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	Simheuristics	Διακριτή Προσομοίωση Γεγονότων (DES)
Πεδίο	Βελτιστοποίηση	Προσομοίωση
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	2015	1960s (formalized); modern computational form from 1970s onward
Δημιουργός	Juan et al.	Banks, Carson, Nelson & Nicol (textbook lineage); foundational work by Tocher & Conway (1960s)
Τύπος	Hybrid simulation-optimization framework	Stochastic process simulation
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Juan, A. A., et al. (2015). A review of simheuristics: Extending metaheuristics to deal with stochastic combinatorial optimization problems. Operations Research Perspectives, 2, 62–72.	Banks, J., Carson, J.S., Nelson, B.L. & Nicol, D.M. (2010). Discrete-Event System Simulation (5th ed.). Pearson. ISBN: 978-0136062127
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	Simulation-based Metaheuristics, Stochastic Metaheuristics with Simulation, Hybrid Simulation-Optimization, Simülistik Sezgiseller	DES, event-driven simulation, Ayrık Olay Simülasyonu (DES)
Συναφείς	3	4
Σύνοψη	Simheuristics is a hybrid algorithmic framework that integrates Monte Carlo or discrete-event simulation into metaheuristic search procedures to solve stochastic combinatorial optimization problems. Introduced by Juan et al. in 2015, it addresses settings where objective function evaluations involve random variables, providing near-optimal solutions with probabilistic quality guarantees. The approach is especially suited for real-world logistics, transportation, and scheduling problems where uncertainty is inherent and classical deterministic solvers fail to capture variability.	Discrete-Event Simulation (DES) is a computational modeling paradigm in which the state of a system changes only at a countable sequence of points in time — the events. Between events nothing changes, so the simulation clock jumps directly from one event to the next. Formalized through the foundational textbooks of Banks, Carson, Nelson and Nicol and of Law in the 1960s–2000s, DES has become the standard tool for analyzing queuing systems, healthcare patient flows, manufacturing lines, and logistics networks where entities move through resources over time.