Robust linear optimization: On the benefits of distributional information and applications in inventory control

Proceedings of the 44th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, and the European Control Conference, CDC-ECC '05

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 4416-4421

  Paschalidis, Ioannis Ch ^a,b   Kang, Seong Cheol ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Data uncertainty; Inventory control; Linear programming; Quality of service; Robust optimization

Indexed keywords

DATA UNCERTAINTY; ROBUST OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTIC INVENTORY CONTROL PROBLEM;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INVENTORY CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RANDOM PROCESSES;

LINEAR PROGRAMMING;

EID: 33847203987     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CDC.2005.1582857     Document Type: Conference Paper

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