TimeNET Optimization Environment Batch simulation and heuristic optimization of SCPNs with TimeNET 4.2

In this paper a novel tool for simulation-based optimization and design-space exploration of Stochastic Colored Petri nets (SCPN) is introduced. The working title of this tool is TimeNET Optimization Environment (TOE). The targeted users of this tool are people modeling com-plex systems with SCPNs in TimeNET, who want to find parameter sets that are optimal under a chosen function. It allows users to create and simulate sets of SCPNs and to run different optimization algorithms based on parameter variation. The development of this tool was motivated by the need to automate and speed up tests of heuristic optimization algorithms. A result caching mechanism is used to avoid recalculations