Using Mixed-Integer Programming to Win a Cycling Game

INFORMS Transactions on Education

Liesje De Boeck¹  Jeroen Beliën¹  Daam Van Reeth¹  Dries Goossens¹ 

关键词: cycling;    game;    spreadsheet modeling;    mixed-integer programming;    knapsack problems;    multiperiod inventory problems;   

DOI  :  10.1287/ited.1110.0062

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: INFORMS

【 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.

【 授权许可】

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