Bounds for Stochastic Convex Programs.

Abstract

A maximization of a concave function subject to convex inequalities is considered when the righthand side of the inequalities are random variables. Bounds are established for the distribution function of the optimum under these general assumptions for the normally and uniformly distributed righthand sides. Four kinds of bounds are shown to be the best in the sense that in extreme cases they are equal to the actual probability function itself. The approach is demonstrated on a simple example and the influence of the problem-dimensionality is discussed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0738471

Entities

People

  • M. A. Pollatschek

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Distribution Functions
  • Inequalities
  • Mathematics
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Random Variables

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Operations Research
  • Statistical inference.