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BusinessDecision SciencesOperations ManagementFacilities PlanningOptimizationSchedulingCombinatorial OptimizationInteger ProgrammingOptimization ModelingOptimization TheorySimulation ModelingSimulation-based OptimizationFacility AllocationLinear RegressionMixed-integer ProgrammingModel SimulationOptimization Of Complex SystemsOptimization-based SimulationSimulation-based StaffingStaffing Optimization
Recent work dealing with planning of complex facilities has proposed use of a recursive optimization-simulation approach. This technique takes advantage of the best features of both methods while minimizing the disadvantages of each method used alone. Here a mixed integer program generates staffing and facility plans and a simulation model evaluates their day-to-day acceptability. Then a linear regression uses the simulation results to generate non-cost constraints to be added to the optimization model. Results from a hypothetical health care setting demonstrate the value of the recursive method.
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