Stochastic programming and scenario generation within a simulation framework: An information systems perspective

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 2197-2218

  Di Domenica, Nico ^a   Mitra, Gautam ^a   Valente, Patrick ^a   Birbilis, George ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business analytics; DSS; OLAP; Scenario generation; Simulation; Stochastic programming

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; ONLINE SEARCHING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

BUSINESS ANALYTICS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS (IS); ON LINE ANALYTICAL PROCESSING (OLAP); SCENARIO GENERATION;

STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 33845863445     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2006.06.013     Document Type: Article

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