An evaluation of new heuristics for the location of cross-docks distribution centers in supply chain network design.
Anthony D. RossVaidyanathan JayaramanPublished in: Comput. Ind. Eng. (2008)
Keyphrases
- distribution centers
- network design problem
- network design
- supply chain
- demand points
- communication networks
- economic order quantity
- network architecture
- facility location
- approximation algorithms
- transportation networks
- reverse logistics
- search algorithm
- branch and bound
- mixed integer programming
- minimal cost
- integer programming
- decision making
- dynamic programming
- multi objective
- search space