Dr. Andreas Tolk is a Technology Integrator at The MITRE Corporation, Hampton, VA, USA, and adjunct Professor at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA.Dr. John Fowler is the Motorola Professor of Supply Chain Management in the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, AZ, Tempe, USA.Dr. Guodong Shao is a Computer Scientist in the Systems Integration Division (SID) of the Engineering Laboratory (EL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD, USA.Dr. Enver Yücesan is a Professor of Operations Management at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.

• A Brief Introduction to the Winter Simulation Conference.- Model is a Verb.- Model Calibration.- Validating Emergent Behavior in Complex Systems.- Input Model Risk.- Evolution of Simulation Languages.- A Brief History of Time Warp.- Design and Analysis of Simulation Experiments: Tutorial.- Better Big Data via Data Farming Experiments.- Bayesian Belief Models in Simulation-Based Decision Making.- Simulation Optimization under Input Model Uncertainty.- Parallel Ranking and Selection.- A History of Military Computer Simulation.- Modeling and Analysis of Semiconductor Manufacturing.- Social and Behavioral Simulation.- Analysis of M&S Literature Published in the Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference from 1981 to 2016.

Dr. Andreas Tolk is a Technology Integrator at The MITRE Corporation, Hampton, VA, USA, and adjunct Professor at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA.Dr. John Fowler is the Motorola Professor of Supply Chain Management in the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, AZ, Tempe, USA.Dr. Guodong Shao is a Computer Scientist in the Systems Integration Division (SID) of the Engineering Laboratory (EL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD, USA.Dr. Enver Yücesan is a Professor of Operations Management at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.

• A Brief Introduction to the Winter Simulation Conference.- Model is a Verb.- Model Calibration.- Validating Emergent Behavior in Complex Systems.- Input Model Risk.- Evolution of Simulation Languages.- A Brief History of Time Warp.- Design and Analysis of Simulation Experiments: Tutorial.- Better Big Data via Data Farming Experiments.- Bayesian Belief Models in Simulation-Based Decision Making.- Simulation Optimization under Input Model Uncertainty.- Parallel Ranking and Selection.- A History of Military Computer Simulation.- Modeling and Analysis of Semiconductor Manufacturing.- Social and Behavioral Simulation.- Analysis of M&S Literature Published in the Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference from 1981 to 2016.

Dr. Andreas Tolk is a Technology Integrator at The MITRE Corporation, Hampton, VA, USA, and adjunct Professor at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA.Dr. John Fowler is the Motorola Professor of Supply Chain Management in the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, AZ, Tempe, USA.Dr. Guodong Shao is a Computer Scientist in the Systems Integration Division (SID) of the Engineering Laboratory (EL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD, USA.Dr. Enver Yücesan is a Professor of Operations Management at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.

• A Brief Introduction to the Winter Simulation Conference.- Model is a Verb.- Model Calibration.- Validating Emergent Behavior in Complex Systems.- Input Model Risk.- Evolution of Simulation Languages.- A Brief History of Time Warp.- Design and Analysis of Simulation Experiments: Tutorial.- Better Big Data via Data Farming Experiments.- Bayesian Belief Models in Simulation-Based Decision Making.- Simulation Optimization under Input Model Uncertainty.- Parallel Ranking and Selection.- A History of Military Computer Simulation.- Modeling and Analysis of Semiconductor Manufacturing.- Social and Behavioral Simulation.- Analysis of M&S Literature Published in the Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference from 1981 to 2016.