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Assessing the Reliability of a Multistate Logistics Network under the Transportation Cost Constraint
Joint Authors
Source
Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-08-28
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Reliability and transportation cost are two important indicators to measure the performance of logistics network.
As a combination of reliability and transportation cost, the performance index R ( d , c ) of logistics network is defined as the probability that at least d units of flow demand can be successfully transmitted from the source to the destination with the total transportation cost less than or equal to c .
In this paper, an algorithm is developed to calculate R ( d , c ) in terms of ( d , c ) -minimal paths ( ( d , c ) -MPs for short).
The proposed algorithm employs a decomposition technique to divide the search space of ( d , c ) -MPs such that the search space of ( d , c ) -MPs can be dramatically reduced, and thereby ( d , c ) -MPs can be efficiently obtained.
An example is provided to illustrate the proposed algorithm.
Finally, computational experiments conducted on one benchmark network indicate that the proposed method has an advantage over the existing methods.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Zeng, Qi& Xu, Xiu-Zhen. 2016. Assessing the Reliability of a Multistate Logistics Network under the Transportation Cost Constraint. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1103360
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Zeng, Qi& Xu, Xiu-Zhen. Assessing the Reliability of a Multistate Logistics Network under the Transportation Cost Constraint. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1103360
American Medical Association (AMA)
Zeng, Qi& Xu, Xiu-Zhen. Assessing the Reliability of a Multistate Logistics Network under the Transportation Cost Constraint. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1103360
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1103360