TY - JOUR
T1 - Database structure for a class of multi-period mathematical programming models
AU - Dutta, Goutam
AU - Fourer, Robert
N1 - Funding Information:
This work has been supported in part by grants from the American Iron and Steel Institute and its members, by grant DDM-8908818 from the U.S. National Science Foundation, and by the Research and Publication Committee of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India.
PY - 2008/11
Y1 - 2008/11
N2 - We describe how a generic multi-period optimization-based decision support system can be used for strategic and operational planning in a company whose processes can be described in terms of five fundamental elements: Materials, Facilities, Activities, Times and Storage-Areas. We discuss the issues of interface design, data reporting and updating, and optimal production and profit planning. We also compare the performances of two different types of database structures with respect to optimization.
AB - We describe how a generic multi-period optimization-based decision support system can be used for strategic and operational planning in a company whose processes can be described in terms of five fundamental elements: Materials, Facilities, Activities, Times and Storage-Areas. We discuss the issues of interface design, data reporting and updating, and optimal production and profit planning. We also compare the performances of two different types of database structures with respect to optimization.
KW - Decision support system
KW - Optimization
KW - Process industries
KW - Strategic and operational planning
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U2 - 10.1016/j.dss.2008.02.010
DO - 10.1016/j.dss.2008.02.010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:53549100165
SN - 0167-9236
VL - 45
SP - 870
EP - 883
JO - Decision Support Systems
JF - Decision Support Systems
IS - 4
ER -