Making a case for robust optimization models

Management Science

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 895-907

  Bai, Dawei ^a   Carpenter, Tamra ^a   Mulvey, John ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Decomposition Algorithm; Financial Planning; Nonlinear Objective; Robust Optimization; Telecommunication Network; Utility Function

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; FINANCE; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; PLANNING; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

DECOMPOSITION ALGORITHM; FINANCIAL PLANNING; NONLINEAR OBJECTIVE; UTILITY FUNCTION;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

EID: 0031176846     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.43.7.895     Document Type: Article

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