We show that competitive equilibria in a range of models related to production networks can be recovered as solutions dynamic programs. Although these programs fail contractive, we prove they are tractable. As an illustration, treat Coase's theory the firm, chains with transaction costs, and multiple partners. then how same techniques extend other equilibrium decision problems, such distributio...

JS McMillan Fisheries Ltd. (JSM) is a Vancouver-based commercial fishing, production and distribution company. As the operations of JSM evolved, the process of allocating a commercial salmon catch to a set of final products has become complex and time-consuming. We developed a linear programming based decision support tool to assist JSM management with this allocation decision. The decision sup...

The critical importance of integrating production, distribution, and inventory (POI) operations has long been recognized by top management of many companies. Now. using the latest advances in Management Science modeling and solution technology, an integrated computer-based POI system has saved approximately $18 million dollars during its first three years of implementation for a major national ...