We consider the problem of determining the cumulative distribution function and/or moments of the optimal solution value of a nonlinear program dependent upon a single random variable. This problem is difficult computationally because one must in effect determine the optimal solution to an...

The sufficiency conditions for constrained optimization problems are derived through an alternate approach and result in a simpler form than one latest work [Schechter, R. S., G. S. G. Beveridge. 1966. Sufficiency conditions in constrained variations. Indus. Eng. Chemistry Fundamentals 5...

In this paper a probabilistic branch and bound procedure is developed for the ambulance location problem. Information on system characteristics under various ambulance assignments and dispatch rules was provided by a digital simulation. The output of the simulation was also used to construct the...

This paper examines some of the interrelationships between the formal organization of a regulatory agency and its task environment. Central to the analysis is the development of a simulation model of a regulatory agency. The model depicts the agency as an hierarchical assemblage of decision...