A Simple Duality Proof for Wasserstein Distributionally Robust Optimization

04/30/2022
by   Luhao Zhang, et al.
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We present a short and elementary proof of the duality for Wasserstein distributionally robust optimization, which holds for any arbitrary Kantorovich transport distance, any arbitrary measurable loss function, and any arbitrary nominal probability distribution, as long as certain interchangeability principle holds.

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