Research Article

Forward supply Chain network design problem: Heuristic approaches

Volume: 24 Number: 4 August 17, 2018
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Forward supply Chain network design problem: Heuristic approaches

Abstract

Determining positions and counting of actors, amount of product flow between and decreasing transportation costs are handled as a network design problem in supply chain management. Supply chain network design (SCND) problem belongs to the class of NP-hard problems. It has therefore appealed to a number of researchers’ close attention. However, existing literature lacks of common benchmark instances for forward SCND problems so as to make a fair comparison between developed and applied heuristic approaches. To this end, 450 new benchmark instances ranging from small to large size for forward SCND problems with two, three and four-echelon are generated and a mathematical model for each of the problems is formulated. Due to the complexity issues, we develop two heuristic solution approaches, genetic algorithm (GA) and hybrid heuristic algorithm (HHA), and we apply them to the large pool of benchmark instances. Comparative experiments show that both the GA and HHA can yield feasible solutions in much less computational time and, in particular, outperforms CPLEX regarding the solution quality as the number of echelon grows.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

August 17, 2018

Submission Date

November 28, 2017

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2018 Volume: 24 Number: 4

APA
Koç, Ç., Özceylan, E., Kesen, S. E., Çil, Z. A., & Mete, S. (2018). Forward supply Chain network design problem: Heuristic approaches. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi, 24(4), 749-763. https://izlik.org/JA58NN74JC
AMA
1.Koç Ç, Özceylan E, Kesen SE, Çil ZA, Mete S. Forward supply Chain network design problem: Heuristic approaches. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi. 2018;24(4):749-763. https://izlik.org/JA58NN74JC
Chicago
Koç, Çağrı, Eren Özceylan, Saadettin Erhan Kesen, Zeynel Abidin Çil, and Süleyman Mete. 2018. “Forward Supply Chain Network Design Problem: Heuristic Approaches”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi 24 (4): 749-63. https://izlik.org/JA58NN74JC.
EndNote
Koç Ç, Özceylan E, Kesen SE, Çil ZA, Mete S (August 1, 2018) Forward supply Chain network design problem: Heuristic approaches. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi 24 4 749–763.
IEEE
[1]Ç. Koç, E. Özceylan, S. E. Kesen, Z. A. Çil, and S. Mete, “Forward supply Chain network design problem: Heuristic approaches”, Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 749–763, Aug. 2018, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA58NN74JC
ISNAD
Koç, Çağrı - Özceylan, Eren - Kesen, Saadettin Erhan - Çil, Zeynel Abidin - Mete, Süleyman. “Forward Supply Chain Network Design Problem: Heuristic Approaches”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi 24/4 (August 1, 2018): 749-763. https://izlik.org/JA58NN74JC.
JAMA
1.Koç Ç, Özceylan E, Kesen SE, Çil ZA, Mete S. Forward supply Chain network design problem: Heuristic approaches. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi. 2018;24:749–763.
MLA
Koç, Çağrı, et al. “Forward Supply Chain Network Design Problem: Heuristic Approaches”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 24, no. 4, Aug. 2018, pp. 749-63, https://izlik.org/JA58NN74JC.
Vancouver
1.Çağrı Koç, Eren Özceylan, Saadettin Erhan Kesen, Zeynel Abidin Çil, Süleyman Mete. Forward supply Chain network design problem: Heuristic approaches. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi [Internet]. 2018 Aug. 1;24(4):749-63. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA58NN74JC