| Article ID: | iaor1999203 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 90 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 102 |
| End Page Number: | 114 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1996 |
| Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
| Authors: | Bloemhof-Ruwaard Jacqueline M., Hendrix Eligius M.T. |
| Keywords: | programming: travelling salesman, programming: branch and bound |
In this paper we analyze a model which arises from considering manure and fertilizer aspects in the farm management modelling for cattle husbandry. Modelling these aspects may lead to a multi-extremal problem with bilinear terms. Solution techniques for this problem are discussed and a specific branch and bound procedure is outlined. An example illustrates the multi-extremal structure of the problem and the solution methods mentioned.