This book is about modeling and solving multi-item, single/multi-machine, single/multi-level, production planning problems with time-varying demands by mixed integer programming. Sincethebeginningsofoperationsresearchandmanagementscience, m- els for production planning have been an important object [...]
A practical, accessible guide to optimization problems with discrete or integer variables Integer Programming stands out from other textbooks by explaining in clear and simple terms how to construct custom-made algorithms or use existing commercial software to obtain optimal or near-optimal solutio[...]
This textbook provides a comprehensive modeling, reformulation and optimization approach for solving production planning and supply chain planning problems, covering topics from a basic introduction to planning systems, mixed integer programming (MIP) models and algorithms through the advanced descr[...]