Combinatorial optimization problems with normal random costs

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  • Paolo Serafini
چکیده

We consider combinatorial optimization problems with random jointly normal costs. Target-probability efficient solutions are those that grant a given target at a certain probability and no other solution can grant the same target at a higher probability. Since the costs belong to a location-scale family the efficient solutions have a simple geometric characterization in terms of mean and variance. Computing efficient solutions can be carried out by an iteration scheme calling for the solution of a constrained integer programming problem.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Oper. Res. Lett.

دوره 41  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013