SUBJECT

Title

Stochastic optimization

Type of instruction

lecture

Level

master

Part of degree program
Credits

3

Recommended in

Semesters 1-4

Typically offered in

Autumn/Spring semester

Course description

Static and dynamic models.

Mathematical characterization of stochastic programming problems. Solution methods.

Theory of logconcave measures. Logconcavity of probabilistic constraints. Estimation of constraint functions through simulation.

Readings
  • Kall, P., Wallace, S.W., Stochastic Programming, Wiley, 1994.
  • Prékopa A., Stochastic Programming, Kluwer, 1995.
  • Birge, J.R., Louveaux, F.: Introduction to Stochastic Programming, Springer, 1997-1999.