Evolutionary Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms for optimal monitoring network designs

Statistical Methodology

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 185-194

  Ruiz Cárdenas, Ramiro ^a   Ferreira, Marco A R ^b   Schmidt, Alexandra M ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Expected utility maximization; Genetic algorithms; Ozone network design; Simulation based algorithms

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255134437     PISSN: 15723127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stamet.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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