MINIMIZATION OF LOGISTIC COSTS WITH GIVEN FREQUENCIES

Authors
BERTAZZI L SPERANZA MG UKOVICH W
Citation
L. Bertazzi et al., MINIMIZATION OF LOGISTIC COSTS WITH GIVEN FREQUENCIES, Transportation research. Part B: methodological, 31(4), 1997, pp. 327-340
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Transportation,"Operatione Research & Management Science","Engineering, Civil
Journal title
Transportation research. Part B: methodological → ACNP
ISSN journal
01912615
Volume
31
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
327 - 340
Database
ISI
SICI code
0191-2615(1997)31:4<327:MOLCWG>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We study the problem of shipping products from one origin to several d estinations, when a given set of possible shipping frequencies is avai lable. The objective of the problem is the minimization of the transpo rtation and inventory costs. We present different heuristic algorithms and test them on a set of randomly generated problem instances. The h euristics are based upon the idea of solving, in a first phase, single link problems, and of locally improving the solution in subsequent ph ases. (C) 1997 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.