Conception of fail-safe supply networks -- Variation management in a single forward supply chain -- Variation management in pre- and after-sales supply chains of non-repairable products -- Variation management in the product-service supply chains of repairable products -- Variation management in...

This is an example of simulation optimization by genetic search. We compare a new technique, genetic search, to two old techniques the pattern search and the response surface method search. The pattern search uses the Hooke–Jeeves algorithm and the response surface method search uses the...