Reducing Transportation Costs in Distribution Networks
Publication Type
Conference Proceeding Article
Publication Date
2006
Abstract
In this work, we model the conflicting objectives in a distribution network, i.e. trade-offs between transportation costs, inventory and time scheduling requirements. Transportation costs include time costs, truck setup costs, and the number of trucks used. The model is formulated as an integer program and a solution of two-stage metaheuristic is provided. Computational experiments are conducted to test the algorithms.
Keywords
genetic algorithm, heuristic search, inventory, transportation scheduling
Discipline
Operations and Supply Chain Management
Research Areas
Operations Management
Publication
Advances in Applied Artificial Intelligence: 19th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering and Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems, IEA/AIE 2006, Annecy, France, June 27-30, 2006. Proceedings
Volume
4031
First Page
1138
Last Page
1148
ISBN
9783540354543
Identifier
10.1007/11779568_121
Publisher
Springer
City or Country
Annecy, France
Citation
LI, Xi; LIM, Andrew; MIAO, Zhaowei; and RODRIGUES, Brian.
Reducing Transportation Costs in Distribution Networks. (2006). Advances in Applied Artificial Intelligence: 19th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering and Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems, IEA/AIE 2006, Annecy, France, June 27-30, 2006. Proceedings. 4031, 1138-1148.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/591