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CURRICULUM VITAE – ANNA SYBERFELDT Personal information Name: Anna Syberfeldt Telephone: +46 (0)500 448577 Address: University of Skövde, Box 408, 541 28 Skövde, Sweden Employment: Associate professor (biträdande professor), Department of Engineering, University of Skövde, Sweden Academic degrees 2014 2009 2004 Docent, Automation Engineering, University of Skövde. PhD, Computer Science, De Montfort University, UK. MSc, Computer Science, University of Skövde. Research projects 2016 - 2016 - TWIN Role: Project leader Funding: Knowledge foundation, total budget 8 MSEK Industrial partners: Leax AB, Goodtech Solutions AB, Projektengagemang AB Key words: SIM2020 Role: Funding: Virtual twins, operator support, simulation. Subproject leader Tillväxtverket & Skaraborgs Kommulförbund, subproject budget 9 MSEK Industrial partners: Volvo Cars AB, Volvo GTO, AÖS Key words: Research demonstrators 2016 - 2017 Autonomous Refuse Trucks Role: Project leader Funding: Vinnova, budget 0,43 MSEK Industrial partners: AB Volvo, Norba Gesink, AÖS Key words: Automation of garbage trucks 2016 - 2017 Virtual water & waste competence Role: Site project leader Funding: Vinnova, site budget 0,38 MSEK Industrial partners: Vakin AB, Glesbygdsmedicinskt centrum Key words: Operator support 2015 - SymbioTIC Role: Site project leader Funding: European Union, site budget 5 MSEK Industrial partners: Volvo Cars AB, ABB, Profactor, Prodintec, Sanxo, Robomotion Academic partners: KTH, University of Patras (Greece), Hungarian, VTT (Finland), Fraunhofer IPA (Germany) 2014 - Key words: Human-robot collaboration Young Operator 2020 Role: Project leader Funding: Knowledge Foundation, total budget 17 MSEK Industrial partners: Volvo Cars AB, VGTO AB, Daloc AB, Swegon AB, Vici Industrier AB. Key words: Automation, optimization, decision-support 2014 - 2106 DYNAMITE Role: Funding: Industrial partners: Academic partners: Key words: Site project leader Vinnova, site budget 1,6 MSEK Scania CV, CEJN AB, Penny AB University of Skövde, Chalmers, KTH Decision-support systems 2014 - 2016 ICECAP – Increased Collaborative Capability Role: Local project leader Funding: Vinnova, site budget 1,7 MSEK Key words: Education collaboration, external partners 2013 - 2015 CARENA – Collaboration Arena Role: Local project leader Funding: Vinnova, site budget 1,7 MSEK Key words: Research collaboration, external partners 2011 - 2013 SOL – Smart Optimization of Logistics Role: Project leader Funding: Knowledge Foundation, total budget 7.7 MSEK Industrial partners: Volvo Technology AB, GKN Aerospace, ONCOlog AB Key words: Optimization, artificial intelligence 2010 - 2013 WeShare2012 Role: Funding: Industrial partners: Key words: 2009 -2011 2008 - 2011 2005 - 2008 Project leader Tillväxtverket & VG region, total budget 9.3 MSEK Avfallshantering Östra Skaraborg, Mimer AB Simulation, visualisation Engineering for youngsters Role: Project leader Funding: Sparbankstiftelsen Alfa, 350 000 SEK Key words: Engineering, serious games OPTIMIST – Robust and Real-Time Extension (researcher) Optimisation using Intelligent Simulation Tools – OPTIMIST (researcher) Current supervision of PhD students Name of student Research area Role Stefan Ericson Localization optimization Main supervisor Yu Liu Sustainable production Main supervisor Enrique Ruiz Ana Huertas Veronica Fornlöf Klas Hedenberg Patrik Gustavsson Oscar Danielsson Ingemar Karlsson Carina Larsson Factory optimization Logistics simulation Maintenance optimization Driverless trucks Human-robot collaboration Human-robot collaboration Simulation-based optimization Lean in production systems Main supervisor Main supervisor Main supervisor Main supervisor Primary supervisor Primary supervisor Primary supervisor Assistant supervisor Previous supervision of PhD students Name of student Research area Role Florian Siegmund Multi-objective optimization Assistant supervisor Joel Rogström Evolutionary optimization Main supervisor Jacob Bernedixen Tehseen Aslam Bottleneck optimization Supply chain optimization Primary supervisor Primary supervisor Selection of additional academic assignments 2017 2017 - Board member of examination committee for PhD student Erik Flores, Mälardalen University, Sweden University of Skövde’s representative in KLOSS-Net, a national network for strategic collaboration 2017 - Research leader for research group “Production and Automation Engineering” 2016 - Member of program committee for the track on "Logistics, SCM and Transportation” at the Winter Simulation Conference 2015 - Member of steering committee for the PhD programme in informatics 2016 - 2015 2015 - Member of the board of the University of Skövde Head of research for collaboration platform ASSAR Member of the executive committee for research school “ApplyIT“ 2015 - National expert leader of Virtual Production within Vinnova’s Production2030 2015 - Associated editor of Journal of Manufacturing Systems 2015 Member of Vinnova’s working group for national evaluation of co-production 2015 Elector in the Swedish Research Council (area “natural and engineering sciences”) 2015 2015 2014 2014 2013 2013 - 2013 - 2015 2013 – 2015 2011 - 2013 2008 - 2010 Founder and board member of steering committee for “QI”, a group promoting women in engineering. Board member of examination committee for PhD student Jonas Pavasson, Luleå Technical University, Sweden Conference co-chair for the international research conference “Industrial Simulation Conference” Board member of grading committee for PhD student Maite Bemurgia Bengoa, Mondragon University, Spain Member of International Programme Committee, Industrial Simulation Conference Operational manager of “KK research environment”, University of Skövde Subject coordinator (ämnesansvarig), automation engineering Member of education committee for engineering science Deputy Head, Engineering Department, University of Skövde Board member of the Swedish Society for Operations Research Referee of more than 50 journal, conference and book chapter submissions. Refereed publications Note name change from Persson to Syberfeldt in 2008. Doctorial dissertation Syberfeldt, A. (2009) A multi-objective evolutionary approach to simulation-based optimisation of real-world problems. DeMontfort University, GB. Journals Gustavsson, P. and Syberfeldt, A. (2017) A New Algorithm Using the Non-dominated Tree to improve Non-dominated Sorting. Evolutionary Computation (accepted, to appear). Holm, M., Wang, L. and Syberfeldt, A. (2017) Adaptive instructions to novice shop-floor operators using Augmented Reality. Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering (accepted, to appear). Strand, M., Syberfeldt, A. and Geertsen, A. (2017) A Decision-Support System for Sustainable Waste Collection. International Journal of Decision-Support System Technology (accepted, to appear). Syberfeldt, A., Danielsson, O., Holm, M., Wang, L. and Brewster-Lindgren, R. (2016) Support systems on the industrial shop-floors of the future - operators' perspective on augmented reality. Procedia CIRP, Vol. 44, pp. 108-113. Fornlöf, V., Galar, D., Syberfeldt, A. and Almgren, T. (2016) RUL estimation and maintenance optimization for aircraft engines: A system of system approach. International Journal of Systems Assurance Engineering and Management, 1-12. Syberfeldt, A. and Gustavsson, P. (2015) Robust product sequencing through evolutionary multi-objective optimisation. International Journal of Manufacturing Research, 10(4), 371-383. Syberfeldt, A., Rogström, J. and Geertsen, A. (2015) Simulation-based Optimization of a Real-world Travelling Salesman Problem Using an Evolutionary Algorithm with a Repair Function. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems, 6(3), 27-39. Syberfeldt, A., Danielsson, O., Holm, M. and Wang, L. (2015) Visual Assembling Guidance Using Augmented Reality. Procedia Manufacturing, Vol. 1, pp. 98-108. Syberfeldt, A., Andersson, M., Ng, A. and Bengtsson, V. (2015) Multi-Objective Evolutionary Optimization of Personnel Scheduling. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence & Applications, Vol. 6, Issue 1, 41-52. Syberfeldt, A. and Gustavsson, P. (2014) Increased Robustness of Product Sequencing using Multi-Objective Optimization. Procedia CIRP, Volume 17, 434-439. Syberfeldt, A., Karlsson, I., Ng, A., Svantesson, J. and Almgren, T. (2013) A Web-Based Platform for the Simulation-Optimization of Industrial Problems. Computers & Industrial Engineering, vol. 6(4), pp. 987-998. Ng, A.H.C., Bernedixen, J. and Syberfeldt, A. (2012). A comparative study of production control mechanisms using simulation-based multi-objective optimization. International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 50, Issue 2, pp. 359-377. Lundell, B., Lings, B. and Syberfeldt, A. (2011) Practitioner perceptions of Open Source software in the embedded systems area. Journal of Systems and Software 84(9): 1540-1549. Syberfeldt, A., Ng, A., John, R.I. and Moore, P. (2010) Evolutionary optimisation of noisy multi-objective problems using confidence-based dynamic resampling. In European Journal of Operation Research 204(3), pp. 533-544. Syberfeldt, A., Ng, A., John, R.I. and Moore, P. (2009) Multi-Objective Evolutionary Simulation-Optimisation of a Real-World Manufacturing Problem. In Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing 25, pp. 926–931. Refereed book chapters Syberfeldt, A. (2014) Multi-Objective Optimization of a Real-World Manufacturing Process Using Cuckoo Search. Cuckoo Search and Firefly Algorithm, Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol. 516, Springer, pp. 179-193 Persson, A., Grimm, H. and Ng, A. (2008) A Metamodel-Assisted Steady-State Evolution Strategy for Simulation-Based Optimization. Current Trends in Intelligent Systems and Computer Engineering, Springer, pp. 1-13. Ng, A., Grimm, H., Lezama, T., Persson, A., Andersson, M. and Jägstam, M. (2008) OPTIMISE: An Internet-Based Platform for Metamodel-Assisted Simulation Optimization. Recent Advances in Communication Systems and Electrical Engineering, X. Huang, Y-S. Chen and S-L. Ao (eds), Springer, pp. 281-296. Persson, A., Gustavsson, H., Lings, B., Lundell, B., Mattsson, A. and Ärlig, U. (2006) Adopting Open Source development tools in a commercial production environment – are we locked-in?, In Advanced Topics in Database Research – Volume 5, Idea Group Publishing, pp. 28-40. Refereed conference publications (full paper submission) Syberfeldt, A., Ayani, M., Holm, M., Wang, L. and Brewster-Lindgren, R. (2016) Localizing Operators in the Smart Factory: a Review of Existing Techniques. Proceedings of 2016 International Symposium on Flexible Automation, pp. 186192. Fornlöf, V., Syberfeldt, A., Galar, D. and Almgren, T. (2016) On-Condition Parts versus life limited parts: A trade off in aircraft engines. Current Trends in Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety: An Industry Perspective, pp. 253-262. Fornlöf, V., Galar, D., Syberfeldt, A. and Almgren, T. (2016) Maintenance, prognostics and diagnostics approaches for aircraft engines. Proceedings of 3rd IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Aerospace, pp. 403-407. Liu, Y., Syberfeldt, A., Urenda-Morris, M., Jägstam, M., Everbring, J. and Kloo, H. (2016) Evaluating environmental impacts of production process by simulation based life cycle assessment. Proceedings of 7th Swedish Production Symposium, Lund, Sweden, October 25-27, 2016. Frantzén, M., Holm M., Syberfeldt, A. and Ng, A. (2016) Dynamic maintenance priority of a real-world machining line. Proceedings of 7th Swedish Production Symposium, Lund, Sweden, October 25-27, 2016. Ruiz Zúñiga, E., Urenda Moris, M. and Syberfeldt, A. (2016) A simulation-based multiobjective optimization approach for production and logistics considering the production layout. Proceedings of 7th Swedish Production Symposium, Lund, Sweden, October 25-27, 2016. Ruiz Zúñiga, E., Urenda Moris, M. and Syberfeldt, A. (2016) Production Logistics Design and Development Support: A Simulation-Based Optimization Case Study (WIP). Proceedings of SummerSim 2016. Larsson, C., Säfsten, K. and Syberfeldt, A. (2015) Performance measurement follow-up supporting continuous improvements in manufacturing companies - a systematic review. Proceedings of 22nd EurOMA conference: Operations management for sustainable competitiveness. Syberfeldt, A., Danielsson, O., Holm, M. and Wang, L. (2015) Dynamic operator instructions based on augmented reality and expert systems. Research and Innovation in Manufacturing: Key Enabling Technologies for the Factories of the Future - Proceedings of the 48th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems, pp. 346-351, Elsevier. Andersson, M., Bandaru, S., Ng, A. and Syberfeldt, S. (2015) Parameter Tuned CMA-ES on the CEC'15 Expensive Problems. In Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, May 25-28, Sendai, Japan. Andersson, M., Bandaru, S., Ng, A. and Syberfeldt, S. (2015) Parameter Tuning of MOEAs using a Nested Optimization Approach. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization. March 29 – April 1, Guimaraes, Portugal. Syberfeldt, A., Gustavsson, P., Svantesson, J. and Almgren, T. (2014) A Case Study of Evolutionary Simulation Based Optimization in Aircraft Engine Manufacturing. In Proceedings of Industrial Simulation Conference, June 11-13, Skövde, Sweden, pp. 91-96. Syberfeldt, A., Oscarsson, D., Holm, M. and Ekblom, T. (2014) Augmented Reality at the Industrial Shop-Floor. In Proceedings of International Conference on Augmented and Virtual Reality, September 17-20, Lecce, Italy. Karlsson, I., Ng, A. and Syberfeldt, A. (2014) Interactive and Intelligent Decision Support in Manufacturing using Simulation-Based Innovization and Cloud Computing. In Proceedings of Industrial Simulation Conference, June 11-13, Skövde, Sweden, pp. 69-74. Andersson, M., Syberfeldt, A., Ng, A. and Bengtsson, V. (2014) Evolutionary SimulationOptimization of Personnel Scheduling. In Proceedings of Industrial Simulation Conference, June 11-13, Skövde, Sweden, pp. 61-65. Fornlöf, V., Sandberg, U., Syberfeldt, A. and Almgren, T. (2014) More Reliable Aircaft Engine Maintenance Optimization by a Classification Framework for OnCondition Parts. In Proceedings of Swedish Production Symposium, September 16-18, Gothenburg, Sweden. Larsson, C., Säfsten, K. and Syberfeldt, A. (2014) Performance measurement communication supporting lean production in SMEs. In Proceedings of Performance Management: Designing the High-Performing Organization, June 25-27, Aarhus, Denmark, pp. 714-725. Syberfeldt, A. (2013) A Framework for Discrete Event Simulation of Pick Up and Delivery Problems. In Proceedings of Industrial Simulation Conference, May 2124, Genth, Belgium. Syberfeldt, A. (2013) Simulation Optimization of Waste Collection Based on Ultrasonic Level Measurements. In Proceedings of Industrial Simulation Conference, May 21-24, Ghent, Belgium. Syberfeldt, A. and Lidberg, S. (2012) Real-World Simulation-Based Manufacturing Optimization using Cuckoo Search. In Proceedings of Winter Simulation Conference, December 9-12, Berlin, Germany. Syberfeldt, A., Karlsson, I. and Ng, A.H.C. (2011). An Industrial Case Study of Web-based Simulation-Optimization. In Proceedings of the 9th Industrial Simulation Conference, 6-8 June, Venice, Italy, 115-120. Syberfeldt, A. and Syberfeldt, S. (2010) A serious game for understanding artificial intelligence in production optimization. In Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark, August 18-21 2010, pp. 443-449. Syberfeldt, A. (2010) A Lego factory for teaching simulation-based production optimization. In Proceedings of Industrial Simulation Conference. Budapest, Hungary, June 7-9, pp.89-94. Syberfeldt, A. and Persson, L. (2009) Using Heuristics for Initiating the Genetic Population in Simulation-Based Optimization of Vehicle Routing Problems. In Proceedings of Industrial Simulation Conference, Loughborough, United Kingdom, June 1-3, 2009, pp. 178-182. Lundell, B., Syberfeldt, A. and Karlsson, R. (2009) Open Source for Process Control in Production Systems - Realizing its potential through a demonstrator. In Proceedings of Proceedings of the Open Source Workshop (OSW 2009), Skövde, Sweden, October 14-15, 2009. Syberfeldt, A., Grimm, H., Ng, A., Andersson, M. and Karlsson, I. (2008) SimulationBased Optimization of a Complex Mail Transportation Network. In Proceedings of the 2008 Winter Simulation Conference, Miami, Florida, USA, 7-10 December, 2008. Syberfeldt, A., Grimm, H. and Ng, A. (2008) Multi-Objective Simulation-Based Optimisation of Production Systems with Consideration to Noise. In Proceedings of Swedish Production Symposium 2008, Gothenburg, Sweden, November 18-20, 2008. Syberfeldt, A., Grimm, H., Ng, A. and John, R.I. (2008) A Parallel Surrogate-Assisted Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm for Computationally Expensive Optimization Problems. In Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, Hong Kong, June 1-6, 2008. Syberfeldt, A., Grimm, H., Ng, A. and Moore, P. (2008) Multi-Objective Evolutionary Simulation-Optimization of a Real-World Manufacturing Problem. In Proceedings of The 18th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM'08), Skövde, Sweden, June 30-July 2, 2008. Syberfeldt, A., Grimm, H. and Ng, A. (2008) Design of Experiments for Training Metamodels in Simulation-Based Optimisation of Manufacturing Systems. In Proceedings of The 18th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM'08), Skövde, Sweden, June 30-July 2, 2008. Ng, A., Syberfeldt, A., Grimm, H. and Svensson, J. (2008) Multi-Objective Simulation Optimization and Significant Dominance for Comparing Production Control Mechanisms. In Proceedings of The 18th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM'08), Skövde, Sweden, June 30July 2, 2008. Andersson, M., Persson, A., Grimm, H. and Ng, A. (2007) A Web-Based Simulation Optimization System for Industrial Scheduling. In Proceedings of the 2007 Winter Simulation Conference, Washington DC, USA, 9-12 December 2007. Persson, A., Grimm, H., Ng, A. and Andersson, M. (2007) Metamodel-Assisted Simulation-Based Optimisation of Manufacturing Systems. In Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR 2007), Leicester, UK, September 11-13, 2007, pp. 174-178. Persson, A., Grimm, H., Ng, A. and Jägstam, M. (2007) A Case Study of Using Simulation and Soft Computing Techniques for Optimisation of Manufacturing Systems. In Proceedings of Swedish Production Symposium 2007, Gothenburg, Sweden, August 28-30, 2007. Persson, A., Grimm, H., Andersson, M. and Ng, A. (2007) Metamodel-Assisted Simulation-Based Optimization of a Real-World Manufacturing Problem. In Proceedings of The 17th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM'07), Philadelphia, USA, June 18-20, 2007, pp 950-956. Andersson, M., Persson, A., Grimm, H. and Ng, A. (2007) Simulation-Based Scheduling Using a Genetic Algorithm with Consideration to Robustness: a Real-World Case Study. In Proceedings of The 17th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM'07), Philadelphia, USA, June 18-20, 2007, pp 957-964. Persson, A., Grimm, H. och Ng, A. (2007) Metamodel-assisted Global Search Using a Probing Technique. In Proceedings of The IAENG International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications (ICAIA'07), Hong Kong, 21-23 mars, 2007, pp. 83-88. Ng, A., Grimm, H., Lezama, T., Persson, A., Andersson, M. och Jägstam, M. (2007) Web Services for Metamodel-Assisted Parallel Simulation Optimization. In Proceedings of The IAENG International Conference on Internet Computing and Web Services (ICICWS'07), Hong Kong, 21-23 mars, 2007, pp. 879-885. Persson, A., Grimm, H. and Ng, A. (2006) On-line Instrumentation for Simulation-based Optimization, In Proceedings of the 2006 Winter Simulation Conference, Monterey, CA, USA, 3-6 December 2006, pages 304-311. Persson, A., Grimm, H. and Ng, A., Karlsson, T., Ekberg, J., Falk, S. and Stablum, P. (2006) Simulation-Based Multi-Objective Optimization of a Real-World Operation Scheduling Problem, In Proceedings of the 2006 Winter Simulation Conference, Monterey, CA, USA, 3-6 December 2006, pages 1757-1764. Persson, A., Grimm, H. and Ng, A. (2006) Simulation-Based Optimisation Using Global Search and Neural Network Metamodels, In Proceedings of The 20th annual European Simulation and Modelling Conference, Toulouse, France, 23-25 October 2006, pages 182-186. Persson, A., Grimm, H. and Ng, A. (2006) Simulation-Based Optimisation Using Local Search and Neural Network Metamodels, In Proceedings of The 10th IASTED International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing, Mallorca, Spain, 28-30 August 2006, pages 178-183. Lundell, B., Persson, A. and Lings, B. (2007) Learning through practical involvement in the OSS ecosystem: experiences from a Masters assignment, In The Third International Conference on Open Source Systems (OSS2007), Limerick, Ireland, June 11-14, 2007. Lundell, B., Lings, B., Persson, A. and Mattsson, A. (2006) UML model interchange in heterogeneous tool environments: an analysis of adoptions of XMI 2, In ACM/IEEE 9th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (formerly the UML series of conferences): MoDELS 2006, Springer, pp. 619-630. Persson, A., Gustavsson, H., Lings, B., Lundell, B., Mattsson, A. och Ärlig, U. (2005) OSS tools in a heterogeneous environment for embedded systems modeling: an analysis of adoptions of XMI. In Proceedings of Open Source Application Spaces: Fifth Workshop on Open Source Software Engineering (5-WOSSE), ACM. St Louis, USA, 17-21 maj 2005. pp. 39-42. Persson, A., Lings, B., Lundell, B., Mattsson, A. and Ärlig, U. (2005) Communication, coordination and control in distributed development: an OSS case study, In Scotto, M. and Succi, G. (Eds.) Proceedings of the First International Conference on Open Source Systems, Genova, Italy, 11-15 July 2005, pp. 88-92. Persson, A., Gustavsson, H., Lings, B., Lundell, B., Mattsson, A. och Ärlig, U. (2005) Adopting Open Source development tools in a commercial production environment – are we locked in? In Proceedings of the CAiSE Workshops – Vol. 1, Porto, Portugal. pp. 427-438. Conference publications (abstract submission) Persson, A., Grimm, H. and Ng, A. (2007) A Surrogate-Assisted Steady-State Evolution Strategy with a New Offspring Selection Procedure. In Proceedings of SAIS 2007, The 24rd Annual Workshop of the Swedish Artificial Intelligence Society. Borås, Sweden, May 22-23, 2007, pp. 185-189. Persson, A., Grimm, H., Ng, A. and Jägstam, M. (2007) Using Soft Computing Techniques in the Simulation-Based Optimisation of Posten’s Mail Distribution. In Proceedings of SAIS 2007, The 24rd Annual Workshop of the Swedish Artificial Intelligence Society. Borås, Sweden, May 22-23, 2007, pp. 193-197. Ng, A., Grimm, H., Persson, A., Andersson, M. and Jägstam, M. (2007) A Platform for Metamodel-Assisted Parallel Simulation Optimisation using Soft Computing Techniques. In Proceedings of SAIS 2007, The 24rd Annual Workshop of the Swedish Artificial Intelligence Society. Borås, Sweden, May 22-23, 2007, pp. 181-184. Persson, A., Grimm, H. Ng, A. and Jägstam, M. (2006) Simulation-Based Optimization of a Complex Mail Transportation Network, In Proceedings of The 2006 Winter Simulation Conference, Monterey, CA, USA, 3-6 December 2006. Persson, A. and Ng. A. (2006) OPTIMisation using Intelligent Simulation Tools, In Proceedings of SAIS 2006, The 23rd Annual Workshop of the Swedish Artificial Intelligence Society. Umeå, Sweden, May 10-12 2006, pages 83-86.