Research Reports from the Department of Operations
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
1-1-1988
Abstract
This paper develops a methodology for: The joint planning of activities by several cooperating but independent producers, where such cooperation can have synergistic results and an equitable distribution of the benefits resulting from the activities executed according to the above plan. The first objective is addressed using multilevel optimization techniques and the second using concepts from Rawls' theory of distributive justice, Aumann-Shapley prices and methodologies of Billera and Heath and of Mirman and Tauman which rendered the above operational. Although the paper focuses on agricultural cooperatives it points out potential applications in the health services and in the public sectors.
Keywords
Operations research, Cooperative societies--Planning, Agricultural cooperative credit associations, Distributive justice, Game theory, Resource allocation, Public administration, Health services administration
Publication Title
Technical Memorandums from the Department of Operations, School of Management, Case Western Reserve University
Issue
Technical memorandum no. 638
Rights
This work is in the public domain and may be freely downloaded for personal or academic use
Recommended Citation
Tsafrir, Asher; Talpaz, Hovav; and Reisman, Arnold, "Coordination of Multilevel Optimization and Benefit Allocation for Cooperating Producers with Emphasis on Agricultural Integration" (1988). Research Reports from the Department of Operations. 104.
https://commons.case.edu/wsom-ops-reports/104
