On complexity of multistage stochastic programs

نویسنده

  • Alexander Shapiro
چکیده

In this paper we derive estimates of the sample sizes required to solve a multistage stochastic programming problem with a given accuracy by the (conditional sampling) sample average approximation method. The presented analysis is self contained and is based on a, relatively elementary, one dimensional Cramér’s Large Deviations Theorem.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Oper. Res. Lett.

دوره 34  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006