Examples of discrete optimization problems
Discrete optimization
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Examples of discrete optimization problems
Discrete optimization

Authors : Marie-Claude PORTMANN, Ammar OULAMARA

Publication date: December 10, 2006 | Lire en français

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1. Examples of discrete optimization problems

The concrete examples on which this dossier is based are as follows:

  • a staffing problem;

  • an office layout problem;

  • a problem of investment choice;

  • single-machine scheduling problems.

In this section, we describe the corresponding concrete application and propose a model for each of them.

1.1 Staffing problems

  • Problem description

    In a packaging plant, where all tasks are manual, shift tasks (7 hrs) have been drawn up by the plant manager the evening before. At the start of the shift, employees clock in and out, and some are absent...

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