@article{99964d70a3914b47acd094848706fccd,
title = "A survey of recent advances in discrete input parameter discrete-event simulation optimization",
abstract = "Discrete-event simulation optimization is a problem of significant interest to practitioners interested in extracting useful information about an actual (or yet to be designed) system that can be modeled using discrete-event simulation. This paper presents a survey of the literature on discrete-event simulation optimization published in recent years (1988 to the present), with a particular focus on discrete input parameter optimization. The discrete input parameter case differentiates techniques appropriate for small and for large numbers of feasible input parameter values. Examples of applications that illustrate these methods are also discussed.",
author = "Swisher, {James R.} and Hyden, {Paul D.} and Jacobson, {Sheldon H.} and Schruben, {Lee W.}",
note = "Funding Information: Sheldon H. Jacobson is a Professor, Willett Faculty Scholar and Director of the Simulation and Optimization Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Illinois. He has a B.Sc and M.Sc (both in Mathematics) from McGill University, and a M.S. and Ph.D. (both in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering) from Cornell University. His research interests broadly span theory, computation and applications in the field of operations research. He was a co-winner of the 1998 Institute of Industrial Engineers Operations Research Division Application Award, the 2002 Aviation Security International Research Award and the 2003 Best Paper Award in IIE Transactions (focused issue on Operations Engineering). He was also named a 2003 Guggenheim Fellow by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. His research has been supported by the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Science Foundation and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. He is a member of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). Funding Information: The second author was supported by a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, as well as fellowships through the Semiconductor Research Corporation and the Olin Foundation. The third author was supported in part by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (F49620-01-1-0007) and the National Science Foundation (DMI-9907980). The fourth author was supported in part through a joint SRC (FJ-490) and NSF (DMI-9713549) research project in semiconductor operations modeling.",
year = "2004",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1080/07408170490438726",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "36",
pages = "591--600",
journal = "IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)",
issn = "0740-817X",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "6",
}