Title
Convex Optimal Uncertainty Quantification
Abstract
Optimal uncertainty quantification (OUQ) is a framework for numerical extreme-case analysis of stochastic systems with imperfect knowledge of the underlying probability distribution. This paper presents sufficient conditions under which an OUQ problem can be reformulated as a finite-dimensional convex optimization problem, for which efficient numerical solutions can be obtained. The sufficient conditions include that the objective function is piecewise concave and the constraints are piecewise convex. In particular, we show that piecewise concave objective functions may appear in applications where the objective is defined by the optimal value of a parameterized linear program.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1137/13094712X
SIAM JOURNAL ON OPTIMIZATION
Keywords
DocType
Volume
convex optimization,uncertainty quantification,duality theory
Journal
25
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
3
1052-6234
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.36
6
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Shuo Han1436.24
Molei Tao2165.64
Ufuk Topcu31032115.78
Houman Owhadi424721.02
Richard M. Murray5123221223.70