Question: 7 . [ Dual Sourcing - Correct Formulation ] In order to provide a correct solution of dual sourcing, let xij be the amount of

7.[Dual Sourcing- Correct Formulation] In order to provide a correct solution of dual sourcing, let xij
be the amount of shipment made from supplier i to market j. In dual sourcing, every market j has
two suppliers I1(j) and I2(j) such that xI1(j),j + xI2(j),j = dj and xij =0 for all suppliers except for
I1(j) and I2(j). In particular, (xI1(j),j =0, xI2(j),j = dj),(xI1(j),j = dj, xI2(j),j =0) or their combination
(xI1(j),j = dj/2, xI2(j),j = dj/2) are all feasible solutions unlike the case in single sourcing. In other
words, xij= djyij in dual sourcing while the rest of the formulation is given by
m
min
s.t.
m
i=1
n
j=1
cijxij
yij 2 for each market j
i=1
n
j=1
m
i=1
xij ki for each supplier i
xij dj for each market j
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xi,j 0,yi,j in {0,1}.
Note that the formulation is incomplete because xijs are not related to yijs. Write a constraint or
more to complete the formulation

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