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Integrated low-carbon location-routing method for the demand side of a product distribution supply chain: a DoE-guided MOPSO optimiser-based solution approach

Validi, Sahar, Bhattacharya, Arijit and Byrne, P.J. orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-4446-1509 (2014) Integrated low-carbon location-routing method for the demand side of a product distribution supply chain: a DoE-guided MOPSO optimiser-based solution approach. International Journal of Production Research, 52 (10). pp. 3074-3096. ISSN 0020-7543

Abstract
This article contributes to location-routing literature on three inter-linked aspects viz., formulation of a novel integrated low-carbon/green location-routing model for the demand side of a Supply Chain (SC) with a single product and multiple consumers, i.e., Drop-off Points (DoPs), a novel and robust solution approach through a Design of Experiment (DoE)-guided Multiple-Objective Particle Swarm Optimisation (MOPSO) optimiser and exhaustive analysis of the location-routing solutions (i.e., prioritisation, ranking and scenario analysis). The total costs, CO2 emission and the traversed distances of the vehicles during transportation are optimised. The optimisation model for the strategic decision-making is formulated by effectively integrating the 0-1 mixed-integer programming with a green constraint based on Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). Due to the computationally NP-hard characteristic of the model a systematic and technically robust DoE-guided solution approach is designed using a commercial solver – modeFRONTIER® . DoE guides the solution through the MOPSO optimiser in order to eliminate the un-realistic set of feasible and optimal solution sets. A popular multi-attribute decision-making approach, TOPSIS, evaluates the solutions found from the Pareto optimal solution space of the solver. Finally decision-makers’ preferences are analysed for monitoring the changes in the controlling parameters with respect to the changes in the decisions. A scenario analysis of the location-routing events by considering alternative possible outcomes is also conducted. It is found that the implemented methodology successfully routes the vehicles with optimal costs and low-carbon emission thus contributing to greening the environment on the demand side of a SC network.
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Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Low-carbon; Multi-objective distribution system; Two-layer supply chain network; Single product; Transportation; Particle swarm optimisation
Subjects:UNSPECIFIED
DCU Faculties and Centres:UNSPECIFIED
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Official URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2013.864054
Copyright Information:© 2014 Taylor & Francis This is an electronic version of an article published in 'International Journal of Production Research' available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2013.864054
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:20873
Deposited On:23 Oct 2015 11:09 by Pj Byrne . Last Modified 25 Nov 2020 13:30
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