This paper presents an algorithm for determining an optimum solution to a two-stage production sequencing problem with these characteristics: There are n jobs to be sequenced in a two-stage production ...

This paper introduces an efficient branch and bound algorithm for a special class of mixed integer programming problems called the warehouse location problem. A set of branching decision rules is ...

Introduction to mathematical optimization and its applications, linear optimization models, Simplex Algorithm, sensitivity analysis, mixed-integer optimization models, branch-and-bound algorithm, ...

Example 5.18: Branch and Bound Trees This example illustrates a nonstandard use of PROC NETDRAW. The TREE option in PROC NETDRAW is used to draw a branch and bound tree such as one that you obtain in ...