Stochastic Optimization Methods Applications in Engineering and Operations Research /

• Main Author: Marti, Kurt (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 3rd ed. 2015.
• Subjects: Business.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Mathematical optimization.; Computational intelligence.; Business and Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Optimization.; Computational Intelligence.

This book examines optimization problems that in practice involve random model parameters. It details the computation of robust optimal solutions, i.e., optimal solutions that are insensitive with respect to random parameter variations, where appropriate deterministic substitute problems are needed....

Table of Contents:

• Stochastic Optimization Methods
• Optimal Control Under Stochastic Uncertainty
• Stochastic Optimal Open-Loop Feedback Control
• Adaptive Optimal Stochastic Trajectory Planning and Control (AOSTPC)
• Optimal Design of Regulators
• Expected Total Cost Minimum Design of Plane Frames
• Stochastic Structural Optimization with Quadratic Loss Functions
• Maximum Entropy Techniques.