We consider several classical models in deterministic inventory theory: the single-item lot-sizing problem, the joint replenishment problem, and the multistage assembly problem. These inventory models ...

In recent years approximation algorithms based on primal-dual methods have been successfully applied to a broad class of discrete optimization problems. In this paper, we propose a generic primal-dual ...

One course in optimization (including primal, dual problems, Lagrangian functions), linear algebra, calculus, familiar with real analysis or permission of instructor. Large-scale networks and datasets ...