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This paper focuses on coupling of simulation and optimization techniques, both representing an integrated part of modern design and decision-making support tools in management sciences, industry, and engineering. After revealing the different possible connotations of the concept of simulation optimization coupling, we explicitly describe the integration of two commercial-off-the-shelf industry-standard software tools ARENA and CPLEX, respectively. In addition, the coupling of ARENA with the add-on OptQuest is also discussed, in order to highlight the distinction between two different manners of putting into complementarity simulation and optimization tools, namely simulation encapsulated into optimization and, vice-versa, optimization encapsulated into simulation.
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