An implementation of linear and nonlinear multicommodity network flows

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-53

  Castro, J ^a   Nabona, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Linear programming; Multicommodity Network flows; Network programming; Nonlinear programming; Primal partitioning

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; RANDOM PROCESSES; SCHEDULING;

MULTICOMMODITY NETWORK FLOW; NETWORK PROGRAMMING; PRIMAL PARTITIONING;

LINEAR PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0030570321     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-2217(95)00137-9     Document Type: Article

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