A Hybrid Decomposition Method for Integrating Coal Supply and Demand Models

A number of large scale models have been proposed and implemented in recent years to study the anticipated expansion of coal production and utilization in the United States. This paper reports on the application of mathematical programming decomposition methods to the constructive integration and op...

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Published in:Operations research 1982-09, Vol.30 (5), p.887-906
Main Authors: Shapiro, Jeremy F, White, David E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
473 coal supply and demand modeling
635 multiregional and intertemporal
637 decomposition methods
Coal
Decomposition
Decomposition methods
Economic models
Marginal costs
Mathematical models
Mathematical programming
Mathematics
Modeling
Operations research
Policy
production
Supply
Supply & demand
Supply and demand
Transportation demand
Utility models
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Summary:A number of large scale models have been proposed and implemented in recent years to study the anticipated expansion of coal production and utilization in the United States. This paper reports on the application of mathematical programming decomposition methods to the constructive integration and optimization of these models. In particular, it was found that an implemented hybrid decomposition approach, part resource directed and part price directed, exhibited fast convergence to an optimal solution.
ISSN:0030-364X
1526-5463
DOI:10.1287/opre.30.5.887