A variational approach for continuous supply chain networks

DOI10.1137/120868943zbMATH Open1301.35194arXiv1211.4611OpenAlexW2002017658MaRDI QIDQ5494891FDOQ5494891

Authors: Ke Han, Terry L. Friesz, Tao Yao 

Publication date: 30 July 2014

Published in: SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider a continuous supply chain network consisting of buffering queues and processors first proposed by [D. Armbruster, P. Degond, and C. Ringhofer, SIAM J. Appl. Math., 66 (2006), pp. 896--920] and subsequently analyzed by [D. Armbruster, P. Degond, and C. Ringhofer, Bull. Inst. Math. Acad. Sin. (N.S.), 2 (2007), pp. 433--460] and [D. Armbruster, C. De Beer, M. Freitag, T. Jagalski, and C. Ringhofer, Phys. A, 363 (2006), pp. 104--114]. A model was proposed for such a network by [S. G"ottlich, M. Herty, and A. Klar, Commun. Math. Sci., 3 (2005), pp. 545--559] using a system of coupling ordinary differential equations and partial differential equations. In this article, we propose an alternative approach based on a variational method to formulate the network dynamics. We also derive, based on the variational method, a computational algorithm that guarantees numerical stability, allows for rigorous error estimates, and facilitates efficient computations. A class of network flow optimization problems are formulated as mixed integer programs (MIPs). The proposed numerical algorithm and the corresponding MIP are compared theoretically and numerically with existing ones [A. F"ugenschuh, S. G"ottlich, M. Herty, A. Klar, and A. Martin, SIAM J. Sci. Comput., 30 (2008), pp. 1490--1507; S. G"ottlich, M. Herty, and A. Klar, Commun. Math. Sci., 3 (2005), pp. 545--559], which demonstrates the modeling and computational advantages of the variational approach.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1211.4611

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zbMATH Keywords

variational methodPDEsmixed integer programsflows on networkscontinuous supply chain

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Mixed integer programming (90C11) Solutions to PDEs in closed form (35C05) Existence theories for optimal control problems involving partial differential equations (49J20) PDEs on graphs and networks (ramified or polygonal spaces) (35R02)

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