# From Bob Fourer's TOMS paper, June 1983 # A factory can manufacture some number of different products # over the next T production periods. Each product returns a # characteristic estimated profit per unit, which varies from # period to period. The factory's size imposes a fixed upper # limit on the total units manufactured per period. Additionally, # each product requires fixed characteristic amounts of certain # raw materials per unit. # # Limited quantities of raw materials must be stored now for use in # the next T periods. Each raw material has a fixed characteristic # storage cost per unit period. Any material still unused after # period T has a certain estimated remaining value. # # What products should be manufactured in what periods to maximize # total expected profit minus total storage costs, adjusted for # the remaining value of any unused raw materials? set P; # Products set R; # Raw materials param T > 0; # number of production periods param M > 0; # Maximum production per period param a{R,P} >= 0; # units of raw material i to manufacture # 1 unit of product j param b{R} >= 0; # maximum initial stock of raw material i param c{P,1..T}; # estimated profit per unit of product in period t param d{R}; # storage cost per period per unit of raw material param f{R}; # estimated remaining value per unit of raw material # after last period var x{P,1..T} >= 0; # units of product manufactured in period var s{R,1..T+1} >= 0; # stock of raw material at beginning of period maximize profit: sum {t in 1..T} ( sum {j in P} c[j,t]*x[j,t] - sum {i in R} d[i]*s[i,t] ) + sum {i in R} f[i] * s[i,T+1]; # total over all periods of estimated profit - storage costs # + value of raw materials left after last period subject to prd {t in 1..T}: sum {j in P} x[j,t] <= M; # production in each period less than maximum stock1 {i in R}: s[i,1] <= b[i]; # stock in period 1 less than maximum stock {i in R, t in 1..T}: s[i,t+1] = s[i,t] - sum {j in P} a[i,j] * x[j,t]; # stock in next period = present period - raw materials .