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Using Static Flow Patterns in Time-Staged Resource Allocation Problems

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Abstract

We address the problem of combining a cost-based simulation model, which makes decisions over time by minimizing a cost model, and rule-based policies, where a knowledgeable user would like certain types of decisions to happen with a specified frequency when averaged over the entire simulation. These rules are designed to capture issues that are difficult to quantify as costs, but which produce more realistic behaviors in the judgment of a knowledgeable user. We consider patterns that are specified as averages over time, which have to be enforced in a model that makes decisions while stepping through time (for example, while optimizing the assignment of resources to tasks). We show how an existing simulation, as long as it uses a cost-based optimization model while stepping through time, can be modified to more closely match exogenously specified patterns.

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APA 7

Marar, A., & Powell, W. B. (2006). Using Static Flow Patterns in Time-Staged Resource Allocation Problems.

MLA 9

Marar, Arun, and Warren B. Powell. “Using Static Flow Patterns in Time-Staged Resource Allocation Problems.” 2006.

Chicago

Marar, Arun, and Warren B. Powell. 2006. “Using Static Flow Patterns in Time-Staged Resource Allocation Problems.”

Harvard

Marar, A. and Powell, W.B. (2006) ‘Using Static Flow Patterns in Time-Staged Resource Allocation Problems’.

BibTeX

@article{marar2006using,
  title = {{Using Static Flow Patterns in Time-Staged Resource Allocation Problems}},
  author = {Marar, Arun and Powell, Warren B.},
  year = {2006}
}

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