Spare parts optimization, Integer convexity and Marginal allocation
This part of the course is not covered by the course book.
Therefore, two pdf files are provided to explain the theory.
- On marginal allocation (MALLOC): malloc09.pdf Download malloc09.pdf
- On spare parts optimization: resopt10.pdf Download resopt10.pdf
Here are the slides Download slides used in Lecture 6
In exercise 4 a more realistic example of how Marginal Allocation can be applied to maximize the reliability of a satellite by introducing redundancy is described. We recommend that you have a look at the problem formulation before the class, see Satelliten Download Satelliten.
The (first part of the) second home assignment applies Spare parts optimization on a test example.