Hybrid simulation–optimization methods: A taxonomy and discussion

G Figueira, B Almada-Lobo - Simulation modelling practice and theory, 2014 - Elsevier
The possibilities of combining simulation and optimization are vast and the appropriate
design highly depends on the problem characteristics. Therefore, it is very important to have …

Strengthening the reporting of empirical simulation studies: Introducing the STRESS guidelines

T Monks, CSM Currie, BS Onggo, S Robinson… - Journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This study develops a standardised checklist approach to improve the reporting of discrete-
event simulation, system dynamics and agent-based simulation models within the field of …

Simulation optimization: a review on theory and applications

W Long-Fei, SHI Le-Yuan - Acta Automatica Sinica, 2013 - Elsevier
Simulation optimization is a very powerful tool in analysis and optimization of complex real
systems. In this paper, a tutorial introduction and review of simulation optimization are given …

A recommender system for metaheuristic algorithms for continuous optimization based on deep recurrent neural networks

Y Tian, S Peng, X Zhang, T Rodemann… - IEEE transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As revealed by the no free lunch theorem, no single algorithm can outperform any others on
all classes of optimization problems. To tackle this issue, methods for recommending an …

Diagnostic tools for evaluating and comparing simulation-optimization algorithms

DJ Eckman, SG Henderson… - INFORMS Journal on …, 2023 - pubsonline.informs.org
Simulation optimization involves optimizing some objective function that can only be
estimated via stochastic simulation. Many important problems can be profitably viewed …

ASTRO-DF: A class of adaptive sampling trust-region algorithms for derivative-free stochastic optimization

S Shashaani, FS Hashemi, R Pasupathy - SIAM Journal on Optimization, 2018 - SIAM
We consider unconstrained optimization problems where only “stochastic” estimates of the
objective function are observable as replicates from a Monte Carlo oracle. The Monte Carlo …

An introduction to multiobjective simulation optimization

SR Hunter, EA Applegate, V Arora, B Chong… - ACM Transactions on …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
The multiobjective simulation optimization (MOSO) problem is a nonlinear multiobjective
optimization problem in which multiple simultaneous and conflicting objective functions can …

Constrained optimization in expensive simulation: Novel approach

JPC Kleijnen, W Van Beers… - European journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
This article presents a novel heuristic for constrained optimization of computationally
expensive random simulation models. One output is selected as objective to be minimized …

Stochastically constrained ranking and selection via SCORE

R Pasupathy, SR Hunter, NA Pujowidianto… - ACM Transactions on …, 2014 - dl.acm.org
Consider the context of constrained Simulation Optimization (SO); that is, optimization
problems where the objective and constraint functions are known through dependent Monte …

Optimal sampling laws for stochastically constrained simulation optimization on finite sets

SR Hunter, R Pasupathy - INFORMS Journal on Computing, 2013 - pubsonline.informs.org
Consider the context of selecting an optimal system from among a finite set of competing
systems, based on a “stochastic” objective function and subject to multiple “stochastic” …