Journal
JOURNAL OF THE OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SOCIETY
Volume 72, Issue 2, Pages 247-267Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/01605682.2019.1678406
Keywords
Discrete-event simulation; analytics; big data; OR; literature review
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This article discusses the combination of discrete-event simulation technology and big data analytics methods, proposing a framework for DES development methodology.
This article presents a literature review of the use of the OR technique of discrete-event simulation (DES) in conjunction with the big data analytics (BDA) approaches of data mining, machine learning, data farming, visual analytics, and process mining. The two areas are quite distinct. DES represents a mature OR tool using a graphical interface to produce an industry strength process modelling capability. The review reflects this and covers commercial off-the-shelf DES software used in an organisational setting. On the contrary the analytics techniques considered are in the domain of the data scientist and usually involve coding of algorithms to provide outputs derived from big data. Despite this divergence the review identifies a small but emerging literature of use-cases and from this a framework is derived for a DES development methodology that incorporates the use of these analytics techniques. The review finds scope for two new categories of simulation and analytics use: an enhanced capability for DES from the use of BDA at the main stages of the DES methodology as well as the use of DES in a data farming role to drive BDA techniques.
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