Application of robust optimization to automated test assembly

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 595-610

  Veldkamp, Bernard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automated test assembly; Mixed integer programming; Parameter uncertainty; Robust optimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879417023     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-012-1218-y     Document Type: Article

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