| Article ID: | iaor1989785 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 8 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 1 |
| End Page Number: | 9 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1989 |
| Journal: | Operations Research Letters |
| Authors: | Jacobson Sheldon H., Schruben Lee W. |
Techniques for discrete event simulation optimization are classified into four groups: path search methods, pattern search methods, random methods, and integral methods. Each class is described and a survey of recent literature is presented.