Incorporating uncertainty in optimal decision making: Integrating mixed integer programming and simulation to solve combinatorial problems

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 106-112

  Acar, Yavuz ^a   Kadipasaoglu, Sukran N ^b   Day, Jamison M ^b  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Combinatorial optimization; Facility location; Hybrid solution methodology; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMBINATORIAL MATHEMATICS; COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; COMPETITION; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; FACILITIES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION; PLANT LAYOUT; PLASMA WAVES; PROGRAMMING THEORY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COMBINATORIAL PROBLEMS; COST SAVINGS; DEMAND AND SUPPLIES; DETERMINISTIC OPTIMIZATIONS; FACILITY LAYOUTS; FACILITY LOCATION; FACILITY LOCATION PROBLEMS; GLOBAL OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; HYBRID SOLUTION METHODOLOGY; ITERATIVE INTERACTIONS; ITERATIVE PROCEDURES; MIXED-INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MULTI PRODUCTS; NEW SOLUTIONS; NOVEL METHODOLOGIES; NP-HARD; OBJECTIVE FUNCTION VALUES; OPTIMAL DECISION MAKINGS; SIMULATION; SIMULATION MODELS; SIMULATION TECHNIQUES;

INTEGER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 59049100904     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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