A Fixed-Charge Multicommodity Network Flow Algorithm and a Warehouse Location Application.

Abstract

This document formulates a fixed-charge, multicommodity, minimum-cost network flow model, and fits the model to the distribution system design problem of a major Australian dairy producer. Due to its sparse demography and high standard of living, Australia is a particularly interesting place to apply distribution research. Developed is an implicit enumeration algorithm which is capable of solving a large-scale problem and which indicates significant savings opportunities for the Australian firm. Additional keywords: optimization; integer programming; heuristic methods. (Author).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA159232

Entities

People

  • C. H. Aikens
  • R. E. Rosenthal

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Australia
  • Case Studies
  • Commerce
  • Commodities
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Demography
  • Engineering
  • Heuristic Methods
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Integer Programming
  • Logistics
  • Operations Research
  • Standards
  • Transportation

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  • Industrial Economics
  • Operations Research
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).