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Robust convexoptimization bental andnemirovski 1997, elghaoui et. Aharon bental is professor of operations research at the technion, israel institute for technology. Bental and nemirovski approach to robust optimization consider the linear program min ct x p8 subject to ax. Robust convex optimization mathematics of operations research. Written by the principal developers of robust optimization, and describing the main achievements of a decade of research, this is the.

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