Simulation optimization: a review of algorithms and applications

S Amaran, NV Sahinidis, B Sharda, SJ Bury - Annals of Operations …, 2016 - Springer
Simulation optimization (SO) refers to the optimization of an objective function subject to
constraints, both of which can be evaluated through a stochastic simulation. To address …

Simulation for manufacturing system design and operation: Literature review and analysis

A Negahban, JS Smith - Journal of manufacturing systems, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper provides a comprehensive review of discrete event simulation publications
published between 2002 and 2013 with a particular focus on applications in manufacturing …

[BOOK][B] Surrogates: Gaussian process modeling, design, and optimization for the applied sciences

RB Gramacy - 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
Computer simulation experiments are essential to modern scientific discovery, whether that
be in physics, chemistry, biology, epidemiology, ecology, engineering, etc. Surrogates are …

[BOOK][B] Reinforcement Learning and Stochastic Optimization: A Unified Framework for Sequential Decisions: by Warren B. Powell (ed.), Wiley (2022). Hardback. ISBN …

I Halperin - 2022 - Taylor & Francis
What is reinforcement learning? How is reinforcement learning different from stochastic
optimization? And finally, can it be used for applications to quantitative finance for my current …

[BOOK][B] Design and analysis of simulation experiments

JPC Kleijnen - 2018 - Springer
This contribution summarizes the design and analysis of experiments with computerized
simulation models. It focuses on two metamodel (surrogate, emulator) types, namely first …

A unified framework for stochastic optimization

WB Powell - European Journal of Operational Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Stochastic optimization is an umbrella term that includes over a dozen fragmented
communities, using a patchwork of sometimes overlap** notational systems with …

[BOOK][B] Simulation-based optimization

A Gosavi - 2015 - Springer
This book is written for students and researchers in the field of industrial engineering,
computer science, operations research, management science, electrical engineering, and …

Multi-information source optimization

M Poloczek, J Wang, P Frazier - Advances in neural …, 2017 - proceedings.neurips.cc
We consider Bayesian methods for multi-information source optimization (MISO), in which
we seek to optimize an expensive-to-evaluate black-box objective function while also …

Practical heteroscedastic Gaussian process modeling for large simulation experiments

M Binois, RB Gramacy, M Ludkovski - Journal of Computational …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
We present a unified view of likelihood based Gaussian progress regression for simulation
experiments exhibiting input-dependent noise. Replication plays an important role in that …

Simulation optimization in the era of Industrial 4.0 and the Industrial Internet

J Xu, E Huang, L Hsieh, LH Lee, QS Jia… - Journal of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Simulation is an established tool for predicting and evaluating the performance of complex
stochastic systems that are analytically intractable. Recent research in simulation …