System and method for solving large scale supply chain planning problems with integer constraints
US10325237B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 1, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jun 18, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 1, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/06
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method is disclosed for solving supply chain planning problems. The system includes a database that stores data representing a planning problem of a supply chain network and a computer that accesses the planning problem of the supply chain network stored in the database and models the planning problem as a network of nodes and edges. The computer further generates a hierarchical linear programming solution of the planning problem and applies advanced heuristics to the generated hierarchical linear programming solution. The computer still further formulates a mixed integer program to generate an optimized global hierarchical solution and stores the generated optimized global hierarchical solution in the database.
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