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. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA046740

Entities

People

  • A. M. Geoffrion

Organizations

  • University of California, Los Angeles

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commodities
  • Computer Programming
  • Customer Services
  • Errors
  • Linear Programming
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Planning
  • Materials
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Optimization
  • Procurement
  • Standards
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Transportation

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