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Li, J.M. Li, A.H. Varbanov, P.S. Liu, Z.Y.
Original Title
Distance potential concept and its applications to the design of regional biomass supply chains and solving vehicle routing problems
Type
journal article in Web of Science
Language
English
Original Abstract
This paper presents a new concept, distance potential, which is the sum of the distances from the source points to the demand point being considered (for supply chains), or the sum of the distances from the demand (customer) being considered to other demands and the depot (for vehicle routing problems). We also investigate the applications of the new concept to the design of regional biomass supply chains and solving vehicle routing problems. In designing a supply chain, the values of the distance potentials are used to determine the precedence order: the demand point with the largest distance potential value will be satisfied first. While satisfying a demand point, the source point with the shortest distance to the demand will be used first. In solving a vehicle routing problem, the new concept is used to identify the customer which should be included in the first routing to be considered. Then, the network can be designed starting from the customer identified, and based on a few heuristic rules proposed in this paper. The results obtained in this work are comparable to or even better than that obtained in the literature. It is shown that the method proposed is simple and of high computational efficiency.
Keywords
Biomass energy; Distance potential; Supply chain; Vehicle routing problem; Biomass; Computational efficiency; Sales; Supply chains; Vehicle routing; Vehicles; Heuristic rules; ITS applications; Potential values; Regional biomass; Source points; Vehicle Routing Problems; Problem solving
Authors
Li, J.M.; Li, A.H.; Varbanov, P.S.; Liu, Z.Y.
Released
15. 2. 2017
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd
ISBN
0959-6526
Periodical
Journal of Cleaner Production
Number
144
State
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Pages from
426
Pages to
436
Pages count
11
BibTex
@article{BUT146513, author="Li, J.M. and Li, A.H. and Varbanov, P.S. and Liu, Z.Y.", title="Distance potential concept and its applications to the design of regional biomass supply chains and solving vehicle routing problems", journal="Journal of Cleaner Production", year="2017", number="144", pages="426--436", doi="10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.12.166", issn="0959-6526" }