Database structures for a class of mathematical programming models

The maintenance of large-scale mathematical programming model has long been recognized to involve a substantial task of data management. This paper aims to elucidate some of the principles of database construction for large-scale mathematical programming, by use of a linear programming example that incorporates aspects of production and network models. Two likely algebraic formations are described, and are shown to correspond to relational and hierarchical database schemes that have contrasting strengths and weaknesses