Stochastic Optimization of Global Agrochemical Supply Chains with Risk Management: Modeling and Reformulation

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Main Authors: Naraghi, Saba Ghasemi, Jiang, Zheyu
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Published: 2024
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author Naraghi, Saba Ghasemi
Jiang, Zheyu
author_facet Naraghi, Saba Ghasemi
Jiang, Zheyu
contents The global agrochemical market is highly consolidated, with large multinational companies accounting for a major share of the market. Thus, even for a single agrochemical product, its global supply chain typically involves numerous paths connecting the raw material sources to the final customers. Besides structural complexity, agrochemical supply chains are also subject to seasonality and other unique uncertainties, thereby posing a need for risk management tools and strategies. In this study, we model and optimize an agrochemcial supply chain by developing and solving a stochastic mixed-integer quadratic constrained program (MIQCP). We model and control the demand uncertainty in this scenario-based MIQCP using variance. We also apply perspective reformulation techniques to convert the MIQCP to a mixed-integer linear program (MILP). Computational experiment results from an illustrative example show that, successively introducing perspective cuts to the reformulated MILP not only leads to a tight approximation of the original MIQCP model, but is also more computationally efficient than directly solving the MIQCP.
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spellingShingle Stochastic Optimization of Global Agrochemical Supply Chains with Risk Management: Modeling and Reformulation
Naraghi, Saba Ghasemi
Jiang, Zheyu
Optimization and Control
The global agrochemical market is highly consolidated, with large multinational companies accounting for a major share of the market. Thus, even for a single agrochemical product, its global supply chain typically involves numerous paths connecting the raw material sources to the final customers. Besides structural complexity, agrochemical supply chains are also subject to seasonality and other unique uncertainties, thereby posing a need for risk management tools and strategies. In this study, we model and optimize an agrochemcial supply chain by developing and solving a stochastic mixed-integer quadratic constrained program (MIQCP). We model and control the demand uncertainty in this scenario-based MIQCP using variance. We also apply perspective reformulation techniques to convert the MIQCP to a mixed-integer linear program (MILP). Computational experiment results from an illustrative example show that, successively introducing perspective cuts to the reformulated MILP not only leads to a tight approximation of the original MIQCP model, but is also more computationally efficient than directly solving the MIQCP.
title Stochastic Optimization of Global Agrochemical Supply Chains with Risk Management: Modeling and Reformulation
topic Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.12348