Making Better Use of Optimization Capability in Distribution System Planning,

Abstract

To have an efficient optimization technique for a class of problems is to have no more than a tool. Like any tool, it can be used well or poorly. This paper is about how to use one such tool for distribution planning problems (see the companion piece by A. Geoffrion, G. Graves and L. Lee, 'Strategic Distribution System Planning: A Status Report,' Working Paper 272A, March 1978). Discussion centers on four topics of importance in practical applications: the relationship between system cost and the number of distribution facilities, sensitivity analysis, robustness analysis, and implementation priority analysis. Each of these topics requires the use of optimization in ways that are sometimes less than obvious. Several illustrations are drawn from actual applications in the auto parts, consumer products, food, and mining industries. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA058273

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  • Arthur M. Geoffrion

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  • University of California, Los Angeles

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  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

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  • Costs
  • Customer Services
  • Displacement
  • Inventory
  • Mathematical Programming
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  • New York
  • Numbers
  • Optimization
  • Scale Models
  • Sensitivity
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  • South Carolina
  • Standards
  • Throughput
  • Transportation
  • United States

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