The supply problem of an integrated oil company comprises the allocation of crude oils to refineries, the calculation of refinery programmes and the transportation of finished products to the market.

Two problems in the allocation of indivisible resources are discussed. Both can be interpreted as problems of assigning plants to locations. The first problem, in which cost of transportation between ...

This course continues our data structures and algorithms specialization by focussing on the use of linear and integer programming formulations for solving algorithmic problems that seek optimal ...