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Using Chance-Constrained Programming for Animal Feed Formulation at Agway

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  • William B. Roush

    (Poultry Science Department, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802)

  • Robert H. Stock

    (Agriculture Group, Agway, Inc., Syracuse, New York 13221-4741)

  • Terri L. Cravener

    (Poultry Science Department, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802)

  • Thomas H. D'Alfonso

    (Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802)

Abstract

Agway uses chance-constrained programming to formulate commercial feeds for animals. The finished feeds averaged 40 percent greater nutritional consistency and were lower in cost than feeds formulated by traditional linear programming with a margin of safety. Formulating animal feeds by chance-constrained programming saves Agway, Inc. more than $250,000 per year.

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  • William B. Roush & Robert H. Stock & Terri L. Cravener & Thomas H. D'Alfonso, 1994. "Using Chance-Constrained Programming for Animal Feed Formulation at Agway," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 24(2), pages 53-58, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:24:y:1994:i:2:p:53-58
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.24.2.53
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    1. Andrés Weintraub & Carlos Romero, 2006. "Operations Research Models and the Management of Agricultural and Forestry Resources: A Review and Comparison," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 36(5), pages 446-457, October.
    2. T Peña & P Lara & C Castrodeza, 2009. "Multiobjective stochastic programming for feed formulation," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 60(12), pages 1738-1748, December.
    3. Frederic H. Murphy, 2005. "ASP, The Art and Science of Practice: Elements of a Theory of the Practice of Operations Research: Expertise in Practice," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 35(4), pages 313-322, August.
    4. Yi Zhao & Ronghui Liu & Xi Zhang & Anthony Whiteing, 2018. "A chance-constrained stochastic approach to intermodal container routing problems," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(2), pages 1-22, February.

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