A polynomial time algorithm to the economic lot sizing problem with constant capacity and piecewise linear concave costs

Autor: Jinwen Ou
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Operations Research Letters. 45:493-497
ISSN: 0167-6377
DOI: 10.1016/j.orl.2017.07.010
Popis: It is well-known that the classical economic lot-sizing problem with constant capacity and general concave ordering/inventory cost functions can be solved in O ( T 4 ) time (Florian and Klein, 1971). We show that the problem can be solved in O ( m T 3 ) time when the ordering cost functions are piecewise linear concave and have m line segments with different slopes in a time period in average. Our algorithm makes use of the data structure of range minimum query (RMQ).
Databáze: OpenAIRE