On 6/24/2010 9:13 PM, Marcos wrote:
I have a store, so I want to maximize the profit. I have all the
suppliers with diferent prices, some providers can send products to a
client an others not, this has a plus price. Some providers has a
discount over the tansport if a quantity is reached.
Sometimes its better to me receive the order and resend to the client
if I have a transport discount.
Not all the suppliers has all products for a order.
So I want to create a function which I can pass the data, and
generates all the possibilities so I can find the maximum profit.
Have I to use heuristics? Do you know some examples?.
You would not use a heuristic to generate all possibilities. You might
use one to *avoid* doing that, and still get a good, not necessarily
optimal, answer. Wikipedia has an general entry on 'heuristic'.
Algorithm books often specifically discuss heuristic algorithms.
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