Patent ID: 8429000
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer system comprising: a processor; and a memory, communicatively coupled to the processor; wherein the computer system is configured to perform a method of minimizing the cost of a vendor supply chain, the method comprising: identifying an objective function to be minimized related to the cost of the vendor supply chain, subject to one or more constraints, wherein the one or more constraints or the objective function is nonlinear; determining an initial feasible basis by the computing device; determining an entering variable to enter the initial feasible basis, wherein the entering variable determining that there is an exiting variable in the initial feasible basis; based on the determination that there is an exiting variable in the initial feasible basis, and while there is an exiting variable in the feasible basis, iterating over the following steps: outputting the final feasible basis.