The effect of transformations on the approximation of univariate (convex) functions with applications to Pareto curves

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 347-362

  Siem, A Y D ^a   den Hertog, D ^a   Hoffmann, A L ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Approximation; Convex programming; Convex concave transformation; Multiple objective programming; Pareto curve

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CONVEX PROGRAMMING; MULTIPLE OBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING;

LINEAR PROGRAMMING;

EID: 39649093177     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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