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We consider a class of stochastic nonlinear complementarity problems. We first reformulate the stochastic complementarity problem as a stochastic programming model. Based on the reformulation, we then propose a penalty-based sample average approximation method and prove its convergence. Finally, we report on some numerical test results to show the efficiency of our method.
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Wang, M., Ali, M.M. Stochastic Nonlinear Complementarity Problems: Stochastic Programming Reformulation and Penalty-Based Approximation Method. J Optim Theory Appl 144, 597–614 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10957-009-9606-4
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