A warehouse has a fixed capacity C and an initial stock s 0 of a certain product that is subject to known seasonal fluctuations in selling price and cost. The problem is to determine the optimal pattern of purchases, storage, and sales for the next n months. The problem can be formulated as a linear-programming problem. Its dual has an interesting form that enables the dual solution to be determined readily.
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Gass, S.I., Harris, C.M. (2001). Warehouse problem . In: Gass, S.I., Harris, C.M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-0611-X_1121
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