Stochastic optimization methods

Stochastic Optimization Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-314

  Marti, Kurt ^a  

^a BUNDESWEHR UNIVERSITY MUNICH   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/b138181     Document Type: Book

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