Today efficient commodity management seems impossible without the support of intelligent systems and computing based on mathematical models of commodity flow assignment since a modern market network is a large-scale system with many elements. The present paper is devoted to the equilibrium commodity flow assignment problem, which solution is valuable from decision-making perspectives. The paper attempts to fill the gap in the analytical relations between the equilibrium commodity assignment pattern and demand-supply parameters. We study commodity assignment in the case of linear demand, supply, and transportation functions. The problem is formulated in a form of nonlinear optimization program with dual variables reflecting supply and demand prices. The equilibrium commodity assignment pattern is obtained explicitly via equilibrium prices. For simple networks of three and four nodes we are lucky to obtain explicit conditions for identification of active commodity flows. In other words, once the demand-supply parameters are given, then active commodity flows can be identified explicitly.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationArtificial Intelligence in Intelligent Systems - Proceedings of 10th Computer Science On-line Conference, 2021
EditorsRadek Silhavy
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages337-346
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9783030774448
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Event10th Computer Science Online Conference, CSOC 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 1 Apr 20211 Apr 2021

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Volume229
ISSN (Print)2367-3370
ISSN (Electronic)2367-3389

Conference

Conference10th Computer Science Online Conference, CSOC 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period1/04/211/04/21

    Research areas

  • Equilibrium commodity assignment, Multi-commodity network, Nonlinear optimization

    Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Signal Processing
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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