Nicol
    Proceedings of the Tenth IEEE/ACM Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer Telecommunication Systems  
   Fort Worth, TX, October  2002
      


 
  Towards High Performance Modeling of the 802.11 Wireless Protocol 
    Jason Liu, David Nicol, Felipe Perrone and Michael Liljenstam
    2001 Winter Simulation Conference  
   Arlington, VA , December  2001
      


 
  Discrete-Event Fluid Modeling of TCP 
    David Nicol
    2001 Winter Simulation Conference  
   Arlington, VA , December  2001
      


 
  Challenges in Using Simulation to Explain Global Routing Instabilities 
    David Nicol
    2002 Conference on Grand Challenges in Simulation 
   San Antonio, TX, January  2002
      


 
  Simulation Modeling of Large-Scale Ad-hoc Sensor Networks 
    Jason Liu, David Nicol, Felipe Perrone, Michael Liljenstam, Chip Elliot and Dave Pearson
    European Interoperability Workshop 2001 
   London England, June  2001
      


 
  Learning Not to Share 
    David Nicol and Jason Liu
    2001 Conference on Parallel and Distributed Simulation 
   Lake Arrowhead,CA, May  2001, pp. 26-55
      


 
  Consistent Modeling of Distributed Mutual Exclusion Protocol Using Optimistic Synchronization 
    Malcolm Low and David Nicol
    2001 Conference on Parallel and
 Distributed Simulation 
   Lake Arrowhead,CA, May  2001, pp. 137-144
      


 
  Lock-free Scheduling of Logical Processes in Parallel Simulation 
    Jason Liu and David Nicol
    2001 Conference on Parallel and Distributed Simulation 
   Lake Arrowhead, CA, May  2000, pp. 22-24
      


 
  Cost/Benefit Analysis of Interval Jumping in Power-Control Simulation 
    David Nicol and Felipe Perrone
   2000 Winter Simulation Conference 
   Orlando, FL, December  2000, pp. 425-431
      


 
  Using $N$-body Algorithms for Interference Computation in Wireless Cellular Simulations 
    Felipe Perrone and David Nicol
    2000 MASCOTS Conference 
   San Fransisco, CA, August  2000, pp. 49-56
      


 
  Safe Time-stamps and Large Scale Modeling 
    David Nicol, James Cowie and Jason Liu
    2000 Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation 
   Bologna, Italy, May  2000, pp. 71-78
         


 
  An Investigation of Out-Of-Core Parallel Discrete-Event Simulation 
    Anna Poplawski and David Nicol
   1999 Winter Simulation Conference 
   Phoenix, AZ, December  1999, pp. 524-530
      


 
 Strategic Directions in Simulation Research 
    David Nicol, Osman Balci, Richard Fujimoto, Paul Fishwick, Pierre L'Ecuyer and Roger Smith
   1999 Winter Simulation Conference 
   Phoenix, AZ, December  1999, pp. 1509-1520
      


 
  Towards Realistic Million-Node Internet Simulations 
    James Cowie, David Nicol, Hongbo Liu, Jason Liu and Andy Ogielski
    1999 Int'l Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications 
   Las Vegas, June  1999
      


 
  Modeling 100,000 Nodes and Beyond: Self-Validating and Design 
    Andrew Ogielski, James Cowie and David Nicol
   DARPA/NIST and Workshop on and Validiation of Large-Scale Network and Simulation Models 
   Reston, VA, May  1999
      


 
  Fluid-based Simulation of Communication Networks using SSF 
    David Nicol, Michael Goldsby and Michael Johnson
    1999 SCS European Simulation Conference 
   Erlangen, Germany, October  1999
      


 
  Performance Prediction of a Parallel Simulator 
    Jason Liu, David Nicol, Brian Premore and Anna Poplawski
    1999 Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation (PADS) 
   Atlanta, GA., May  1999, pp. 156-164
         


 
  {\bf Nops}: A Conservative Simulation Engine for TeD 
    Anna Poplawski and David Nicol
    1998 Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation 
   Banff, CA, June  1998, pp. 180-187
         


 
  Rapid Simulation of Wireless Systems 
    Felipe Perrone and David Nicol
    1998 Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation 
   Banff, Canada, June  1998, pp. 170-177
         


 
  Scalability, Locality, Partitioning, and Synchronization 
    David Nicol
    1998 Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation 
   Banff, Canada, June  1998, pp. 4-11
         


 
  IDES: A Java-based Distributed Simulation Engine 
    David Nicol, Michael Johnson and Ann Yoshimura
    1998 International Workshop on Modeling Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS) 
   Montreal, Canada  1998, pp. 233-240
      


 
  Discrete-Event Simulation of Fluid Stochastic Petri Nets 
    Gianfranco Ciardo, David Nicol and Kishor Trivedi
    1997 Petri Nets and Performance Modeling Symposium 
   1997, pp. 217-225
      


 
  Modeling TCP with the TeD Parallel Simulation Language 
    Brian Premore and David Nicol
    1997 Winter Simulation Conference 
   Atlanta, GA, December  1997, pp. 437-443
      


 
  The IDES Framework: A case study in Development of a Parallel
 Simulation System 
    David Nicol, Michael Johnson and Anne Yoshimura
    1997 Winter Simulation Conference 
   Atlanta, GA, December  1997, pp. 93-99
      


 
  The Dark Side of Risk (what your mother never told you about Time Warp) 
    David Nicol and Jason Liu
    1997 Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation 
   Lockenhaus, Austria, May  1997, pp. 188-195
         


 
  Performance Modeling of the IDES Framework 
    David Nicol, M. Johnson, M. Goldsby and A. Yoshimura
    1997 Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation 
   Lockenhaus, Austria, June  1997, pp. 38-45
         


 
  Principles of Conservative Parallel Simulation 
    David Nicol
    1996 Winter Simulation Conference 
   Coronado, CA, December  1996, pp. 128-135
      


 
  Experiments in Automated Load Balancing of Parallel Simulation 
    Linda Wilson and David Nicol
    1996 Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation 
   Philadelphia,PA, May  1996, pp. 4-11
      


 
  Automated Load Balancing in SPEEDES 
    Linda Wilson and David Nicol
     1995 Winter Simulation Conference 
   Washington, D.C., December  1995, pp. 590-596
      


 
  On Extending Parallelism to Serial Simulations 
    David Nicol and Philip Heidelberger
     1995 Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation 
   Lake Placid, NY, June  1995, pp. 60-67
         


 
  Empirical Study of Parallel Trace-Driven Cache Simulators 
    David Nicol and Eric Carr
     1995 Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation 
   Lake Placid, NY, June  1995, pp. 166-169
      


 
  Global Virtual Time and Distributed Synchronization 
    Jeff Steinman, David Nicol, Craig Lee and Linda Wilson
     1995 Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation 
   Lake Placid, NY, June  1995, pp. 139-148
      


 
  Timing Simulation of Paragon Codes Using Workstation Clusters 
    Phillip Dickens, Philip Heidelberger and David Nicol
     1994 Winter Simulation Conference 
   Orlando,  FL, December  1994, pp. 1347-1353
      


 
  Optimal Multiphase Complete Exchange on Circuit-Switched Hypercube Architectures 
    David Nicol and Shahid Bokhari
   1994 ACM SIGMETRICS Conference 
   Nashville, TN , May  1994, pp. 252-260
      


 
  A Distributed Memory LAPSE:Parallel Simulation of Message-Passing Programs 
    Phillip Dickens, David Nicol and Philip Heidelberger
     1994 Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation 
   Edinbourgh, Scotland, July  1994, pp. 32-38
      


 
  Efficient Massively Parallel Simulation of Dynamic Channel Assignment Schemes for Wireless Cellular Communications 
    Albert Greenberg, David Nicol, Boris Lubachevsky and Paul Wright
     1994 Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation 
   Edinbourgh, Scotland, July  1994, pp. 187-194
      


 
 The Impact of Adding Aggressiveness to a Non-Aggressive Windowing Protocol 
    Phillip Dickens, David Nicol, Paul Reynolds, Jr. and Mark Duva
   1993 Winter Simulation Conference 
   San Diego, CA, December  1993, pp. 731-739
      


 
  Parallel Simulation of Markovian Queueing Networks Using Adaptive Uniformization 
    David Nicol and Philip Heidelberger
   1993 ACM SIGMETRICS Conference 
   Santa Clara,  CA, May  1993, pp. 135-145
      


 
  Parallel Algorithms for Simulating Continuous Time Markov Chains 
    David Nicol and Philip Heidelberger
    1993 Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation 
   San Diego,  CA, May  1993, pp. 11-18
      


 
  MIMD Parallel Simulation of Circuit Switched Communication Networks 
    David Nicol, Albert Greenberg and Boris Lubachevsky
     1992 Winter Simulation Conference 
   Arlington, VA, December  1992, pp. 629-636
      


 
  State of the Art in Parallel Simulation 
    Richard Fujimoto and David Nicol
     1992 Winter Simulation Conference 
   Arlington, VA, December  1992, pp. 246-254
      


 
  A Conservative Approach to the Parallelization of the Sharks World Simulation 
    David Nicol and Scott Riffe
     1990 Winter Simulation Conference 
   New Orleans, LA, December  1990, pp. 186-190
      


 
  Efficient Aggregation of Multiple LPs in Distributed Memory Parallel Simulations 
    David Nicol, Chris Micheal and Patrick Inouye
     1989 Winter Simulation Conference 
   Washington, D.C., December, pp. 680-685
      


 
  Accurate Modeling of Parallel Scientific Computations 
    David Nicol and James Townsend
   1989 ACM SIGMETRICS Conference 
   Berkeley, CA, May  1989, pp. 165-170
      


 
  High Performance Parallelized Discrete Event Simulation of a Stochastic Queueing Network 
    David Nicol
     1988 Winter Simulation Conference 
   San Diego, CA, December  1988, pp. 306-314
      


 
  The Implementation of a Parallelized Simulation of Queueing Networks using Fortran and Abstract Data Types 
    Keith Miller and David Nicol
     1988 Winter Simulation Conference 
   San Diego,  CA, December  1988, pp. 333-338
      


 
  Parallel Discrete-Event Simulation of Stochastic Queueing Networks 
    David Nicol, proceedings of and the 
   ACM SIGPLAN Conference on Parallel Programming 
   New Haven,  CT, July  1988, pp. 124-137
      


 
  Performance Issues for Distributed Battlefield Simulations 
    David Nicol
    1987 Winter Simulation Conference 
   Atlanta, GA, December  1987, pp. 624-628
      


 
  An Optimal Repartitioning Decision Policy 
    David Nicol and Paul Reynolds
    1985 Winter Simulation Conference 
   San Francisco, CA, December  1985, pp. 493-497