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First ACNU TUTORIAL:

"Optimization for Simulation"

Monday, June 13, 2005
Chicago, Illinois

Schedule

Monday, June 13

9:00 - 10:15
10:15
10:45- 12:00
12:00
2:00 - 4:30   6:30 +
Michael Fu Coffee Break Tom Santner Catered
Lunch
Panel: "Challenges in optimization for simulation"   Dinner

Michael Fu

Reading materials
  Tom Santner

Reading materials
 

Moderator:
     John Birge

Panelists:

     Michael Ferris (UW)
     Tito Homem-de-Mello (NU)
     Barry Nelson (NU)
     Stephen Robinson (UW)

 

                Coffee/cookie break at 3:00    

Tutorial Info:

Schedule
Location
Tutorial organizers
Participants
Reading materials

Slides:

Michael Fu, "Some Topics in
Optimization for Simulation"

Tom Santner, "Tutorial on
The Design of Computer Experiments
for Optimization"

John Birge, "Challenges in Optimization for Simulation: Panel Discussion"

Steve Robinson
, "System Improvement Using Structural Conservation"

Location

The Tutorial will be held at the Gleacher Center in downtown Chicago.
Conference room to be announced.
Location, driving directions, and maps can be found at the Gleacher Center's web site.

Tutorial Organizers:

Tito Homem-de-Mello,
Northwestern
Gabriel Lopez-Calva,
Northwestern
Barry Nelson,
Northwestern

Participants in the "Optimization for Simulation" tutorial:

Mihai Anitescu, ANL
John Birge, UC
Richard Byrd, University of Colorado
Frank Curtis, NU
Geng Deng, UW-Wisconsin
Shane Drew, NU
Michael Ferris, UW-Madison
Robert Fourer, NU
Michael Fu, University of Maryland
Long Hei, NU
Tito Homem-de-Mello, NU
Jeff Hong, NU
Sven Leyffer, ANL
Gabriel Lopez-Calva, NU

Christos Maravelias, UW-Madison
Sanjay Mehrotra, NU
Jorge Moré
, ANL
Todd Munson, ANL
Barry Nelson, NU
Jorge Nocedal, NU
Boyana Norris, ANL
Steve Robinson, UW-Madison
Thomas J. Santner, Ohio State
Richard Waltz, NU
Stephen J. Wright, UW-Madison

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Reading Materials:

Optimization for Simulation: Theory vs. Practice
Michael C. Fu

Optimization via Simulation: A Review
Michael C. FU
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 USA
November 1992; revised April 1993

Sequential Design of Computer Experiments to Minimize Integrated Response Functions
Brian J. Williams, Thomas J. Santner, and William I. Notz.

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This page was updated on June 20, 2005 [slides added]