On Optimal Allocation in a Distributed Processing Environment

DOI10.1287/mnsc.28.8.839zbMath0487.90057OpenAlexW2070634651MaRDI QIDQ3948871

Amitava Dutta, Gary J. Koehler, Andrew B. Whinston

Publication date: 1982

Published in: Management Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.28.8.839

zbMATH Keywords

quadratic assignment problemheuristic algorithmoptimal solutioncomputational experiencecapacity constraintsdistributed processeswarehouse locationoptimal task allocationprobabilistic branch and bound techniquequadratic partitioning modeluncapacitated problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical mathematical programming methods (65K05) Deterministic scheduling theory in operations research (90B35)

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