Application of Operations Research Techniques to the Redesign of the Distribution Systems

The paper presents the application of varies OR techniques to the redesign of the distribution systems. Two real-world case studies are considered. In the first case study the optimization (mathematical programming) approach is discussed. In the second case study heuristic design of different variants of the distribution system supported by object oriented simulation combined with their multiple criteria evaluation is carried out. The following OR techniques and tools are applied: single and bi-criterion mathematical programming, object oriented simulation, multiple criteria ranking methods. The results of computational experiments are presented.

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