Duality in robust optimization: Primal worst equals dual best

نویسندگان

  • Amir Beck
  • Aharon Ben-Tal
چکیده

We study the dual problems associated with the robust counterparts of uncertain convex programs. We show that while the primal robust problem corresponds to a decision maker operating under the worst possible data, the dual problem corresponds to a decision maker operating under the best possible data. © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Oper. Res. Lett.

دوره 37  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009