OPTIMIZING CERTAIN NONLINEAR CONVEX FUNCTIONS WHICH ARE PARTIALLY DEFINED BY A SIMULATION PROCESS Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • This paper considers the problem of optimizing a nonlinear convex function which is, in part, defined by a simulation process. An iterative technique, based on contractive mapping properties, is given by which a selected class of such functions can be optimized. 1977 The Mathematical Programming Society.

published proceedings

  • MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING

author list (cited authors)

  • HARTFIEL, D. J., & CURRY, G. L.

citation count

  • 6

complete list of authors

  • HARTFIEL, DJ||CURRY, GL

publication date

  • December 1977