Article ID: | iaor19942238 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 24 |
Issue: | 2 |
Start Page Number: | 53 |
End Page Number: | 58 |
Publication Date: | Mar 1994 |
Journal: | Interfaces |
Authors: | Roush William B., Stock Robert H., Cravener Terri L., DAlfonso Thomas H. |
Keywords: | programming: nonlinear |
Agway uses chance-constrained programming to formulate commercial feeds for animals. The finished feeds averaged 40 percent greater nutritional consistency and were lower in cost than feeds formulated by traditional linear programming with a margin of safety. Formulating animal feeds by chance-constrained programming saves Agway, Inc. more than $250000 per year.