History of the winter simulation conference: origins and early years (1967--1974)

This paper discusses the Origins and Early Years (1967--1974) of the Winter Simulation Conferences. Summary information is given for each of the conferences in that interval, with expanded discussion included for the 1967, 1968, and 1969 formative conferences. The last of these Early Years conferences leads into the sequential paper in this History of the Winter Simulation Conference session, which deals with the Winter Simulation Conference Renaissance Period (1975-1982).