A Priori Error Bounds for Procurement Commodity Aggregation in Logistics Planning Models

Abstract

A complete logistical planning model of a firm or public system should include activities having to do with the procurement of supplies. Not infrequently, however, procurement aspects are difficult to model because of their relatively complex and evanescent nature. This raises the issue of how to build an overall logistics model in spite of such difficulties. This paper offers some suggestions toward this end which enable the procurement side of a model to be simplified via commodity aggregation in a 'controlled' way, that is, in such a manner that the modeler can know and control in advance of solving his model how much loss of accuracy will be incurred for the solutions to the (aggregated) overall model.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA030007

Entities

People

  • Arthur M. Geoffrion

Organizations

  • University of California, Los Angeles

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commodities
  • Contracts
  • Customer Services
  • Errors
  • Linear Programming
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Planning
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Optimization
  • Procurement
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Transportation

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Theoretical Analysis.