A review of simulation optimization techniques
Proceedings of the 30th conference on Winter simulation
Simulation Modeling and Analysis
Simulation Modeling and Analysis
Feature Article: Optimization for simulation: Theory vs. Practice
INFORMS Journal on Computing
Parametric tabu-search for mixed integer programs
Computers and Operations Research - Anniversary focused issue of computers & operations research on tabu search
New advances and applications for marrying simulation and optimization
WSC '04 Proceedings of the 36th conference on Winter simulation
Simulation optimization: a review, new developments, and applications
WSC '05 Proceedings of the 37th conference on Winter simulation
Multiobjective simulation optimization using an enhanced genetic algorithm
WSC '05 Proceedings of the 37th conference on Winter simulation
WSC '05 Proceedings of the 37th conference on Winter simulation
Simulation optimization using tabu search: an emperical study
WSC '05 Proceedings of the 37th conference on Winter simulation
Enhancing business process management with simulation optimization
Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation
On the performance of inter-organizational design optimization systems
Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation
Planning optimization-simulation experiments
Cybernetics and Systems Analysis
Proceedings of the 39th conference on Winter simulation: 40 years! The best is yet to come
Integrating simulation and optimization to schedule loading operations in container terminals
Computers and Operations Research
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Simulation-optimization using a reinforcement learning approach
Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Winter Simulation
Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Winter Simulation
Simulation optimization applied to injection molding
Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Winter Simulation
Computers and Industrial Engineering
On the selection of a platonic solid for mesh segmentation
INES'09 Proceedings of the IEEE 13th international conference on Intelligent Engineering Systems
Hybrid evolutionary optimization of the operation of pipeless plants
Journal of Heuristics
Intent-leveraged optimization of analog circuits via homotopy
Proceedings of the Conference on Design, Automation and Test in Europe
A review of scenario generation methods
International Journal of Computing Science and Mathematics
Simulation optimization using metamodels
Winter Simulation Conference
The simulation-based multi-objective evolutionary optimization (SIMEON) framework (Work-in-Progress)
Proceedings of the 2011 Symposium on Theory of Modeling & Simulation: DEVS Integrative M&S Symposium
Integrating discrete-event and time-based models with optimization for resource allocation
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
A simulation-based optimization heuristic using self-organization for complex assembly lines
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
Enhancing operational efficiency of a container operator: a simulation optimization approach
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
A prototype simulation tool for a framework for simulation-based optimization of assembly lines
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
Sopt: ontology for simulation optimization for scientific experiments
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
Simulation optimization embedded particle swarm optimization for reliable server assignment
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
Coordinator-master-worker model for efficient large scale network simulation
Proceedings of the 6th International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques
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The merging of optimization and simulation technologies has seen a rapid growth in recent years. A Google search on "Simulation Optimization" returns more than six thousand pages where this phrase appears. The content of these pages ranges from articles, conference presentations and books to software, sponsored work and consultancy. This is an area that has sparked as much interest in the academic world as in practical settings. In this paper, we first summarize some of the most relevant approaches that have been developed for the purpose of optimizing simulated systems. We then concentrate on the metaheuristic black-box approach that leads the field of practical applications and provide some relevant details of how this approach has been implemented and used in commercial software. Finally, we present an example of simulation optimization in the context of a simulation model developed to predict performance and measure risk in a real world project selection problem.