On continuous convergence and epi-convergence of random functions - Part II: Sufficient conditions and applications

Kybernetika

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-118

  Vogel, Silvia ^a   Lachout, Petr ^b,c  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION THEORY AND AUTOMATION   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Continuous convergence; Epi convergence; Estimates; Stability; Stochastic programming

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL METHODS; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

RANDOM FUNCTIONS;

CYBERNETICS;

EID: 0038494985     PISSN: 00235954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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