Surveys in Mathematics and its Applications

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 Volume 12 (2017), 179 -- 192

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ON THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF MIXTURE PROBLEMS

François Dubeau

Abstract. Mixture problems are basic but important problems in Operations Research. In this paper we consider variants of the basic linear mixture problem and indicate mathematical links between them.

2010 Mathematics Subject Classification: 90C05; 90C08; 90C29; 90C31.
Keywords: Mixture problem; linear program; bi-criteria; Pareto set; linear-fractional program; geometric transformation.

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François Dubeau
Département de mathématiques, Université de Sherbrooke,
2500 Boulevard de l'Université,
Sherbrooke (QC), Canada, J1K2R1.
francois.dubeau@usherbrooke.ca
https://www.usherbrooke.ca/mathematiques/personnel/professeurs/professeurs/francois-dubeau/

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