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Bilinear Programming: Applications in the Supply Chain Management

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Introduction

Formulation

  Concave Piecewise Linear Network Flow Problem

  Fixed Charge Network Flow Problem

  Capacitated Multi-Item Dynamic Pricing Problem

Methods

References

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Nahapetyan, A.G. (2008). Bilinear Programming: Applications in the Supply Chain Management . In: Floudas, C., Pardalos, P. (eds) Encyclopedia of Optimization. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74759-0_49

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