A probabilistic solution-generator for simulation

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-51

  Ozden, Mufit ^a   Ho, Yu Chi ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Simulation; Stochastic optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SET THEORY;

STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0037375148     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00215-1     Document Type: Article

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