Study on the location of distribution center: a genetic algorithm combining mechanism of simulated annealing

Author

Cui, Guang-Bin ; Li, Yi-Jun

Author_Institution

Sch. of Manage., Harbin Inst. of Technol., China

Volume

4

fYear

2004

fDate

26-29 Aug. 2004

Firstpage

2601

Abstract

The location of distribution center (DC) is one of the most important decision issues for logistics managers. In this paper, 0-1 mixed integer linear programming model of location of distribution center of two-stage logistics chain network is given. The design tasks of this problem involve the choice of distribution center to be opened and the optimal assignment of product flow between suppliers and customers via distribution centers to meet the demand with minimum cost As the solution method, a genetic algorithm combining mechanism of simulated annealing that is proved effective in dealing with the NP-hard problem is proposed.

Keywords

facility location; genetic algorithms; integer programming; linear programming; simulated annealing; NP-hard problem; distribution center; genetic algorithm; mixed integer linear programming; simulated annealing; two-stage logistics chain network; Art; Cost function; Genetic algorithms; Logistics; Mixed integer linear programming; Production; Simulated annealing; Supply chains; Technology management; Transportation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Machine Learning and Cybernetics, 2004. Proceedings of 2004 International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8403-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMLC.2004.1382243

Filename

1382243