Flexible Enterprise Optimization with Constraint Programming

Sytze P.E. Andringa; Neil Yorke-Smith

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Flexible Enterprise Optimization with Constraint Programming

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Enterprise Engineering XV - 11th Enterprise Engineering Working Conference, EEWC 2021, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	David Aveiro, Henderik A. Proper, Sérgio Guerreiro, Marne de Vries
Publisher	Springer
Pages	58-73
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-11520-2
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-11519-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11520-2_5
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	11th Enterprise Engineering Working Conference, EEWC 2021 - Virtual, Online Duration: 16 Dec 2021 → 17 Dec 2021

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume	441 LNBIP
ISSN (Print)	1865-1348
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-1356

Conference

Conference	11th Enterprise Engineering Working Conference, EEWC 2021
City	Virtual, Online
Period	16/12/21 → 17/12/21

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Keywords

Constraint Programming
Deep learning
Enterprise simulation
Simulation–optimization

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Andringa, S. P. E., & Yorke-Smith, N. (2022). Flexible Enterprise Optimization with Constraint Programming. In D. Aveiro, H. A. Proper, S. Guerreiro, & M. de Vries (Eds.), Advances in Enterprise Engineering XV - 11th Enterprise Engineering Working Conference, EEWC 2021, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 58-73). (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 441 LNBIP). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11520-2_5

Andringa, Sytze P.E. ; Yorke-Smith, Neil. / Flexible Enterprise Optimization with Constraint Programming. Advances in Enterprise Engineering XV - 11th Enterprise Engineering Working Conference, EEWC 2021, Revised Selected Papers. editor / David Aveiro ; Henderik A. Proper ; Sérgio Guerreiro ; Marne de Vries. Springer, 2022. pp. 58-73 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing).

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Andringa, SPE & Yorke-Smith, N 2022, Flexible Enterprise Optimization with Constraint Programming. in D Aveiro, HA Proper, S Guerreiro & M de Vries (eds), Advances in Enterprise Engineering XV - 11th Enterprise Engineering Working Conference, EEWC 2021, Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol. 441 LNBIP, Springer, pp. 58-73, 11th Enterprise Engineering Working Conference, EEWC 2021, Virtual, Online, 16/12/21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11520-2_5

Flexible Enterprise Optimization with Constraint Programming. / Andringa, Sytze P.E.; Yorke-Smith, Neil.
Advances in Enterprise Engineering XV - 11th Enterprise Engineering Working Conference, EEWC 2021, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / David Aveiro; Henderik A. Proper; Sérgio Guerreiro; Marne de Vries. Springer, 2022. p. 58-73 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 441 LNBIP).

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