Silja Meyer-Nieberg is a postdoctoral researcher at the ITIS GmbH. She holds a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the Technical University of Dortmund and obtained her venia legendi in Computer Science at the Bundeswehr University Munich. Her research interests include modeling, simulation-based optimization, metaheuristics, and computational intelligence. She is a member of the IEEE and GI societies and serves currently in the Editorial Board of Applied Soft Computing. Nadiia Leopold is a doctoral student at the Department of Computer Science of the Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany and a researcher at the ITIS GmbH. She received her degree in computer science from the National Aviation University, Kyiv Ukraine. Her research interests include modeling and simulation, optimization, and data analysis. Tobias Uhlig is a postdoctoral researcher at the Universitat der Bundeswehr Munchen, Germany. He holds an M.Sc. degree in Computer Science from Dresden University of Technology and a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the Universitat der Bundeswehr Munchen. His research interests include operational modeling, natural computing and heuristic optimization. He is a member of the ASIM and the IEEE RAS Technical Committee on Semiconductor Manufacturing Automation. He is one of the founding members of the ASIM SPL work group BeESPL. He is the author of Self-Replicating Individuals.