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 optimization: a review of algorithms and applications

S Amaran, NV Sahinidis, B Sharda, SJ Bury - 4or, 2014 - Springer
Simulation optimization refers to the optimization of an objective function subject to
constraints, both of which can be evaluated through a stochastic simulation. To address …

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 …

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” …

Simulation optimization: A concise overview and implementation guide

R Pasupathy, S Ghosh - Theory Driven by Influential …, 2013 - pubsonline.informs.org
Simulation optimization (SO) is the problem of optimization in the presence of objective and
constraint functions that can only be observed via a stochastic simulation. SO, owing to its …

Optimal budget allocation policy for tabu search in stochastic simulation optimization

C Yu, N Lahrichi, A Matta - Computers & Operations Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Tabu search (TS) is a powerful method for solving combinatorial optimization problems.
However, when TS is adopted for stochastic simulation optimization, the simulation noises …

An introduction to simulation optimization

N Jian, SG Henderson - 2015 winter simulation conference …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this tutorial we give an introduction to simulation optimization, covering its general form,
central issues and common problems, basic methods, and a case study. Our target audience …