Editing Combinatorial optimization (section)

==Applications==
Basic applications of combinatorial optimization include, but are not limited to:

* [[Logistics]]<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1007/s10288-007-0047-3|title=Combinatorial optimization and Green Logistics|journal=4OR|volume=5|issue=2|pages=99–116|year=2007|last1=Sbihi|first1=Abdelkader|last2=Eglese|first2=Richard W.|s2cid=207070217|url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00644076/file/COGL_4or.pdf|access-date=2019-12-26|archive-date=2019-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226162210/https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00644076/file/COGL_4or.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Supply chain optimization]]<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1016/j.omega.2015.01.006|title=Sustainable supply chain network design: An optimization-oriented review|journal=Omega|volume=54|pages=11–32|year=2015|last1=Eskandarpour|first1=Majid|last2=Dejax|first2=Pierre|last3=Miemczyk|first3=Joe|last4=Péton|first4=Olivier|url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01154605/file/eskandarpour-et-al%20review%20R2.pdf|access-date=2019-12-26|archive-date=2019-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226162207/https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01154605/file/eskandarpour-et-al%2520review%2520R2.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Developing the best airline network of spokes and destinations
* Deciding which taxis in a fleet to route to pick up fares
* Determining the optimal way to deliver packages
* Allocating jobs to people optimally
* Designing water distribution networks
* [[Earth science]] problems (e.g. [[reservoir]] flow-rates)<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1016/j.advwatres.2018.10.002|title=Estimating fluid flow rates through fracture networks using combinatorial optimization|journal=Advances in Water Resources|year=2018|last1=Hobé|first1=Alex|last2=Vogler|first2=Daniel|last3=Seybold|first3=Martin P.|last4=Ebigbo|first4=Anozie|last5=Settgast|first5=Randolph R.|last6=Saar|first6=Martin O.|volume=122|pages=85–97|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0309170818300666|arxiv=1801.08321|bibcode=2018AdWR..122...85H|s2cid=119476042|access-date=2020-09-16|archive-date=2020-08-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821114559/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0309170818300666|url-status=live}}</ref>