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Amir-Mohammad Golmohammadi, Hamidreza Abedsoltan, Volume 14, Issue 2 (12-2023)
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Enhancing the efficacy and productivity of transportation system has been on the most common issues in recent decades, noteworthy to the industrial managers and expert so that the products are delivered to the clients at right time and the least costs. Therefore, there are two important issues; one is to create hub as the as intermediaries for streaming from multiple origins to multiple destinations and also responding to the tours of every hub at the proper time. The other is a route where the vehicles should pay at time window of each destination node. On the other hand, these problems may cause cost differences between hub and interruption of their balance. Accordingly, this paper presents a model dealing with cost balancing among the vehicles as well as reducing the total cost of the system. Given the multi-objective and NP-Hard nature of the issue, a multi-objective imperialist competitive algorithm (MOICA) is suggested to provide Pareto solutions. The provided solutions are at small, average and large scales are compared with the solutions provided by Non-Dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm (NSGA-II) algorithm. Then, its performance is determined using the index for evaluating the algorithm performance efficacy to solve the problem at large dimensions.
Dr Amir-Mohammad Golmohammadi, Volume 16, Issue 1 (3-2025)
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Facility location and routing problems have attracted significant research attention since the 1960s due to their practical relevance and complexity. Efficiently establishing production facilities, optimizing vehicle routes, and implementing effective inventory systems are essential for improving organizational performance. In this study, we propose an integrated location-routing model for the pharmaceutical supply chain, designed to satisfy all retailer demands through an appropriate inventory policy, ensuring no demand is unmet. The proposed mixed-integer mathematical model considers a four-tier supply chain, including manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers, with the objective of establishing cost-effective warehouses while fulfilling all demand requirements. Demand uncertainty is addressed using a scenario-based probabilistic approach. The model is solved using GAMS for a small-scale case study. For larger-scale instances, where exact solutions are computationally challenging, a meta-heuristic approach—specifically, a genetic algorithm—is employed to efficiently obtain near-optimal solutions.
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