Optimal Loading Sequences for Fresh-Apple Storage Facilities
研究用动态规划模型确定苹果包装厂储存设施的装载顺序，以最小化延迟对易腐农产品采后质量的影响，并发现最优顺序对设施相对重要性不敏感，但受苹果品种腐烂率差异影响。
This paper reports on the use of a dynamic programming model to sequence the loading of storage facilities at an apple-packing plant operating in the state of New York, USA. The post-harvest quality of perishable agricultural prdoucts is significantly affected by delays in getting the product under storage conditions. This model minimizes this delay by identifying the optimal order in which storage facilities should be loaded. An optimal sequence is identified which is insensitive to changes in the relative importance of storage facilities, but which is influenced by differences in the deterioration rate among apple varieties.