Chapter7-NetworkFlowModels1Chapter7NetworkFlowModelsIntroductiontoManagementScience8thEditionbyBernardW
TaylorIIIChapter7-NetworkFlowModels2ChapterTopicsTheMinimumCostNetworkFlowProblemTheShortestRouteProblemTheMinimalSpanningTreeProblemTheMaximalFlowProblemChapter7-NetworkFlowModels3OverviewAnetworkisanarrangementofpathsconnectedatvariouspointsthroughwhichoneormoreitemsmovefromonepointtoanother
Thenetworkisdrawnasadiagramprovidingapictureofthesystemthusenablingvisualinterpretationandenhancedunderstanding
Alargenumberofreal-lifesystemscanbemodeledasnetworkswhicharerelativelyeasytoconceiveandconstruct
Chapter7-NetworkFlowModels4Networkdiagramsconsistofnodesandbranches
Nodes(circles),representjunctionpoints,orlocations
Branches(lines,Arcs),connectnodesandrepresentflow
Paths,asetofbranchescon