Inventory placement in acyclic supply chain networks
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By adding a set of redundant constraints, and by iteratively refining the approximation, we show that a commercial solver is able to routinely solve moderate-size strategic safety stock placement problems to optimality. The speed-up arises because the solver automatically generates strong flow cover cuts using the redundant constraints. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Oper. Res. Lett.
دوره 34 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006