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A graphical interface for production and transportation system modeling: PTS

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PTS is a graphical interface for production and transportation system modeling. It provides a means of creating an economic model of production and transportation activities in a system of plants and markets. The model created by PTS is translated into the GAMS language and is solved using that system. The results are then returned to PTS and are displayed graphically. PTS runs under Windows on IBM PCs and compatibles. PTS is used to (1) provide a graphical interface for knowledge-based model development systems, (2) provide a test-bed for studies of parallel model representations and (3) analyze methods of production and transportation model development which are simpler than the knowledge-based methods. The system is currently implemented for linear programming production and transportation problems. Also, the current implementation provides graphical and GAMS representations of the model.

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  1. Center for Economic Research, The University of Texas, 78712, Austin, TX, U.S.A.

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Kendrick, D.A. A graphical interface for production and transportation system modeling: PTS. Computer Science in Economics and Management 4, 229–236 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02116005

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