A modification of the stochastic ruler method for discrete stochastic optimization

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 160-182

  Alrefaei, Mahmoud H ^a   Andradóttir, Sigrún ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete parameters; Optimization; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

DISCRETE STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTIC RULER METHOD;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0035899624     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(00)00190-9     Document Type: Article

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