Developing a hybrid algorithm for distribution network design problem

نویسندگان

  • Z. Firoozi
  • S. H. Tang
  • M. K. M. A. Ariffin
چکیده

Distribution network design is one of the important issues in supply chain management. Two important sub-problems of distribution network design are inventory and location decisions. Traditional approaches considered inventory and location decisions separately which might result in suboptimal solutions. This paper considers the design of a distribution network and simultaneously determines the inventory and location decisions. The problem is formulated as a non linear mixed integer mathematical model and a hybrid heuristic algorithm, based on simulated annealing is developed to solve the model. The proposed algorithm finds optimal or near optimal solution in a reasonable computational time.

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تاریخ انتشار 2011