Simulation response optimization via an alternating variable method

Engineering Optimization

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 675-684

  Chen, Shih Pin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Nonlinear programming; Simulation; Stochastic optimization

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DECISION THEORY; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUEUEING THEORY; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING; THEOREM PROVING;

HOOKE-JEEVES ALTERNATING VARIABLE METHOD; NELDER-MEAD SIMPLEX METHOD; SIMULATION RESPONSE OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTIC WATSON FUNCTION;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0347764678     PISSN: 0305215X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03052150310001620722     Document Type: Article

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