Sometimes optimization specialists combine different existing techniques to tackle a new type of problem. This is the case for flow network analysis and the facility location problem by combining them to flow location networks. Let’s see how that works and what can be solved this way.

“What would actually happen if…?” – We have certainly all asked ourselves this question not only once. For planning problems it has a very special relevance and with What-If Scenarios we find the answer.

Simulation and optimization are two terms that are often used almost synonymously. Yet they are two fundamentally different techniques. Our new episode “One more thing about…” explains the difference.