Convex underestimation strategies for signomial functions

Optimization Methods and Software

Volumn 24, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 505-522

  Lundell, Andreas ^a   Westerlund, Tapio ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Convex underestimators; Deterministic global optimization; Exponential transformation; MINLP; Power transformation; Signomial functions

Indexed keywords

CONVEX UNDERESTIMATORS; DETERMINISTIC GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; EXPONENTIAL TRANSFORMATION; MINLP; POWER TRANSFORMATION; SIGNOMIAL FUNCTIONS;

CONVEX OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMIZATION;

GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 68949101640     PISSN: 10556788     EISSN: 10294937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10556780802702278     Document Type: Article

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