Document Type

Dissertation

College

College of Engineering

Department

Industrial and Engineering Management

Degree

PhD in Engineering Management

Dissertation Defense Date

2016

First Advisor

Keyser, Thomas K.

Second Advisor

Drzymalski, Julie

First Committee Member

Keyser, Thomas K.

Second Committee Member

Cheraghi, Hossein S.

Additional Committee Member(s)

Li, Zhaojun; Khosrowjerdi, Mohammad; Drzymalski, Julie

Abstract

"Dealing with uncertainty is where simulation-optimization (SO) approaches are most applicable. This study proposes a new SO model, called Iterative Optimization-based Simulation (IOS). In this model, an optimization module is embedded inside a simulation manager to improve system’s performance. The results show, the IOS approach generally has better performance compared to the Non-IOS approaches in terms of average tardiness cost and average time in the system."

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