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Resource distribution in hierarchical systems is formulated as a multiindex linear programming problem under transport-type constraints. Conditions under which this problem is reduced to the determination of the minimal-cost circulation in a transport network are stated.
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Original Russian Text © L.G. Afraimovich, M.Kh. Pributskii, 2006, published in Avtomatika i Telemekhanika, 2006, No. 6, pp. 194–205.
This paper was recommended for publication by P.Yu. Chebotarev, a member of the Editorial Board
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Afraimovich, L.G., Prilutskii, M.K. Multiindex resource distributions for hierarchical systems. Autom Remote Control 67, 1007–1016 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0005117906060130
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