A new Approach based on Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) to Determine the Supply Chain (SC) Design for a Product Mix.
Fuqing ZhaoJianxin TangYahong YangPublished in: J. Comput. (2012)
Keyphrases
- ant colony optimization
- supply chain
- product life cycle
- metaheuristic
- ant colony
- swarm intelligence
- aco algorithm
- supply chain management
- ant colony optimization algorithm
- traveling salesman problem
- nature inspired
- ant colonies
- market demand
- artificial ants
- life cycle
- aco algorithms
- particle swarm optimization
- bullwhip effect
- ant colony algorithm
- genetic algorithm
- decision making
- operating costs
- supplier selection
- inventory management
- lead time
- design process
- inventory control
- bi objective
- ant colony optimisation
- particle swarm optimization pso
- optimization problems
- simulated annealing
- customer demand
- network design
- service level
- electronic commerce