Review on ranking and selection: A new perspective

LJ Hong, W Fan, J Luo - Frontiers of Engineering Management, 2021 - Springer
In this paper, we briefly review the development of ranking and selection (R&S) in the past
70 years, especially the theoretical achievements and practical applications in the past 20 …

Simulation optimization: a review, new developments, and applications

MC Fu, FW Glover, J April - Proceedings of the Winter …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We provide a descriptive review of the main approaches for carrying out simulation
optimization, and sample some recent algorithmic and theoretical developments in …

[LLIBRE][B] Bandit algorithms

T Lattimore, C Szepesvári - 2020 - books.google.com
Decision-making in the face of uncertainty is a significant challenge in machine learning,
and the multi-armed bandit model is a commonly used framework to address it. This …

[HTML][HTML] Optimal computing budget allocation for the vector evaluated genetic algorithm in multi-objective simulation optimization

G Kou, H **ao, M Cao, LH Lee - Automatica, 2021 - Elsevier
Motivated by the vector evaluation genetic algorithm (VEGA), this research develops
simulation budget allocation rules for the VEGA in solving simulation optimization problems …

Simple bayesian algorithms for best arm identification

D Russo - Conference on Learning Theory, 2016 - proceedings.mlr.press
This paper considers the optimal adaptive allocation of measurement effort for identifying the
best among a finite set of options or designs. An experimenter sequentially chooses designs …

Efficient selectivity and backup operators in Monte-Carlo tree search

R Coulom - International conference on computers and games, 2006 - Springer
A Monte-Carlo evaluation consists in estimating a position by averaging the outcome of
several random continuations. The method can serve as an evaluation function at the leaves …

[LLIBRE][B] Stochastic simulation optimization: an optimal computing budget allocation

CH Chen, LH Lee - 2011 - books.google.com
With the advance of new computing technology, simulation is becoming very popular for
designing large, complex and stochastic engineering systems, since closed-form analytical …

Optimization for simulation: Theory vs. practice

MC Fu - INFORMS Journal on Computing, 2002 - pubsonline.informs.org
Probably one of the most successful interfaces between operations research and computer
science has been the development of discrete-event simulation software. The recent …

A knowledge-gradient policy for sequential information collection

PI Frazier, WB Powell, S Dayanik - SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 2008 - SIAM
In a sequential Bayesian ranking and selection problem with independent normal
populations and common known variance, we study a previously introduced measurement …

The knowledge-gradient policy for correlated normal beliefs

P Frazier, W Powell, S Dayanik - INFORMS journal on …, 2009 - pubsonline.informs.org
We consider a Bayesian ranking and selection problem with independent normal rewards
and a correlated multivariate normal belief on the mean values of these rewards. Because …