An Outer Approximation Algorithm for Generating All Efficient Extreme Points in the Outcome Set of a Multiple Objective Linear Programming Problem

Journal of Global Optimization

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-24

  Benson, Harold P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficient set; Global optimization; Multiple objective linear programming; Outer approximation; Vector maximization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; LINEAR ALGEBRA; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES; SET THEORY; THEOREM PROVING; VECTORS;

EFFICIENT SETS; MULTIPLE OBJECTIVE LINEAR PROGRAMMING (MOLP); OUTER APPROXIMATION; VECTOR MAXIMIZATION;

LINEAR PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0002035405     PISSN: 09255001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008215702611     Document Type: Article

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