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Lecture 15: Transportation and other Networks. AGEC 352 Spring 2012 – March 21 R. Keeney. Network Models. Entry nodes, exit nodes, transition nodes Classic example: Production: Enter into the network Wholesale/Warehouse: Waypoint between production and sale
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Lecture 15: Transportation and other Networks AGEC 352 Spring 2012 – March 21 R. Keeney
Network Models • Entry nodes, exit nodes, transition nodes • Classic example: • Production: Enter into the network • Wholesale/Warehouse: Waypoint between production and sale • Retail: Exit the network (final demand)
Transportation Example • Entry nodes • Jacksonville and New Orleans • Exit nodes • New York City, Chicago • Transition nodes • Atlanta, Dallas
Diagrammatic Example Origin Points Jacksonville Atlanta New York City Chicago New Orleans Dallas Origin Points Waypoints End Points
Diagrammatic Example: Additional Routes to Waypoint Jacksonville Atlanta New York City Chicago New Orleans Dallas
Diagrammatic Example: Additional Routes to Retail Jacksonville Atlanta New York City Chicago New Orleans Dallas
Diagrammatic Example: Supply and Demand Numbers 70 Units 200 Units Jacksonville Atlanta New York City Chicago New Orleans Dallas 50 Units 100 Units
Diagrammatic Example: Additional Retail Options 60 Units 70 Units 200 Units Jacksonville Atlanta New York City Chicago New Orleans Dallas 120 Units 50 Units 100 Units
Two nodes are destinations and sources • How do we deal with this? • Recall the balance equation we saw earlier in the semester for a product like corn • Corn bushels produced (S) >= corn bushels marketed (M) • S – M >= 0 • Assume we wanted to store 500 bushels • S – M >= 500
Balance equation • Atlanta • S = Quantity of items entering from Jacksonville and New Orleans • M = Quantity of items shipped to New York and Chicago • S – M >= 70 • Dallas?
Diagrammatic Example: Direct Routes 60 Units 70 Units 200 Units Jacksonville New York City Atlanta Dallas Chicago New Orleans 120 Units 50 Units 100 Units
Diagrammatic Example: Cost Information 60 Units 70 Units 200 Units Jacksonville New York City Atlanta $150 $75 $125 $150 Dallas $125 Chicago New Orleans $100 $100 120 Units 50 Units 100 Units
Diagrammatic Example: Cost Information 60 Units 70 Units 200 Units Jacksonville New York City Atlanta $150 $75 $125 $150 Dallas $125 Chicago New Orleans $100 $100 120 Units 50 Units 100 Units
Constraints • We can still use the sums at the end of rows and columns, but it will be easier to organize them in a separate location since some constraints will require both the row and column sum to calculate • We will need to force some decision variables to be zero (unavailable routes) • We can do this by constraining them to zero • Or, omitting from the decision variable matrix
Notes • If you constrain the routes to zero, there will be meaningless sensitivity information • Force a route to equal zero and there is a shadow price but it depends on the unit cost of using that route • If you had a credible estimate of the unit cost of transportation the shadow price might be useful
Comments • We’ll see a couple of different applications of network models that work just like transportation next week • Assignments and Inventory Schedules • Source = people; Destination = jobs • Source = supply today; Destination = demand in the future • Any network can be modeled, you just can’t expect them all to be cookie cutter versions…
Olympic Swimming • Michael Phelps is the world’s greatest swimmer • If you need to win a race, you pick him • If you need to win a relay race, you pick him but where do you use him? • Medley swimming • Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly, Freestyle
Quiz on Monday • Another Transportation Case with Waypoint nodes (serve as source and destination)