Chance-constrained optimization under limited distributional information: A review of reformulations based on sampling and distributional robustness
- Award ID(s):
- 2007814
- PAR ID:
- 10332321
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- EURO Journal on Computational Optimization
- Volume:
- 10
- Issue:
- C
- ISSN:
- 2192-4406
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 100030
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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