Dr Peer-Olaf Siebers

 

 Peer-Olaf Siebers
role Role: Senior Research Fellow in Computer Science
qualifications Qualifications: Dipl Ing (Hamburg), BEng (Portsmouth), PhD (Cranfield)
office Office: B36
telephone Telephone: +44 (0) 115 84 66526
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homepage Homepage: http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~pos/

Research

The application of computer simulation to study people-centric complex adaptive systems is my primary research interest. Such investigations improve the understanding of indirect effects that are not obviously related to their causes.

More specifically, in my research I examine social and economic processes by studying the emergence of complex behaviour from relative simple activities. I find this area particularly interesting and challenging as it is highly interdisciplinary, involving disciplines such as computer science, social science, psychology, management science, operational research, and engineering. Furthermore, I am interested in different forms of nature inspired computing, game character behaviour modelling and agent-based robotics.

Teaching & Supervision

Research Fellows:

PhD Students:

  • Mazlina Abdul Majid: Comparing Human Performance Modelling in DES and ABS
  • Sang Joon Park: Comparing the Usefulness of Different Simulation Approaches when Investigating the Impact of Governmental Regulations and Incentives on the UK Electricity Market Structure

Current Projects

Modelling and Analysing the Cargo Screening Process (for more details see my homepage)

Previous Projects

A Multi-Agent Simulation of Retail Management Practices (for more details see my homepage)

Esteem

Research Funding:

Journal Editorship:

Conference and Workshop Organisation:

Journal Papers
Author(s) Title Publisher Page Year
Peer-Olaf Siebers, Charles M. Macal, Jeremy Garnett, David Buxton, Michael Pidd Discrete-Event Simulation is Dead, Long Live Agent-Based Simulation! Journal of Simulation 4 (3) 204-210 2010
Peer-Olaf Siebers, Uwe Aickelin, Helen Celia, Chris Clegg Simulating Customer Experience and Word-Of-Mouth in Retail - A Case Study Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International 86 (1) 5-30 2010
Peer-Olaf Siebers, Uwe Aickelin, Helen Celia, Chris Clegg Towards the Development of a Simulator for Investigating the Impact of People Management Practices on Retail Performance Journal of Simulation tba tba 2010
Peer-Olaf Siebers, Uwe Aickelin, Helen Celia, Chris Clegg Modelling and Simulating Retail Management Practices: A First Approach International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling 5 (3) 215-232 2009
Tim Baines, Steve Mason, Peer-Olaf Siebers, John Ladbrook Humans: The Missing Link in Manufacturing Simulation? Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory 12(7-8) 515-526 2004

Conference Papers
Author(s) Title Publisher Page Year
Galina Sherman, David Menachof, Peer-Olaf Siebers, Uwe Aickelin Scenario Analysis, Decision Trees and Simulation for Cargo Screening Proceedings of the UK OR Society Simulation Workshop 2010 (SW10), 23-24 March, Worcestershire, UK 2010
Galina Sherman, Peer-Olaf Siebers, Uwe Aickelin, David Menachof Scenario Analysis, Decision Trees and Simulation for Cost Benefit Analysis of the Cargo Screening Process Proceedings of the International Workshop of Applied Modelling and Simulation (WAMS), 5-7 May, Buizos, Brasil 2010
Mazlina Abdul Majid, Peer-Olaf Siebers, Uwe Aickelin Modelling Reactive and Proactive Behaviour in Simulation Proceedings of Operational Research Society 5th Simulation Workshop (SW10), Worcestershire, England 23-31 2010
Mazlina Abdul Majid, Uwe Aickelin, Peer-Olaf Siebers Investigating Output Accuracy for a Discrete Event Simulation Model and an Agent Based Simulation Model Proceedings of the INFORMS Simulation Society Research Workshop, June 25-27, 2009, Warwick, UK 101-105 2009
Mazlina Abdul Majid, Uwe Aickelin, Peer-Olaf Siebers Comparing Simulation Output Accuracy of Discrete Event and Agent Based Models: A Quantitative Approach Proceedings of the Summer Computer Simulation Conference (SCSC 2009), Istanbul, Turkey 177-184 2009
Peer-Olaf Siebers, Galina Sherman, Uwe Aickelin Development of a Cargo Screening Process Simulator: A First Approach Proceedigs of the 6th International Mediterranean Modeling Multiconference (EMSS 2009), Tenerife, Spain 200-209 2009
Peer-Olaf Siebers, Uwe Aickelin, David Menachof, Galina Sherman, Peter Zimmerman Modelling and Analysing Cargo Screening Processes: A Project Outline Proceedings of the INFORMS Simulation Society Research Workshop, June 25-27, 2009, Warwick, UK 44-47 2009
Mazlina Abdul Majid, Uwe Aickelin, Peer-Olaf Siebers Modelling and Analysing Human Behaviour in a Department Store using Discrete Event and Agent Based Simulation Annual Operational Research Conference 50 (OR 50), York, UK 153 2008
Peer-Olaf Siebers, Uwe Aickelin, Helen Celia, Chris Clegg Agent Based Simulation as a Novel Decision Support Tool for Retail Managers Proceedings of 15th European Conference on Mathematics for Industry (ECMI2008), London, UK 49 2008
Peer-Olaf Siebers, Uwe Aickelin, Helen Celia, Chris Clegg An Agent-Based Simulation of In-store Customer Experience Proceedings of the Operational Research Society 4th Simulation Workshop, Worcestershire, UK 25-41 2008
Helen Celia, Chris Clegg, Mark Robinson, Peer-Olaf Siebers, Uwe Aickelin, Christine Sprigg Using Intelligent Agents to Understand Organisational Behaviour Proceedings of British Psychology Society Annual Conference 2007
Helen Celia, Chris Clegg, Peer-Olaf Siebers, Uwe Aickelin Understanding the Impact of Management Practices and other Factors on Productivity in the UK Retail Sector Proceedings of the 13th European Congress of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP 2007), Stockholm, Sweden 2007
Mazlina Abdul Majid, Uwe Aickelin, Peer-Olaf Siebers Human Behaviour Modelling for Discrete Event and Agent Based Simulation:A Case Study Proceedings of the Annual Operational Research Conference 49 (OR 49), Edinburgh, UK 94 2007
Peer-Olaf Siebers, Uwe Aickelin, Helen Celia, Chris Clegg Using Intelligent Agents to Understand Management Practices and Retail Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference (WSC 2007), Washington, USA 2212-2220 2007
Peer-Olaf Siebers, Uwe Aickelin, Helen Celia, Chris Clegg Understanding Retail Productivity by Simulating Management Practises Proceedings of the EUROSIM Congress on Modelling and Simulation (EUROSIM 2007), Ljubljana, Slovenia 1-12 2007
Peer-Olaf Siebers, Uwe Aickelin, Helen Celia, Chris Clegg A Multi-Agent Simulation of Retail Management Practices Proceedings of the Summer Computer Simulation Conference (SCSC 2007), San Diego, USA 959-966 2007
Peer-Olaf Siebers, Tim Baines, Steve Mason, John Ladbrook Modelling Human Variation in Assembly Line Models Proceedings of the 2004 OR Society Simulation Workshop, 1-2 May, Birmingham, UK 2004
Steve Mason, Tim Baines, Peer-Olaf Siebers, John Ladbrook The Impact of Modelling Human Performance Variation Modelling in a Typical Manufacturing System Proceedings of the 2004 OR Society Simulation Workshop, 1-2 May, Birmingham, UK 2004

Book Chapters
Author(s) Title Publisher Page Year
Peer-Olaf Siebers Worker Performance Modelling in Manufacturing Systems Simulation: The Impact of Human Performance Variation on the Accuracy of Manufacturing Systems Simulation Models LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrücken, Germany Whole book 2010
Peer-Olaf Siebers, Uwe Aickelin Introduction to Multi-Agent Simulation Encyclopaedia of Decision Making and Decision Support Technologies 554-564 2008
Peer-Olaf Siebers, Uwe Aickelin, Helen Celia, Chris Clegg Multi-Agent Simulation and Management Practices Encyclopedia of Decision Making and Decision Support Technologies 645-652 2008
Peer-Olaf Siebers Worker Performance Modeling in Manufacturing Systems Simulation Rennard, J.-P., (Ed.). Handbook of Research on Nature Inspired Computing for Economy and Management. Pennsylvania: Idea Group Publishing 661-678 2006

Research Reports
Author(s) Title Publisher Page Year
Peer-Olaf Siebers, Uwe Aickelin, Giuliana Battisti, Helen Celia, Chris Clegg, Xiaolan Fu, Raphael De Hoyos, Alfonsiana Iona, Alina Petrescu, Adriano Peixoto The Role of Management Practices in Closing the Productivity Gap AIM Working Paper Series Number 065 2008
Peer-Olaf Siebers The Impact of Human Performance Variation on the Accuracy of Manufacturing System Simulation Models PhD Thesis, Cranfield University 2004

 

 

Intelligent Modelling and Analysis Research Group, School of Computer Science, The University of Nottingham, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham, NG8 1BB, UK.