A new method for the selection of distribution centre locations

This paper investigates the distribution centre location problem with inaccurate information, and a general model based on a rough feasible region is established. By means of synthesizing the believable degree of the rough feasible region and objective functions, a solution model termed as rough mul...

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Main Authors: Zhou, L., Zhang, G., Liu, Wan-Quan
Format: Journal Article
Published: Oxford University Press 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59957
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author Zhou, L.
Zhang, G.
Liu, Wan-Quan
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Zhang, G.
Liu, Wan-Quan
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description This paper investigates the distribution centre location problem with inaccurate information, and a general model based on a rough feasible region is established. By means of synthesizing the believable degree of the rough feasible region and objective functions, a solution model termed as rough multi-objective synthesis effect (RMOSE) model is developed; this constitutes a series of crisp multi-objective programming models that reflect different decision consciousness for each decision maker. The optimal solutions of the RMOSE model can be obtained by using the genetic algorithm, and it is demonstrated that the solution of the RMOSE model in proper parameters is same as that of existing model with fuzzy model information. So the proposed RMOSE model is actually an extension of a crisp multi-objective programming model. Two cases of experiments for the distribution centre location problems show that the proposed method can be directly applied to real world practices and it is better than existing methods with fuzzy model information.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-599572018-07-06T02:07:41Z A new method for the selection of distribution centre locations Zhou, L. Zhang, G. Liu, Wan-Quan This paper investigates the distribution centre location problem with inaccurate information, and a general model based on a rough feasible region is established. By means of synthesizing the believable degree of the rough feasible region and objective functions, a solution model termed as rough multi-objective synthesis effect (RMOSE) model is developed; this constitutes a series of crisp multi-objective programming models that reflect different decision consciousness for each decision maker. The optimal solutions of the RMOSE model can be obtained by using the genetic algorithm, and it is demonstrated that the solution of the RMOSE model in proper parameters is same as that of existing model with fuzzy model information. So the proposed RMOSE model is actually an extension of a crisp multi-objective programming model. Two cases of experiments for the distribution centre location problems show that the proposed method can be directly applied to real world practices and it is better than existing methods with fuzzy model information. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59957 10.1093/imaman/dpv021 Oxford University Press restricted
spellingShingle Zhou, L.
Zhang, G.
Liu, Wan-Quan
A new method for the selection of distribution centre locations
title A new method for the selection of distribution centre locations
title_full A new method for the selection of distribution centre locations
title_fullStr A new method for the selection of distribution centre locations
title_full_unstemmed A new method for the selection of distribution centre locations
title_short A new method for the selection of distribution centre locations
title_sort new method for the selection of distribution centre locations
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59957