Application areas:
1.Linear Programming, LP
- Description: Used to maximize or minimize a linear objective function subject to a set of linear inequality or equality constraints.
- Application: Applicable to route selection, transportation problems, resource allocation, etc. in logistics.
2.Integer Programming, IP
- Description: Linear program whose solutions must be integers.
- Applications: Suitable for facility layout, vehicle routing problems, warehouse site selection, etc.
4.Dynamic Programming, DP
- Description: Solve multi-stage decision problems by breaking them down into smaller sub-problems.
- Applications: Suitable for inventory management, distribution network design, route optimization, etc.
5.Mathematical Programming
- Description: Contains a wide range of applications including linear programming, nonlinear programming, and integer programming.
- Application: Widely used in supply chain optimization, demand forecasting and other issues in logistics.
6.Network Flow
- Description: This paper studies the traffic distribution problems in the network, such as maximum flow, minimum cost flow, etc.
- Applications: Suitable for transportation networks, supply chain logistics, telecommunication network optimization, etc.
7.Greedy Algorithm
- Description: An algorithm that makes the best choice at each step.
- Applications: Applicable to vehicle routing problems, loading problems, etc.
8.Simulated Annealing
- Description: A stochastic optimization technique based on thermodynamic principles to find the global optimal solution.
- Application: Applicable to complex path optimization, facility site selection and other problems.
9.Genetic Algorithm, GA
- Description: A randomized search algorithm based on natural selection and genetics.
- Applications: Suitable for multi-objective optimization, vehicle routing problems, warehouse layout, etc.
10.Load Balancing
- Description: Technique for distributing work evenly across multiple resources.
- Application: Suitable for warehouse management, cargo distribution in transportation, etc.
11.Queueing Theory
- Description: Study the queue behavior in the waiting line, including the arrival process, service process, system capacity, etc.
- Application: Suitable for service window design in logistics centers, optimization of cargo handling processes, etc.