Simulation screening experiments using lasso-optimal supersaturated design and analysis: a maritime operations application
Author
Xing, Dadi
Wan, Hong
Zhu, Michael Yu
Sanchez, Susan M.
Kaymal, Turgut
Date
2013Metadata
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Screening methods are beneficial for studies involving simulations that have a large number of variables
where a relatively small (but unknown) subset is important. In this paper, we show how a newly proposed
Lasso-optimal screening design and analysis method can be useful for efficiently conducting simulation
screening experiments. Our approach uses new criteria for generating supersaturated designs, and a new
algorithm for selecting the optimal tuning parameters for Lasso model selection. We generate a 24x69
Lasso optimal supersaturated design, illustrate its potential with a numerical evaluation, and apply it to an
agent-based simulation of maritime escort operations in the Strait of Gibraltar. This application is part of a
larger project that seeks to leverage simulation models during the ship design process, and so construct ships
that are both cost effective and operationally effective. The supersaturated screening design has already
proved beneficial for model verification and validation. Screening methods are beneficial for studies involving simulations that have a large number of variables
where a relatively small (but unknown) subset is important. In this paper, we show how a newly proposed
Lasso-optimal screening design and analysis method can be useful for efficiently conducting simulation
screening experiments. Our approach uses new criteria for generating supersaturated designs, and a new
algorithm for selecting the optimal tuning parameters for Lasso model selection. We generate a 24x69
Lasso optimal supersaturated design, illustrate its potential with a numerical evaluation, and apply it to an
agent-based simulation of maritime escort operations in the Strait of Gibraltar. This application is part of a
larger project that seeks to leverage simulation models during the ship design process, and so construct ships
that are both cost effective and operationally effective. The supersaturated screening design has already
proved beneficial for model verification and validation.
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Proceedings of the 2013 Winter Simulation Conference
R. Pasupathy, S.-H. Kim, A. Tolk, R. Hill, and M. E. Kuhl, eds.
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Proceedings of the 2013 Winter Simulation Conference
R. Pasupathy, S.-H. Kim, A. Tolk, R. Hill, and M. E. Kuhl, eds.
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