Article ID: | iaor2013772 |
Volume: | 40 |
Issue: | 4 |
Start Page Number: | 901 |
End Page Number: | 909 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2013 |
Journal: | Computers and Operations Research |
Authors: | Zeng Bo, Savachkin Alex, Li Qingwei |
Keywords: | combinatorial optimization, programming: integer |
Distribution networks have been facing an increased exposure to risk of unpredicted disruptions causing significant economic forfeitures. At the same time, the existing literature features very few studies which examine the impact of facility fortification for improving network reliability. In this paper, we present two related models for design of reliable distribution networks: a reliable