Print Email Facebook Twitter Flexible Enterprise Optimization with Constraint Programming Title Flexible Enterprise Optimization with Constraint Programming Author Andringa, S.P.E. (TU Delft Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science) Yorke-Smith, N. (TU Delft Algorithmics) Contributor Aveiro, David (editor) Proper, Henderik A. (editor) Guerreiro, Sérgio (editor) de Vries, Marne (editor) Faculty Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science Date 2022 Abstract Simulation–optimization is often used in enterprise decision-making processes, both operational and tactical. This paper shows how an intuitive mapping from descriptive problem to optimization model can be realized with Constraint Programming (CP). It shows how a CP model can be constructed given a simulation model and a set of business goals. The approach is to train a neural network (NN) on simulation model inputs and outputs, and embed the NN into the CP model together with a set of soft constraints that represent business goals. We study this novel simulation–optimization approach through a set of experiments, finding that it is flexible to changing multiple objectives simultaneously, allows an intuitive mapping from business goals expressed in natural language to a formal model suitable for state-of-the-art optimization solvers, and is realizable for diverse managerial problems. Subject Constraint ProgrammingDeep learningEnterprise simulationSimulation–optimization To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c25b830c-33d9-4c43-aa00-71009ea8b3a1 DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11520-2_5 Publisher Springer Embargo date 2023-02-06 ISBN 978-3-031-11519-6 Source Advances in Enterprise Engineering XV - 11th Enterprise Engineering Working Conference, EEWC 2021, Revised Selected Papers Event 11th Enterprise Engineering Working Conference, EEWC 2021, 2021-12-16 → 2021-12-17, Virtual, Online Series Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, 1865-1348, 441 LNBIP Bibliographical note Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public. Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2022 S.P.E. Andringa, N. Yorke-Smith Files PDF Andringa_Yorke_Smith2022_ ... zation.pdf 1.09 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:c25b830c-33d9-4c43-aa00-71009ea8b3a1/datastream/OBJ/view