Title of article
A computer-enabledsolutionprocedureforfoodwholesalersʹdistributiondecisionin cities withacirculartransportationinfrastructure
Author/Authors
Xiangpei Hu، نويسنده , , ZhengWangb، نويسنده , , MinfangHuang، نويسنده , , AmyZ.Zengc، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
ماهنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2009
Pages
9
From page
2201
To page
2209
Abstract
This paperaddressesthefooddistributiondecisionfromawholesalerʹsperspective,asthewholesalers
are oftenfacedwiththornyissuessuchaswhen,where,howtodeliverproductsatthelowestcosts
to bestsatisfytheretailersʹchangingneeds.Thisresearchreliesonadistributionproblemencountered
at NorthernGroceryCompanyinBeijingasanexampletodevelopatwo-stagesolutionprocedureand
subsequent computer-enabledprogramsforidentifyingefficientvehicleroutingalternatives.Thesolution
process, whichintegratesheuristicsearchalgorithmsandanintegerprogrammingmodel,canbeapplied
to awiderangeofdistributionproblemswithspecifiedroutedurationsandacirculartransportation
network structureasexemplifiedbyCityofBeijing.
Keywords
Optimization , Food distribution , Heuristic search technique , computer applications , Vehicle routing problem
Journal title
Computers and Operations Research
Serial Year
2009
Journal title
Computers and Operations Research
Record number
927605
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