Diet models based on goal programming (GP) are valuable tools in designing diets that comply with nutritional, palatability and cost constraints. Results derived from GP models are usually very ...

Linear programming is a fundamental planning tool. It is often difficult to precisely estimate or forecast certain critical data elements of the linear program. In such cases, it is necessary to ...

Intra-year milk supply patterns depend largely on the distribution of cow calving dates which in turn are influenced by climatic factors. The most important and least costly input to milk production ...