Using mathematical model for allocation of seedling in Seed Production: a case study

Allocation/Assignment problems are a class of problems which includes task planning, operation sharing and every problems of selection of parameters for a set of resources. In seed industry, the allocation of varieties in plots is an important and difficult issue usually handled manually. Different constraints linked to plots, varieties and producers have to be respected to allocate varieties correctly. In this paper a Mixed-Integer Program (MIP) model to solve this problem is presented. Results and perspectives are discussed at the end.