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A Note on a Simple Dynamic Programming Approach to the Single-Sink, Fixed-Charge Transportation Problem

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  • Bahram Alidaee

    (Hearin Center for Enterprise Science, School of Business, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677)

  • Gary A. Kochenberger

    (Business School, University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, Colorado 80217)

Abstract

The single-sink, fixed-charge transportation problem has a variety of applications, including supplier selection, product distribution/fleet selection, and process selection. In this paper we present a dynamic programming algorithm for solving this important problem that is very easy to implement and that improves considerably in terms of computational attractiveness on the best methods in the literature.

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  • Bahram Alidaee & Gary A. Kochenberger, 2005. "A Note on a Simple Dynamic Programming Approach to the Single-Sink, Fixed-Charge Transportation Problem," Transportation Science, INFORMS, vol. 39(1), pages 140-143, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:inm:ortrsc:v:39:y:2005:i:1:p:140-143
    DOI: 10.1287/trsc.1030.0055
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    1. Bahram Alidaee & Haibo Wang & R. Bryan Kethley & Frank Landram, 2019. "A unified view of parallel machine scheduling with interdependent processing rates," Journal of Scheduling, Springer, vol. 22(5), pages 499-515, October.
    2. Jeffery L. Kennington & Charles D. Nicholson, 2010. "The Uncapacitated Time-Space Fixed-Charge Network Flow Problem: An Empirical Investigation of Procedures for Arc Capacity Assignment," INFORMS Journal on Computing, INFORMS, vol. 22(2), pages 326-337, May.
    3. Francesca Maggioni & Florian A. Potra & Marida Bertocchi, 2017. "A scenario-based framework for supply planning under uncertainty: stochastic programming versus robust optimization approaches," Computational Management Science, Springer, vol. 14(1), pages 5-44, January.
    4. Francesca Maggioni & Michal Kaut & Luca Bertazzi, 2009. "Stochastic optimization models for a single-sink transportation problem," Computational Management Science, Springer, vol. 6(2), pages 251-267, May.
    5. Mafakheri, Fereshteh & Breton, Michele & Ghoniem, Ahmed, 2011. "Supplier selection-order allocation: A two-stage multiple criteria dynamic programming approach," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 132(1), pages 52-57, July.
    6. Tue R. L. Christensen & Kim Allan Andersen & Andreas Klose, 2013. "Solving the Single-Sink, Fixed-Charge, Multiple-Choice Transportation Problem by Dynamic Programming," Transportation Science, INFORMS, vol. 47(3), pages 428-438, August.
    7. Mendoza, Abraham & Ventura, José A., 2010. "A serial inventory system with supplier selection and order quantity allocation," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 207(3), pages 1304-1315, December.

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