Roughly, we will cover the following topics (some of them may be skipped depending on the time available). Linear Programming: Basics, Simplex Algorithm, and Duality. Applications of Linear ...

The Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 64, No. 2 (FEBRUARY 2013), pp. 169-184 (16 pages) After the oil market in Taiwan has been opened to private enterprise, the oil refinery ...

With fluctuating sales, a manufacturer must have fluctuating production, or fluctuating inventory, or both. Penalties are associated with either type of fluctuation. Several papers place this problem ...