On the epiconvergence of stochastic optimization problems

Mathematics of Operations Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 495-508

  Zervos, Mihail ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES;

EMPIRICAL MEASURES; EPICONVERGENCE; NORMAL INTEGRANDS; STRONG CONSISTENCY;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0032660791     PISSN: 0364765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/moor.24.2.495     Document Type: Article

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