A comparative study of genetic algorithm components in simulation-based optimisation. - Birkan Can; Andreas Beham; Cathal Heavey (WSC, 2008)

Sequential Metamodelling with Genetic Programming and Particle Swarms. - Birkan Can; Cathal Heavey (WSC, 2009)

Comparison of experimental designs for simulation-based symbolic regression of manufacturing systems. - Birkan Can; Cathal Heavey (Comput. Ind. Eng., 2011)

A comparison of genetic programming and artificial neural networks in metamodeling of discrete-event simulation models. - Birkan Can; Cathal Heavey (Comput. Oper. Res., 2012)

Generating operating curves in complex systems using machine learning. - Birkan Can; Cathal Heavey; Kamil Erkan Kabak (WSC, 2014)

A demonstration of machine learning for explicit functions for cycle time prediction using MES data. - Birkan Can; Cathal Heavey (WSC, 2016)