A quantile-based approach to system selection

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 764-772

  Batur, D ^a   Choobineh, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Quantile; Ranking and selection; Risk; Simulation

Indexed keywords

1-SYSTEMS; DOWNSIDE RISKS; FINITE SET; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; QUANTILE; RANKING AND SELECTION; S-PROCEDURES; SELECTION CRITERIA; SIMULATION; STANDARD SYSTEM; SYSTEM SELECTION;

SET THEORY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 70350567774     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2009.05.039     Document Type: Article

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