Numerical Techniques for Stochastic Optimization - Hardcover

9783540186779: Numerical Techniques for Stochastic Optimization

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3540186778 ISBN 13: 9783540186779

Verlag: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, 1988

Alle Exemplare dieser ISBN-Ausgabe

2 Gebraucht

Von EUR 80,95

1 Neu

Von EUR 48,50

Rese�a del editor

Rapid changes in today's environment emphasize the need for models and meth� ods capable of dealing with the uncertainty inherent in virtually all systems re� lated to economics, meteorology, demography, ecology, etc. Systems involving interactions between man, nature and technology are subject to disturbances which may be unlike anything which has been experienced in the past. In the technological revolution increases uncertainty-as each new stage particular, perturbs existing knowledge of structures, limitations and constraints. At the same time, many systems are often too complex to allow for precise measure� ment of the parameters or the state of the system. Uncertainty, nonstationarity, disequilibrium are pervasivE' characteristics of most modern systems. In order to manage such situations (or to survive in such an environment) we must develop systems which can facilitate oar response to uncertainty and changing conditions. In our individual behavior we often follow guidelines that are conditioned by the need to be prepared for all (likely) eventualities: insur� ance, wearing seat�belts, savings versus investments, annual medical check.ups, even keeping an umbrella at the office, etc. One can identify two major types of mechanisms: the short term adaptive adjustments (defensive driving, mar� keting, inventory control, etc.) that are made after making some observations of the system's parameters, and the long term anticipative actions (engineer� ing design, policy setting, allocation of resources, investment strategies, etc.).

Rese�a del editor

This is a comprehensive and timely overview of the numerical techniques that have been developed to solve stochastic programming problems. After a brief introduction to the field, where the accent is laid on modeling questions, the next few chapters lay out the challenges that must be met in this area. They also provide the background for the description of the computer implementations given in the third part of the book. Selected applications are described next. Some of these have directly motivated the development of the methods described in the earlier chapters. They include problems that come from facilities location, exploration investments, control of ecological systems, energy distribution and generation. Test problems are collected in the last chapter. This is the first book devoted to this subject. It comprehensively covers all major advances in the field (both Western and Russian). It is only because of the recent developments in computer technology, that we have now reached a point where our computing power matches the inherent size requirements faced in this area. The book demonstrates that a large class of stochastic programming problems are now in the range of our numerical capacities.

��ber diesen Titel� kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.