Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!purdue!gatech!uflorida!simulation From: simulation@ufl.edu (SIMULATION DIGEST) Newsgroups: comp.simulation Subject: SIMULATION MODELING AND ANALYSIS Message-ID: <14271@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> Date: 6 Apr 88 21:04:13 GMT Sender: fishwick@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU Reply-To: simulation@ufl.edu Lines: 98 Approved: fishwick@fish.cis.ufl.edu Moderator: Paul Fishwick, Univ. of Florida Send topical mail to: simulation@ufl.edu OR simulation@bikini.cis.ufl.edu Send administrative mail (subscribing/unsubscribing) to: simulation-request@ufl.edu OR simulation-request@bikini.cis.ufl.edu ________ Contents: ________ Borning's Constraint Simulation Language Status of "comp.simulation" - in partial limbo Unsubscribe if you get comp.simulation over USENET ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 5 Apr 88 22:17:59 EDT From: Lindsay Patten Message-Id: <8804060217.AA16063@watsup> To: simulation@BIKINI.CIS.UFL.EDU Subject: Constraint Oriented Simulation Status: R Does anyone know of any work done along the lines of Alan Borning's ThingLab? I spent a couple hours in the library without coming up with anything much. Borning's thesis and IJCAI paper are about all I have right now. The work seemed really interesting so I find it difficult to believe nobody followed up on it. Any leads? Cheers, Lindsay --- Lindsay Patten Pattern Analysis & Machine Intelligence Lab lindsay@watsupDepartment of Systems Design Engineering lindsay@watsup.waterloo.eduUniversity of Waterloo {utai|decvax|ihnp4}!watmath!watsup!lindsay ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul Fishwick Message-Id: <8804062053.AA12375@fish.cis.ufl.edu> To: simulation@ufl.edu Subject: comp.simulation Status: R The news group COMP.SIMULATION is up and running at *most* nodes. It will be re-created at all USENET nodes in approx. another 20 days. The reasons for this bizzare occurrence are fairly complicated and due to USENET politics: after comp.simulation was initially created, someone sent an "rmgroup" (remove news group) to remove it). You are now probably asking yourself why someone did this, right? The answer lies in the rules for formal news group creation - it is specified that news groups must wait for the "polls to close" (=30 days) before trying to get a news group formed; however, it is also specified that one can form a news group from an existing mailing list as long as all current subscribers agree (and that there are at least 100 subscribers). I (and the net person who created comp.simulation for us) were operating under the second principle. Unfortunately, another person did not agree (insisting, apparently, that 30 days must elapse regardless of whether or not you have an existing mailing list) and they took it upon themselves to try to erase the list from existence. Wonderful, right?! Well..anyway things are going well and we are on the road to success!! If for some reason you are part of USENET and cannot get comp.simulation, don't worry - it will come in approx. 20 days as I mentioned before. In the mean time you will receive the digest as usual. Despite this small problem, I would like to give a big plug for USENET. If you don't get NET news via USENET, you might want to get your systems analyst to try to get it. USENET is a collection of nodes that carry a lot of NEWS GROUPS -- many of which you might be interested in. Once you have installed the NEWS software, you will find it an excellent way to browse through your own particular areas of special interest. You may easily subscribe and unsubscribe to groups without sending messages everywhere. Again, ask your analyst about USENET when you have some free time. -paul fishwick@ufl.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul Fishwick Message-Id: <8804062057.AA12389@fish.cis.ufl.edu> To: simulation@ufl.edu Subject: unsubscribe if you get comp.simulation Status: R If you are currently able to read comp.simulation from USENET, please send me a message so that I can unsubscribe you from the subscriber list that I currently use. I will maintain this subscriber list for individuals who cannot get access to USENET. Everything posted to USENET will get sent to these individuals. This will help to keep my subscriber list small, and will help you from getting duplicate copies of everything if you are on USENET. Thanks very much. -paul fishwick fishwick@ufl.edu