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Title | Using a Monte Carlo Simulation Exercise to Teach Principles of Distribution: An Enhanced Version of the Classic Transportation Problem |
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Author | Weltman, David; Tokar, Travis |
Date | 2019-02-25 |
Abstract | This paper explains a Monte Carlo simulation workshop applied to an extended version of the classic transportation problem. It is designed to be conducted in a classroom or laboratory where students have access to a Monte Carlo simulation tool, such as Oracle Crystal Ball. The hands-on exercise builds on the classic transportation problem by allowing students to develop cost-efficient solutions when demands are uncertain and follow multiple types of patterns. Students develop a distribution plan by considering transportation, inventory-holding, and stock-out costs. Through simulation, students are able to see the consequences of their proposed policies and revise them until reaching a satisfactory solution. The Monte Carlo method is deployed because traditional deterministic optimization models do not exist for our scenario that we believe to be realistic and widely applicable. Students gain valuable experience using an important modeling tool applied to a classic operations-management problem. |
Link | https://doi.org/10.1287/ited.2018.0200
https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/39751 https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/ited.2018.0200 |
Department | Information Systems and Supply Chain Management |
Subject | transportation problem
Monte Carlo simulation teaching operations management teaching supply chain management |
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