Extremal Methods in Logistics Research: A Developmental Survey

Abstract

The problems of spatial and time-dependent analysis in logistics stimulated the creation and development of the wide classes of techniques conveniently summarized as 'extremal methods,' e.g. linear programming, semi- infinite programming, game theory, functional equations, geometric programming, chance-constrained programming, integer programming, fractional programming, interval programming, etc. A historical review of significant papers, their impact on logistical and mathematical method, and a survey of the current status of extremal methods is herein presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA015606

Entities

People

  • Abraham Charnes
  • Edwards S. Bres Iii
  • William W. Cooper

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Austin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carrier Based Aircraft
  • Convex Programming
  • Dynamic Programming
  • Economics
  • Evolutionary Algorithms
  • Flow Network
  • Game Theory
  • Integer Programming
  • Linear Programming
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Military Research
  • Nonlinear Programming
  • Operations Research
  • Optimization
  • Quadratic Programming
  • Simplex Method
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Operations Research
  • Systems Analysis and Design