Frameworks and Results in Distributionally Robust Optimization

The concepts of risk aversion, chance-constrained optimization, and robust optimization have developed significantly over the last decade. The statistical learning community has also witnessed a rapid theoretical and applied growth by relying on these concepts. A modeling framework, called distribut...

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Main Authors: Rahimian, Hamed, Mehrotra, Sanjay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Montpellier 2022-07-01
Series:Open Journal of Mathematical Optimization
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Online Access:https://ojmo.centre-mersenne.org/articles/10.5802/ojmo.15/
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description The concepts of risk aversion, chance-constrained optimization, and robust optimization have developed significantly over the last decade. The statistical learning community has also witnessed a rapid theoretical and applied growth by relying on these concepts. A modeling framework, called distributionally robust optimization (DRO), has recently received significant attention in both the operations research and statistical learning communities. This paper surveys main concepts and contributions to DRO, and relationships with robust optimization, risk aversion, chance-constrained optimization, and function regularization. Various approaches to model the distributional ambiguity and their calibrations are discussed. The paper also describes the main solution techniques used to the solve the resulting optimization problems.
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spelling doaj-art-5a012a72e0e54fb9996912c2d20ac3192025-02-07T14:02:43ZengUniversité de MontpellierOpen Journal of Mathematical Optimization2777-58602022-07-01318510.5802/ojmo.1510.5802/ojmo.15Frameworks and Results in Distributionally Robust OptimizationRahimian, Hamed0Mehrotra, Sanjay1Department of Industrial Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USADepartment of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USAThe concepts of risk aversion, chance-constrained optimization, and robust optimization have developed significantly over the last decade. The statistical learning community has also witnessed a rapid theoretical and applied growth by relying on these concepts. A modeling framework, called distributionally robust optimization (DRO), has recently received significant attention in both the operations research and statistical learning communities. This paper surveys main concepts and contributions to DRO, and relationships with robust optimization, risk aversion, chance-constrained optimization, and function regularization. Various approaches to model the distributional ambiguity and their calibrations are discussed. The paper also describes the main solution techniques used to the solve the resulting optimization problems.https://ojmo.centre-mersenne.org/articles/10.5802/ojmo.15/Distributionally robust optimizationRobust optimizationStochastic optimizationRisk-averse optimizationChance-constrained optimizationStatistical learning
spellingShingle Rahimian, Hamed
Mehrotra, Sanjay
Frameworks and Results in Distributionally Robust Optimization
Open Journal of Mathematical Optimization
Distributionally robust optimization
Robust optimization
Stochastic optimization
Risk-averse optimization
Chance-constrained optimization
Statistical learning
title Frameworks and Results in Distributionally Robust Optimization
title_full Frameworks and Results in Distributionally Robust Optimization
title_fullStr Frameworks and Results in Distributionally Robust Optimization
title_full_unstemmed Frameworks and Results in Distributionally Robust Optimization
title_short Frameworks and Results in Distributionally Robust Optimization
title_sort frameworks and results in distributionally robust optimization
topic Distributionally robust optimization
Robust optimization
Stochastic optimization
Risk-averse optimization
Chance-constrained optimization
Statistical learning
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