Applied Simulation and Optimization

Simulation-based Optimization with HeuristicLab: Practical Guidelines and Real World Applications.- Simulation Optimization Approach to solve a complex multiobjective redundancy allocation problem.- OR AND SIMULATION IN COMBINATION FOR OPTIMIZATION.- Tree Search and Simulation.- Integrated solutions for delivery planning and scheduling in distribution centres.- Large Neighbourhood Search and Simulation for Disruption Management in the Airline Industry.- Allocation of Airport check-in counters using a Simulation-Optimization Approach.- Simulation and Optimization of the Pre-hospital Care System of the National University of Mexico.- Simulation Based Optimization Using Greedy Techniques and Simulated Annealing for Optimal Equipment Selection within Print Production Environments.- Linear Bus Holding Model for Real Time Traffic Network Control.

Miguel Mujica Mota is a researcher and lecturer at the Aviation Academy of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. He was previously the sub director of the aviation studies at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He has a PhD and a MSc. in industrial informatics from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a PhD and MSc. in operations research from the National University of Mexico, all obtained with the highest honors.

Dr. Mujica Mota has given several courses in modelling, simulation methodologies and optimization in different countries for industrial and academic audiences. He has participated in several international projects in which simulation and optimization were the key factors for the success of them.

Dr. Mujica has been awarded with the Level C of the Mexican Council of Science and Technology where he also participates as a scientific evaluator for Latin America. He is the co-author of two books and numerous papers on simulation, operations research, aviation, manufacturing and logistics. His research interests lie in the use of simulation, modelling formalisms and heuristics for the optimization and performance analysis of aeronautical operations, manufacture and logistics.

Idalia Flores-De La Mota is a mathematician from the Faculty of Sciences of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and holds a Masters and PhD in Operations Research (1998) from the Faculty of Engineering at UNAM. Since 1987, she has been a part of the academic staff of the Faculty of Engineering and has published books and articles in numerous international journals. She has been arbiter of journals including: Simulation, JART, Journal of Accounting and Administration UNAM, Engineering (Chile), Computing Reviews online and the Latin American Journal of Automatic Control. She has organized conference tracks at the international conference I3M (International Multidisciplinary Modeling & Simulation