Optimal Solution of Multi-Choice Mathematical Programming Problem Using a New Technique

The study deals with the multi-choice mathematical programming problem, where the right hand side of the constraints is multi-choice in nature. However, the problem of multi-choice linear programming cannot be solved directly by standard linear or nonlinear programming techniques. The aim of this paper is to transform such problems to a standard mathematical linear programming problem. For each constraint, exactly one parameter value is selected out of a multiple number of parameter values. This process of selection can be established in different ways. In this paper, we present a new simple technique enabling us to handle such problem as a mixed integer linear programming problem and consequently solve them by using standard linear programming software. Our main aim depends on inserting a specific number of binary variables and using them to construct a linear combination which gives just one parameter among the multiple choice values for each choice of the values of the binary variables. A numerical example is presented to illustrate our analysis.

Goal programming approach for sustainable forest management(case study in Iranian Caspian forests)

We used a goal programming technique to determine the optimal harvest volume for the Iranian Caspian forest. We collected data including volume, growth, wood price at forest roadside, and variable harvesting costs. The allometric method was used to quantify seques- trated carbon. Regression analysis was used to derive growth models. Expected mean price was estimated using wood price and variable harvesting costs. Questionnaire was used to determine the constraints and the equation coefficients of the goal programming model. The optimal volume was determined using the goal programming method according to multipurpose forest management. LINGO software was used for analysis. Results indicated that the optimum volumes of species were 250.25 m3.ha-1 for beech, 59 m3.ha-1 for hornbeam, 73 m3.ha-1 for oak, 41 m3.ha-1 for alder, and 32 m3.ha-1 for other species. The total optimum volume is 455.25 m3.ha-1.

Linear goal programming approach to obtaining the weights of intuitionistic fuzzy ordered weighted averaging operator

The multiple attribute decision making problems are studied, in which the information about attribute weights is partly known and the attribute values take the form of intuitionistic fuzzy numbers. The operational laws of intuitionistic fuzzy numbers are introduced, and the score function and accuracy function are presented to compare the intuitionistic fuzzy numbers. The intuitionistic fuzzy ordered weighted averaging （IFOWA） operator which is an extension of the well-known ordered weighted averaging （OWA） operator is investigated to aggregate the intuitionistic fuzzy information. In order to determine the weights of intuitionistic fuzzy ordered weighted averaging operator, a linear goal programming procedure is proposed for learning the weights from data. Finally, an example is illustrated to verify the effectiveness and practicability of the developed method.

Optimum blending of iron ore from Choghart stockpiles by using goal programming

Iron and steel industry is an important sector of Iran's economy.Choghart iron ore mine is an important iron ore producer of Iran steel industry.Phosphorous contained in the iron ore concentrates of Choghart mine has a detrimental effect on the steel making process,whereby this causes cracks to form in the refractory lining of blast furnaces.In the past,about 1.43 Mt of low-grade and 4.53 Mt of high-phosphorous materials had been transported to low grade and high phosphorous stockpiles,respectively,for future beneficiation.As a result of the progressive depletion of high-grade ore and establishment of beneficiation plant in Choghart,exploitation of these two stockpiles in this mine became an important issue.In this work,a linear goal programming(GP) model was developed in order to determine the optimum iron ore blend in terms of quality from low grade and high phosphorous stockpiles of Choghart mine.The model was solved by the SOLVER V.9 program.Results show that feeding with acceptable quality(w(Fe)≥50% and w(P)≤1.2%,mass fraction) materials can be blended from stockpiles that satisfy the needs of the Choghart processing line.

HEURISTIC MODELING FOR A DYNAMIC AND GOAL PROGRAMMING IN PRODUCTION PLANNING OF CONTINUOUS MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS

At the first sight it seems that advanced operation research is not used enough in continuous production systems as comparison with mass production, batch production and job shop systems, but really in a comprehensive evaluation the advanced operation research techniques can be used in continuous production systems in developing countries very widely, because of initial inadequate plant layout, stage by stage development of production lines, the purchase of second hand machineries from various countries, plurality of customers. A case of production system planning is proposed for a chemical company in which the above mentioned conditions are almost presented. The goals and constraints in this issue are as follows： （1） Minimizing deviation of customer＇s requirements. （2） Maximizing the profit. （3） Minimizing the frequencies of changes in formula production. （4） Minimizing the inventory of final products. （5） Balancing the production sections with regard to rate in production. （6） Limitation in inventory of raw material. The present situation is in such a way that various techniques such as goal programming, linear programming and dynamic programming can be used. But dynamic production programming issues are divided into two categories, at first one with limitation in production capacity and another with unlimited production capacity. For the first category, a systematic and acceptable solution has not been presented yet. Therefore an innovative method is used to convert the dynamic situation to a zero- one model. At last this issue is changed to a goal programming model with non-linear limitations with the use of GRG algorithm and that＇s how it is solved.

A Glorious Literature on Linear Goal Programming Algorithms

In the last several years, there has been a marked improvement in the development of new algorithms for solving Linear Goal programming (LGP). This paper presents a survey of current methods for LGP.

Optimizing the Asset and Liability Management of Telecommunication Company using Goal Programming Model

Since the telecommunications companies experience great competition,high churn rate,data traffic issues during the Covid-19 pandemic and the upgrade to 5G connectivity,the finance management of a telecommunications company should be analyzed to study the volatility and returns in the sector.This paper aims to develop a goal programming model to examine the asset and liability management of a telecommunication company,namely Telekom Malaysia Berhad(TM)in Malaysia.The result of this study shows that TM has achieved all the goals in maximizing assets,equities,profits,earnings and optimum management item while minimizing liabilities over the period of study from 2015 to 2019.Potential improvements on these goals have also been identified through this study.This paper has also contributed to the studies in financial management since past studies have not been done on asset and liability management in telecommunications companies which is rapidly growing and expanding even while the world is suffering from economy crisis during this pandemic.

STOCHASTIC GENERALIZED GOAL PROGRAMMING

This thesis presents the combination of the stochastic programming and generalized goal programming. We puts forward several generalized goal programming models with stochastic parameter--stochastic generalized goal programming. Furthermore, we probe into the theory. and algorithm of these models. At last, this method was applied to an example of an industrial problem.

Goal Programming for Investment Portfolio and Its Application

To solve the problem of investment portfolio with single goal of maximal NPV, a 0- 1 programming model was proposed and proved effective; and to solve that concerning more elements of a project such as risk level and social benefit, a goal programming model is then introduced. The latter is a linear programming model adopting slack variable called deviation variable to turn inequation constraint into equation constraint, introducing a priority factor to denote different importance of the goals. A case study has demonstrated that this goal programming model can give different results according to different priority requirement of each objective.

A Weighted Goal Programming Model for the DASH Diet Problem: Comparison with the Linear Programming DASH Diet Model

A Linear Programming DASH diet model for persons with hypertension has previously been formulated and daily minimum cost diet plans that satisfy the DASH diets’ tolerable intake level of the nutrients for 1500 mg a day Sodium level and different daily calorie levels were obtained using sample foods from the DASH diet eating plan chart. But the limitation in the use of linear programming model in selecting diet plans to meet specific nutritional requirements which normally results in the oversupply of certain nutrients was evident in the linear programming DASH diet plan obtained as the nutrient level of the diet plans obtained had wide deviations of from the DASH diets’ tolerable upper and lower intake level for the given calorie and sodium levels. Hence the need for a model that gives diet plans with minimized nutrients’ level deviations from the DASH diets’ tolerable intake level for different daily calorie and sodium level at desired cost. A weighted Goal Programming DASH diet model that minimizes the daily cost of the DASH eating plan as well as deviations of the diets’ nutrients content from the DASH diet’s tolerable intake levels is hereby presented in this work. The formulated weighted goal programming DASH diet model is further illustrated using chosen sample foods from the DASH food chart as used in the work on the linear programming DASH diet model for a 1500 mg sodium level and 2000 calories a day diet plan as well as for 1800, 2200, 2400, 2600, 2800 and 3000 daily calorie levels. A comparison of the DASH nutrients’ composition of the weighted Goal Programming DASH diet plans and those of the linear programming DASH diet plans were carried out at this sodium level and the different daily calorie levels. It was evident from the results of the comparison that the weighted goal programming DASH diet plans has minimized deviations from the DASH diet’s tolerable intake levels than those of the linear programming DASH diet plans.

An Evolutionary Firefly Algorithm, Goal Programming Optimization Approach for Setting the Osmotic Dehydration Parameters of Papaya

An evolutionary nature-inspired Firefly Algorithm (FA) is employed to set the optimal osmotic dehydration parameters in a case study of papaya. In the case, the functional form of the dehydration model is established via a response surface technique with the resulting optimization formulation being a non-linear goal programming model. For optimization, a computationally efficient, FA-driven method is employed and the resulting solution is shown to be superior to those from previous approaches for determining the osmotic process parameters. The final component of this study provides a computational experimentation performed on the FA to illustrate the relative sensitivity of this evolutionary metaheuristic approach over a range of the two key parameters that most influence its running time-the number of iterations and the number of fireflies. This sensitivity analysis revealed that for intermediate-to-high values of either of these two key parameters, the FA would always determine overall optimal solutions, while lower values of either parameter would generate greater variability in solution quality. Since the running time complexity of the FA is polynomial in the number of fireflies but linear in the number of iterations, this experimentation shows that it is more computationally practical to run the FA using a “reasonably small” number of fireflies together with a relatively larger number of iterations than the converse.

SURFACE MINE PLANNING OPTIMIZATION BY GOAL PROGRAMMING

This paper introduced an approach to surface mine planning optimization-Goal Programming.The multiobjective[0-1] model has been built and the software has been developed.The method has been applied to a huge surface coal mine,the result of which shows that it is effective and feasible.

Reformative Financial Risk Management Approach： A Multistage Decision Support System with the Assistance of Fuzzy Goal Programming and Expertons Method

The potential demand on financial risk management has being increased considerably by the reason of Basel 11 regulations and instabilities in economy. In recent years, financial institutions and companies have been struggled for building up intensive financial risk management tools due to Basel II guidance on establishing financial self-assessment systems. In this respect, decision support system has a significant role on effectuating intensive financial risk management roadmap. In this study, a reformative financial risk management system is presented with the combination of determining financial risks with their importance, calculating risk scores and making suggestions based on detected risk scores by applying corrective actions. First, financial risk factors and indicators of these risk variables are selected and weights of these variables are specified by using fuzzy goal programming. After that, total risk scores are calculated and amendatory financial activities are appeared by means of expertons method which also provides possibilities of the alternative decisions. To illustrate the performance of integrated and multistage decision support system, a survey is applied on the end users.

Modeling of Catfish Farm Using Lexicographic Linear Goal Programming

In this paper, a fish farm was modeled using the Lexicographic linear goal programming approach due to incommensurability in objectives. The study considered the fish farming plan with two sizes of catfish from stocking to harvesting at four-month intervals. The multi-objective goals developed are required raw materials feed, water, light (resource utilization), sales revenue, profit realized, labor utilization, production costs, and pond utilization. The developed model was tested using related data collected from the farm records with the use of TORA 2007 software. The compromised solution from the results showed that the developed model is an efficient tool for decision-making process in the fish farm business organization.

A Note on Standard Goal Programming with Fuzzy Hierarchies: A Sequential Approach

In the paper [Standard goal programming with fuzzy hierarchies: a sequential approach, Soft Computing, First online: 22 March 2015], it has been assumed that the normalized deviations should lie between zero and one. In some cases, this assumption may not be valid. Therefore, additional constraints must be incorporated into the model to ensure that the normalized deviations should not exceed one. This modification is illustrated by the given numerical example.

考虑净负荷不确定性的配电网协同调度

如何实现可再生能源的最大化消纳同时保证配电网的安全经济运行成为亟须解决的问题。首先,将节点上的可再生能源出力和负荷聚合为净负荷并以区间描述其不确定性,同时将系统中调节能力在节点上的映射以端点可优化的区间描述,以调节能力区间和净负荷扰动区间的公共部分反映该节点净负荷扰动的可接纳域。然后,基于优先目标规划,构建了以最大化净负荷扰动可接纳域、最小化配电网运行总成本、最小化电压偏差为目标的考虑净负荷不确定性的3层优化模型,进而得到协同考虑新能源最大化消纳、运行成本合理、节点电压波动最小化的优化方案,保证了配电网运行的安全性、可靠性与经济性。最后,基于改进的IEEE 33节点配网算例,验证了该模型和方法的有效性。

金融学本科专业人才培养目标设定研究——基于国内24所院校培养方案的文本分析

对金融学本科专业人才培养目标的研究能有效促进金融人才的培养。文章选取24所高校金融学本科专业人才培养方案,采用文本分析的方法对人才培养目标进行统计分析,发现我国高校金融学本科专业人才培养目标的设定存在人文性弱化、区分度不高、滞后性突出三个主要问题。针对上述问题提出三点优化建议:以人为本,促进全面和谐发展;综合考量,突出院校比较特色;着眼未来,满足时代发展需求。

考虑功率预测偏差和出力调节不确定性的风电集群功率分配策略

当因输电通道限制需对风电集群进行限电时,应考虑各风电场功率预测和调节能力的差异。考虑功率预测偏差和调节能力不确定性,构建机会约束规划和机会约束目标规划相结合的风电集群日前功率调度模型,并采用采样排序的方法将不确定变量转化为确定性变量对模型进行求解。对华北某地区风电集群进行案例分析,结果表明,在满足风电场间期望调度电量比例要求的基础上,相较于传统模型,所提模型能有效降低弃风率和系统负荷不平衡时的缺额电量。

新商科背景下“Python程序设计”的课程思政教学探索

新一代信息技术的蓬勃发展推动了数字经济的蓬勃发展,使人类社会迈入了数字经济时代,中国的商业模式和商业形态都发生了巨大的变化,开始由以工业经济为背景的传统商科向以数字经济为背景的新商科迈进,新商科注重学科间的交叉融合,使得跨学科综合型人才的需求量逐渐增大。“Python程序设计”作为新商科学生的公共基础课,具有知识点繁多、理论性和实践性较强等特点。在新商科背景下,将思政元素融入“Python程序设计”教学中,通过分析课程思政的德育目标,使学生在牢固掌握专业知识的同时,提升思想政治价值观念,形成勤奋好学的学习态度,以期为推动新商科人才核心素养的培育和发展提供改革路径及推进方法。

考虑多种工业负荷参与的多时间尺度源荷储优化调度

为解决大规模新能源接入导致传统电网中常规机组调节压力不断增大的问题,提出了一种考虑储能和多种工业负荷参与的多时间尺度优化调度策略。该策略通过协调荷侧电解铝、水泥、钢铁、非生产性负荷与储能以及源侧常规机组调用计划,有效缓解电网调节压力。首先,分析储能和多种工业负荷的调节特性,建立风-光-荷-储的滚动调节框架。然后,针对源荷不确定性,采用多场景随机规划与模糊机会约束目标规划相结合的方法,建立日前和日内阶段以系统经济性最优为目标、实时调度阶段兼顾安全性和经济性的多时间尺度调度模型。最后,通过新能源充足与不足典型日算例可知,本文所提调度策略能够充分发挥可调控资源的调节能力,在两种典型日的总成本较日前最优调度分别降低了17.08%、44.13%,弃新能源量降低39%、失负荷量降低23%,有效提高了电网运行经济性和安全性。