An alternating variable method with varying replications for simulation response optimization

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 48, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 769-778

  Chen, Shih Pin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Nonlinear programming; Simulation; Stochastic optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; ITERATIVE METHODS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

INVENTORY SYSTEMS; QUEUING SYSTEMS; SIMULATION RESPONSE; STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 14644433789     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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