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标题：Using Mixed-Integer Programming to Win a Cycling Game
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作者：Jeroen Beliën ; Dries Goossens ; Daam Van Reeth 等
期刊名称：INFORMS : Transactions on Education
印刷版ISSN：1532-0545
电子版ISSN：1532-0545
出版年度：2011
卷号：11
期号：3
DOI：10.1287/ited.1110.0062
出版社：Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
摘要：This paper presents an application of optimization modeling to the winning of a popular cycling game. The application includes real-life data of contempory cyclists. It also has the potential to motivate students with a competitive but fun “race” for a solution. Because the developed optimization model contains features of knapsack problems, multiperiod inventory problems, and logical constraint modeling, it is perfectly suitable for a concluding case study in an undergraduate operations research/management science course. The application was originally developed for an MBA operations research course focusing on spreadsheet modeling skills, but it can also be used in courses that focus on algebraic modeling of optimization problems.
关键词：cycling ; game ; spreadsheet modeling ; mixed-integer programming ; knapsack problems ; multiperiod inventory problems