The use of integer programming to select bulls across breeding companies with volume price discounts

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3542-3549

  McConnel, M B ^a   Galligan, D T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Integer programming; Optimization; Semen selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 6944225756     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)73491-8     Document Type: Article

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