A multi-objective evolutionary algorithm for reverse logistics network design

作者：He Bo^*; Huang He

来源：ICIC Express Letters, Part B: Applications , 2011, 2(6): 1433-1438.

• Integer programming models
• Multi objective evolutionary algorithms
• Network design
• Numerical experiments
• Pareto optimal solutions
• Reverse logistics
• Reverse logistics network
• Reverse logistics network design
• Service levels
• Single objective
• Solution approach

The design of a network to collect the products is an important problem in reverse logistics. Most models in research are single objective models that only minimize the cost of designing the network. However, they usually involve multiple conflicting objectives, such as cost and service level in the problem. This paper proposes a bi-objective integer programming model which optimizes the cost and service level simultaneously to design a reverse logistics network. To solve the model, we design an evolutionary algorithm which can find the set of Pareto-optimal solutions. Furthermore, numerical experiments show the high performance of the solution approaches. ? 2011 ICIC International.

• 出版日期2011