Aufsatz(elektronisch)#1Januar 1967
An approximate solution method for the fixed charge problem
In: Naval research logistics: an international journal, Band 14, Heft 1, S. 101-113
ISSN: 1520-6750
AbstractIn the absence, to date, of an exact method for solving the linear programming problem with fixed charges, two heuristic methods have been proposed and extensively investigated, computationally, for moderate sized problems. The results indicate that the heuristic methods produce optimal solutions in well over 90 percent of the several hundred problems investigated and very close to optimal (a few percent) in the remaining cases. Hence it should be of practical significance to practitioners in the field.