The Factory Must Grow: Automation in Factorio

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Efficient optimization of resources is paramount to success in many problems faced today.

• In the field of operational research the efficient scheduling of employees; packing of vans; routing of vehicles; logistics of airlines and transport of materials can be the difference between emission reduction or excess, profits or losses and feasibility or unworkable solutions.
• The video game Factorio, by Wube Software, has a myriad of problems which are analogous to such real-world problems, and is a useful simulator for developing solutions for these problems.
• In this paper we define the logistic transport belt problem and define mathematical integer programming model of it.