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Distance potential concept and its applications to the design of regional biomass supply chains and solving vehicle routing problems

Li, J.M. Li, A.H. Varbanov, P.S. Liu, Z.Y.

Originální název

Distance potential concept and its applications to the design of regional biomass supply chains and solving vehicle routing problems

Typ

článek v časopise ve Web of Science, Jimp

Jazyk

angličtina

Originální abstrakt

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.

Klíčová slova

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

Autoři

Li, J.M.; Li, A.H.; Varbanov, P.S.; Liu, Z.Y.

Vydáno

15. 2. 2017

Nakladatel

Elsevier Ltd

ISSN

0959-6526

Periodikum

Journal of Cleaner Production

Číslo

144

Stát

Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Strany od

426

Strany do

436

Strany počet

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"
}