Questions tagged [terminology]
For questions about the definition or meaning of terms used within Operations Research. Do not use this tag for questions about notation.
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Minimizing sum(abs(Ax-c)) for binary decision variables - terminology and methods?
My problem requires choosing a fixed number of vectors from a large set of vectors such that the sum of these vectors is close to some known target vector. That is, given known parameters:
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Terminology for "One-time" vs. "Continuous Tasks"
I'm working on task scheduling for satellite constellations, and I'm trying to determine if there are any keywords related to a certain distinction in task allocation problem that I'm seeing.
In many ...
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Is mathematical programming synonymous with algebraic modelling?
Based on my on-again-off-again internet search of optimization problems over the past few years, the two terms seem to cover largely the same way of representing problems, if not the identically. I'm ...
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What are process-based DES and event-based DES, exactly?
I have occasionally heard the terms "process-based DES" and "event-based DES".
For example, from SimPy:
SimPy is a process-based discrete-event simulation framework based on ...
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Using the "true" sample rather than sampling from a distribution - is there a name for this?
I have drawn X-many samples from a population. I want to use this data to drive inputs for a Monte Carlo simulation (or similar). The population may be a real world measurement, or it could be the ...
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Minimal infeasible constraint set
Many modern SAT and SMT solvers offer a feature where they can report why a problem is unsatisfiable, something called an "unsat core."
Are there any optimization solvers (in my case, ...
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What is the official terminology concerning different types of racks?
Thanks to a previous question, I know about this PDF file, containing a lot of terms concerning supply chain management.
This list is quite elaborated, but I'm now more specifically looking for ...
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Does this kind of "partition" have a name?
Consider a convex polyhedron $A$. Assume we have subsets $A_1,\ldots,A_n$ of $A$ that are themselves covex polyhedra and are mutually disjoint except maybe sharing an edge, and that their union gives $...
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How do you pronounce MILP? [closed]
Apologies for the english question, but I believe this forum will be better suited for answering my question.
I am trying to decide whether I should use A MILP or An MILP, as I have seen both cases in ...
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Is there a name for this type of integer programming?
Let $x_i$ be a decision variable, and let $c_i$ be the coefficient for the decision variable $x_i$.
An integer programming problem is where the goal is to:
$\text{maximize} \quad \sum_i c_ix_i$
$\text{...
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Endowment of an agent
I was going through the Shapley-Folkman-Starr Lemma (https://simons.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/docs/3605/simons2.pdf) and I came across the term "endowment" of an agent.
My assumption ...
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What is a transport order in supply chain management?
I arrived at this site as a result of this question.
Last week, two colleagues were having a discussion about the term "Transport Order" in supply chain management. (Is it a recursive ...
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Related to Lagrangian dual
In my research class our professor discuss a paper wherein the solution is obtained via a Lagrangian duality. The original problem is given below:
minimize $t$
subject to $\sum_{j \in \mathcal{M_i}}\...
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Is there a concept of shrinking the consideration set?
I don't know the terminology, so the title can be confusing.
Let me explain here.
We would like to find the optimal solution in $S$. Suppose some external theory suggests that there must be an ...
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What is the general name (e.g. facility location problem) for this problem (if any)?
I would like to know if there is a general name for the following problem:
We will open several facilities. Each facility has an associated facility type. There exists a given number of facility ...
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