Article ID: | iaor20063073 |
Country: | China |
Volume: | 14 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page Number: | 88 |
End Page Number: | 91 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2005 |
Journal: | Systems Engineering Theory Methodology Applications |
Authors: | Du Wen, Liang Zhijie, Wen Jun |
Keywords: | optimization: simulated annealing |
During the last decades, many heuristic procedures for the joint replenishment problem have appeared in the literature. These procedures are based on the enumerative approach. In this paper we present an optimal approach based on simulated annealing theory. By this approach we can find a small deviation from the optimal value. The results of the example indicate that the algorithm can more effectively solve the problem.