Editorial for the SI: Optimization of Discrete Event Dynamic Systems

Abstract

We consider it a great privilege to introduce this special two-issue series on Optimization of Discrete Event Dynamic Systems. Optimization has played a central role in the research discipline of discrete event dynamic systems since its inception, and has been the focus of many papers published in this journal since its creation. Driven by applications in several areas such as manufacturing, transportation, and telecommunications, the optimization problem has been addressed by our research community with particular emphases on theory, computation, and simulation. The purpose of this special issue is to bring together papers representing diverse problems of current interest, and to expose and highlight state-of-the-art ideas, techniques, and algorithms that have been developed for their solution.