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2003 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Optimization Modeling
Authors : Professor Dr. Stefan Voß, Professor David L. Woodruff, Ph.D.
Published in: Introduction to Computational Optimization Models for Production Planning in a Supply Chain
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Included in: Professional Book Archive
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A model captures the essential features of something without actually being the thing itself. Some models capture the shape and proportion of a physical object, but at a different scale and without the functionality. An example is a plastic model of a jet airliner. Some of these models are used as toys, but others are used to study air flows using a wind tunnel. When creating the model, some details have to be carefully reconstructed and others can be ignored entirely.