Sampling-Based Decomposition Methods for Multistage Stochastic Programs Based on Extended Polyhedral Risk Measures

Abstract

We define a risk-averse nonanticipative feasible policy for multistage stochastic programs and propose a methodology to implement it. The approach is based on dynamic programming equations written for a risk-averse formulation of the problem. This formulation relies on a new class of multiperiod risk functionals called extended polyhedral risk measures. Dual representations of such risk functionals are given and used to derive conditions of coherence. In the one-period case, conditions for convexity and consistency with second order stochastic dominance are also provided. The risk-averse dynamic programming equations are specialized considering convex combinations of one-period extended polyhedral risk measures such as spectral risk measures. To implement the proposed policy, the approximation of the risk-averse recourse functions for stochastic linear programs is discussed. In this context, we detail a stochastic dual dynamic programming algorithm which converges to the optimal value of the risk-averse problem. (A corrected PDF is attached to the original pdf.)