MANET simulation studies: the incredibles Export

@article{citeulike:400107, abstract = {Simulation is the research tool of choice for a majority of the mobile ad hoc network (MANET) community. However, while the use of simulation has increased, the credibility of the simulation results has decreased. To determine the state of MANET simulation studies, we surveyed the 2000-2005 proceedings of the ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc). From our survey, we found significant shortfalls. We present the results of our survey in this paper. We then summarize common simulation study pitfalls found in our survey. Finally, we discuss the tools available that aid the development of rigorous simulation studies. We offer these results to the community with the hope of improving the credibility of MANET simulation-based studies.}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Kurkowski, Stuart and Camp, Tracy and Colagrosso, Michael}, citeulike-article-id = {400107}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1096174}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1096166.1096174}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.95.9997&rep=rep1&type=pdf}, doi = {10.1145/1096166.1096174}, issn = {1559-1662}, journal = {SIGMOBILE Mob. Comput. Commun. Rev.}, keywords = {ad, ad-hoc, adhoc, best, best-practice, experiment, hoc, mac, manet, methodology, mobile, modelling, network, p2p, pitfall, practice, report, research, routing, simulation, statistics, survey, validation, wireless, wireless-network}, month = {October}, number = {4}, pages = {50--61}, posted-at = {2009-07-03 13:04:44}, priority = {2}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {MANET simulation studies: the incredibles}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1096166.1096174}, volume = {9}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:400107 L3 - citeulike-article-id:400107 N2 - Simulation is the research tool of choice for a majority of the mobile ad hoc network (MANET) community. However, while the use of simulation has increased, the credibility of the simulation results has decreased. To determine the state of MANET simulation studies, we surveyed the 2000-2005 proceedings of the ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc). From our survey, we found significant shortfalls. We present the results of our survey in this paper. We then summarize common simulation study pitfalls found in our survey. Finally, we discuss the tools available that aid the development of rigorous simulation studies. We offer these results to the community with the hope of improving the credibility of MANET simulation-based studies. IS - 4 JF - SIGMOBILE Mob. Comput. Commun. Rev. SN - 1559-1662 AD - New York, NY, USA EP - 61 TI - MANET simulation studies: the incredibles PB - ACM VL - 9 SP - 50 KW - ad KW - ad-hoc KW - adhoc KW - best KW - best-practice KW - experiment KW - hoc KW - mac KW - manet KW - methodology KW - mobile KW - modelling KW - network KW - p2p KW - pitfall KW - practice KW - report KW - research KW - routing KW - simulation KW - statistics KW - survey KW - validation KW - wireless KW - wireless-network AU - Kurkowski, Stuart AU - Camp, Tracy AU - Colagrosso, Michael PY - 2005/10// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1096166.1096174 ER -