A Physarum-Inspired Approach to Optimal Supply Chain Network Design at Minimum Total Cost with Demand Satisfaction.
Xiaoge ZhangAndrew AdamatzkyXin-She YangHai YangSankaran MahadevanYong DengPublished in: CoRR (2014)
Keyphrases
- supply chain
- network design
- economic order quantity
- inventory management
- uncertain demand
- lead time
- bullwhip effect
- inventory policy
- minimum total cost
- inventory control
- capacity planning
- reverse logistics
- supply chain management
- total cost
- operating costs
- customer demand
- planning horizon
- order quantity
- replenishment policy
- communication networks
- single item
- single product
- production capacity
- network design problem
- holding cost
- decision making
- dual sourcing
- inventory holding
- inventory models
- inventory systems
- network architecture
- demand uncertainty
- service level
- minimum cost
- expected profit
- inventory level
- state dependent
- pricing mechanism
- dynamic programming