Publications

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2009

  • SVEET! A scalable virtualized evaluation environment for TCP, Miguel Erazo, Yue Li, and Jason Liu, submitted for publication.

  • A fluid background traffic model, Ting Li and Jason Liu, unpublished manuscript.

  • Real-time experiments of interdomain network routing attacks, Yue Li, Michael Liljenstam, and Jason Liu, submitted for publication.

2008

  • Model-driven network emulation with virtual time machine, Jason Liu and Raju Rangaswami, unpublished manuscript.

  • Real-time network simulation support for scalable routing experiments, Yue Li, Jason Liu, and Raju Rangaswami, International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling, to appear.

  • A real-time network simulation infrastructure based on OpenVPN, Jason Liu, Yue Li, Nathanael Van Vorst, Scott Mann, and Keith Hellman, Journal of Systems and Software, to appear.

  • Immersive real-time large-scale network simulation: a research summary, Jason Liu, Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS'08) NSF NGS Workshop, Miami, Florida, April 13-14, 2008. [pdf] [abstract]

  • Real-time network simulation support for scalable routing experiments, Yue Li, Jason Liu, and Raju Rangaswami, Proceedings of the 22nd Workshop on Principles of Advanced and Distributed Simulation (PADS'08), Rome, Italy, June 3-6, 2008. [pdf] [abstract]

  • Interval branching, Patrick Peschlow, Peter Martini, and Jason Liu, Proceedings of the 22nd Workshop on Principles of Advanced and Distributed Simulation (PADS'08), Rome, Italy, June 3-6, 2008. [pdf] [abstract]

  • A primer for real-time simulation of large-scale networks, Jason Liu, Proceedings of the 41st Annual Simulation Symposium (ANSS'08), Ottawa, Canada, April 14-16, 2008. pp. 85-94. [pdf] [abstract]

  • Parallel hybrid network traffic models, Jason Liu and Yue Li, SIMULATION: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, to appear.

  • On the performance of a hybrid network traffic model, Jason Liu and Yue Li, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 16(6):656-669, 2008. [paper] [abstract]

2007

  • Experimental evaluation of wireless simulation assumptions, Calvin Newport, David Kotz, Robert S. Gray, Jason Liu, Yougu Yuan, and Chip Elliott, SIMULATION: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International. 83(9):643-661, September 2007. [abstract]

  • Parallel simulation of hybrid network traffic models, Jason Liu, Proceedings of the 21st Workshop on Principles of Advanced and Distributed Simulation (PADS'07), San Diego, CA, June 12-15, 2007. pp. 141-151. Finalist for the Best Paper Award. [pdf] [abstract]

  • An open and scalable emulation infrastructure for large-scale real-time network simulations, Jason Liu, Scott Mann, Nathanael Van Vorst, and Keith Hellman, Proceedings of INFOCOM 2007 MiniSymposium, Anchorage, Alaska, May 6-12, 2007. pp. 2471-2475. [pdf] [abstract]

2006

  • Packet-level integration of fluid TCP models in real-time network simulation, Jason Liu, Proceedings of the 2006 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC'06), Monterey, CA, December 2-5, 2006. pp. 2162-2169. [pdf] [abstract]

  • RINSE: the real-time immersive network simulation environment for network security exercises (extended version), Michael Liljenstam, Jason Liu, David Nicol, Yougu Yuan, Guanhua Yan, and Chris Grier, Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, 82(1):43-59, January 2006. [pdf (draft version)] [abstract]

2005

  • Advanced concepts in large-scale network simulation, David M. Nicol, Michael Liljenstam and Jason Liu, Proceedings of 2005 Winter Simulation Conference, Orlando, FL, December 2005. pp. 153-166. [pdf] [abstract]

  • Empirical validation of wireless models in simulations of ad-hoc routing protocols, Jason Liu, Yougu Yuan, David M. Nicol, Robert S. Gray, Calvin C. Newport, David Kotz, and Luiz Felipe Perrone, Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, 81(4):307-323, April 2005. [pdf] [abstract]

  • RINSE: the real-time interactive network simulation environment for network security exercises, Michael Liljenstam, Jason Liu, David Nicol, Yougu Yuan, Guanhua Yan, and Chris Grier, Proceedings of the 19th Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation (PADS'05), Monterey, CA, June 1-3, 2005. pp. 119-128. Finalist for the Best Paper Award. [pdf] [abstract]

2004

  • Outdoor experimental comparison of four ad hoc routing algorithms, Robert S. Gray, David Kotz, Calvin Newport, Nikita Dubrovsky, Aaron Fiske, Jason Liu, Christopher Masone, Susan McGrath, and Yougu Yuan. Proceedings of the 7th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM'04), Venice, Italy, October 4-6, 2004. pp. 220-229. Finalist for the Best Paper Award. [pdf] [abstract]

  • Experimental evaluation of wireless simulation assumptions, David Kotz, Calvin Newport, Bob Gray, Jason Liu, Yougu Yuan, and Chip Elliott. Proceedings of the 7th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM'04), Venice, Italy, October 4-6, 2004. pp. 78-82. [pdf] [abstract]

  • Simulation validation using direct execution of wireless ad-hoc routing protocols, Jason Liu, Yougu Yuan, David M. Nicol, Robert S. Gray, Calvin C. Newport, David F. Kotz, and Luiz Felipe Perrone, Proceedings of the 18th Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation (PADS'04), Kufstein, Austria, May 16-19, 2004. pp. 7-16. Finalist for the Best Paper Award. [pdf] [abstract]

2003

  • Development of an Internet backbone topology for large-scale network simulations, Michael Liljenstam, Jason Liu, and David M. Nicol. Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference, New Orleans, LA, December 7-10, 2003. pp. 694-702. [pdf] [abstract]

  • Simulation of large-scale networks using SSF, David M. Nicol, Jason Liu, Michael Liljenstam, and Guanhua Yan. Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference, New Orleans, LA, December 7-10, 2003. pp. 650-657. [pdf] [abstract]

  • Multiscale modeling and simulation of worm effects on the Internet routing infrastructure, David M. Nicol, Michael Liljenstam, and Jason Liu. The 13th International Conference on Modelling Techniques and Tools for Computer Performance Evaluation (Performance TOOLS 2003), Urbana, IL, September 2-5, 2003. pp. 1-10. [pdf] [abstract]

  • An implementation of the SSF Scalable Simulation Framework on the Cray MTA, Robert R. Henry, Simon H. Kahan, Jason Liu, and David M. Nicol, Proceedings the 17th Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation (PADS'03), San Diego, CA, June 10-13, 2003, pp. 77-85. [pdf] [abstract]

2002

  • Composite synchronization in parallel discrete-event simulation, David M. Nicol and Jason Liu, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Volume 13, Number 5, May 2002, pp. 433-446. [postscript] [abstract]

  • Lookahead revisited in wireless network simulations, Jason Liu and David M. Nicol, Proceedings of the 16th Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation (PADS'02), Washington, D.C., May 12-15, 2002, pp. 79-88. [postscript] [abstract]

2001

  • Towards high performance modeling of the 802.11 wireless protocol, Jason Liu, David M. Nicol, L. Felipe Perrone, and Michael Liljenstam, Proceedings of the 2001 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC'01), Arlington, VA, December 9-12, 2001, pp. 1315-1320. [postscript] [abstract]

  • Simulation modeling of large-scale ad-hoc sensor networks, Jason Liu, L. Felipe Perrone, David M. Nicol, Michael Liljenstam, Chip Elliott, and David Pearson, European Simulation Interoperability Workshop 2001, London, England, June 25-27, 2001. [pdf] [abstract]

  • Lock-free scheduling of logical processes in parallel simulation, Jason Liu, David M. Nicol, and King Tan, Proceedings of the 15th Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation (PADS'01), Lake Arrowhead, CA, May 15-18, 2001, pp. 22-31. [postscript] [abstract]

  • Learning not to share, Jason Liu and David M. Nicol, Proceedings of the 15th Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation (PADS'01), Lake Arrowhead, CA, May 15-18, 2001, pp. 46-55. [postscript] [abstract]

2000 and Before

  • Safe timestamps and large-scale modeling, David M. Nicol, Jason Liu, and James Cowie, Proceedings of the 14th Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation (PADS'00), Bologna, Italy, May 28-31, 2000, pp. 71-78. [pdf] [abstract]

  • Towards realistic million-node Internet simulations, James Cowie, Hongbo Liu, Jason Liu, David Nicol, and Andy Ogielski, Proceedings of the 1999 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'99), Las Vegas, NV, June 28-July 1, 1999. [pdf] [abstract]

  • Performance prediction of a parallel simulator, Jason Liu, David M. Nicol, Brian J. Premore, and Anna L. Poplawski, Proceedings of the 13th Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation (PADS'99), Atlanta, GA, May 1-4, 1999, pp. 156-164. [postscript] [abstract]

  • The dark side of risk (what your mother never told you about Time Warp), David M. Nicol and Jason Liu, Proceedings of the 11th Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation (PADS'97), Lockenhaus, Austria, May 10-13, 1997, pp. 188-195. [postscript] [abstract]

  • Parallelizable execution-driven simulation of threaded distributed memory parallel computations, David M. Nicol and Jason Liu, Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS'96), San Jose, CA, February 1-4, 1996, pp. 174-178. [postscript] [abstract]

Ph.D. Dissertation

  • Improvements in conservative parallel simulation of large-scale models, Xiaowen (Jason) Liu, Ph.D. Thesis, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, February 2003. [postscript] [abstract]

Technical Reports: [1], [2].

  • Outdoor experimental comparison of four ad hoc routing algorithms, Robert S. Gray, David Kotz, Calvin Newport, Nikita Dubrovsky, Aaron Fiske, Jason Liu, Christopher Masone, Susan McGrath, and Yougu Yuan, Technical Report TR2004-511, Dept. of Computer Science, Dartmouth College, 2004.

  • Experimental evaluation of wireless simulation assumptions, David Kotz, Calvin Newport, Robert S. Gray, Jason Liu, Yougu Yuan, and Chip Elliott, Technical Report TR2004-507, Dept. of Computer Science, Dartmouth College, 2004.

  • Lock-free scheduling of logical processes in parallel simulation, Xiaowen Liu, David M. Nicol, and King Tan, Technical Report TR2001-385, Dept. of Computer Science, Dartmouth College, 2001.

  • Automatic video pause detection filter, Xiaowen Liu, Charles B. Owen, and Fillia Makedon, Technical Report PCS-TR97-307, Dept. of Computer Science, Dartmouth College, 1997.

  • A critique of the Telecommunications Description Language (TeD), Brian J. Premore, David M. Nicol, and Xiaowen Liu, Technical Report PCS-TR96-299, Dept. of Computer Science, Dartmouth College, 1996.

  • The dark side of risk (what your mother never told you about Time Warp), David M. Nicol and Xiaowen Liu, Technical Report PCS-TR96-298, Dept. of Computer Science, Dartmouth College, 1996.

White Papers

  • DaSSF 3.1 User's Manual, Jason Liu and David M. Nicol. Documentation Draft. April 2001.

  • DaSSF: Dartmouth Implementation of SSF, David M. Nicol and Jason Liu. Documentation Draft. November 1998.