Response surface computation via simulation in the presence of convexity

  • Authors:
  • Eunji Lim

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

We consider the problem of computing a response surface when the underlying function is known to be convex. We introduce a methodology that incorporates the convexity into the function estimator. The proposed response surface estimator is formulated as a finite dimensional quadratic program and exhibits convergence properties as a global approximation to the true function. Numerical results are presented to illustrate the convergence behavior of the proposed estimator and its potential application to simulation optimization.