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By extending the stability analysis of Heitsch et al. (2006) for multistage stochastic programs we show that their (approximate) solution sets behave stable with respect to the sum of an $L_r$-distance and a filtration distance. Based on such stability results we suggest a scenario tree generation method for the (multivariate) stochastic input process. It starts with an initial scenario set and consists of a recursive deletion and branching procedure which is controlled by bounding the approximation error. Some numerical experience for generating scenario trees in electricity portfolio management is reported.
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This work was supported by the DFG Research Center Matheon “Mathematics for key technologies” in Berlin, the BMBF under the grant 03SF0312E, and a grant of EDF – Electricité de France.
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Heitsch, H., Römisch, W. (2010). Stability and Scenario Trees for Multistage Stochastic Programs. In: Infanger, G. (eds) Stochastic Programming. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 150. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1642-6_7
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