A linear programming approach for linear multi-level programming problems

0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering 02 engineering and technology
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601701 Publication Date: 2004-02-13T11:09:44Z
ABSTRACT
In an earlier paper, we proposed a modified fuzzy programming method to handle higher level multi-level decentralized programming problems (ML(D)PPs). Here we present a simple and practical method to solve the same. This method overcomes the subjectivity inherent in choosing the tolerance values and the membership functions. We consider a linear ML(D)PP and apply linear programming (LP) for the optimization of the system in a supervised search procedure, supervised by the higher level decision maker (DM). The higher level DM provides the preferred values of the decision variables under his control to enable the lower level DM to search for his optimum in a narrower feasible space. The basic idea is to reduce the feasible space of a decision variable at each level until a satisfactory point is sought at the last level.
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