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Nested Partitions for Large-Scale
Optimization in Supply Chain Management
Weiwei Chen and Leyuan Shi
ABSTRACT In today’s global business environment, an effective and reli-
able supply chain substantially increases a company’s competitive advantage.
Supply chain management has played a crucial role in a business’s success.
Optimization has been sought to model and solve many of these supply
chain problems. However, as the size of the optimization model grows, the
difculty of nding the optimal or near-optimal solution typically grows
exponentially. Nested partitions is one of the algorithms developed to tackle
these large-scale optimization ...