Multistage Stochastic Optimization

Multistage stochastic optimization problems appear in many ways in finance, insurance, energy production and trading, logistics and transportation, among other areas. They describe decision situations under uncertainty and with a longer planning horizon. This book contains a comprehensive treatment...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pflug, Georg Ch, Pichler, Alois (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2014, 2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014
Series:Springer Series in Operations Research and Financial Engineering
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Nested Distance
  • Risk and Utility Functionals
  • From Data to Models
  • Time Consistency
  • Approximations and Bounds
  • The Problem of Ambiguity in Stochastic Optimization
  • Examples