A partition approach to the inventory/routing problem

doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2005.11.030

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	A partition approach to the inventory/routing problem
	Zhao, Qiu-Hong ; Wang, Shou-Yang ; Lai, K. K.
	2007-03-01
发表期刊	EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
ISSN	0377-2217
卷号	177 期号:2 页码:786-802
摘要	In this study we focus on the integration of inventory control and vehicle routing schedules for a distribution system in which the warehouse is responsible for the replenishment of a single item to the retailers with demands occurring at a specific constant (but retailer-dependent) rate, combining deliveries into efficient routes. This research proposes a fixed partition policy for this type of problem, in which the replenishment interval of each of the retailers' partition region as well as the warehouse is accorded the power of two (POT) principle. A lower bound of the long-run average cost of any feasible strategy for the considered distribution system is drawn. And a tabu search algorithm is designed to find the retailers' optimal partition regions under the fixed partition policy proposed. Computational results reveal the effectiveness of the policy as well as of the algorithm. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
关键词	distribution system inventory control and vehicle routing schedules partition approach tabu search algorithm
DOI	10.1016/j.ejor.2005.11.030
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Business & Economics ; Operations Research & Management Science
WOS类目	Management ; Operations Research & Management Science
WOS记录号	WOS:000242302200009
出版者	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.amss.ac.cn/handle/2S8OKBNM/5072
专题	中国科学院数学与系统科学研究院
通讯作者	Lai, K. K.
作者单位	1.City Univ Hong Kong, Dept Management Sci, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Acad Math & Syst Sci, Inst Syst Sci, Beijing 100080, Peoples R China 3.Beihang Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhao, Qiu-Hong,Wang, Shou-Yang,Lai, K. K.. A partition approach to the inventory/routing problem[J]. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH,2007,177(2):786-802.
APA	Zhao, Qiu-Hong,Wang, Shou-Yang,&Lai, K. K..(2007).A partition approach to the inventory/routing problem.EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH,177(2),786-802.
MLA	Zhao, Qiu-Hong,et al."A partition approach to the inventory/routing problem".EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH 177.2(2007):786-802.