Construction and Solution of Siting Model of Distribution Centers Based on Genetic Algorithm

Siting is crucial for planning of distribution centers. Three factors affecting the siting of distribution center, including goods collection cost, transportation cost, and operating cost of distribution center are enumerated in this paper. Siting model is built from the perspective of minimizing the total cost. Limiting factors along with applicability of the model are discussed, and solutions are probed into as well by means of genetic algorithm.

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  • https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784413159.437
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  • © 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

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  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Authors:
  • Yu, Bin
• Conference:
  • Fourth International Conference on Transportation Engineering
  • Location: Chengdu , China
  • Date: 2013-10-19 to 2013-10-20
• Publication Date: 2013-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 3015-3020
• Monograph Title: ICTE 2013: Safety, Speediness, Intelligence, Low-Carbon, Innovation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Distribution support businesses; Genetic algorithms; Location; Operating costs; Warehousing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Distribution centers; Transportation costs
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01520183
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780784413159
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Mar 26 2014 10:15AM