An efficient algorithm for evaluating logistics network reliability subject to distribution cost

An efficient algorithm for evaluating logistics network reliability subject to distribution cost

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Article ID: iaor20141962
Volume: 67
Issue: 11
Start Page Number: 175
End Page Number: 189
Publication Date: Jul 2014
Journal: Transportation Research Part E
Authors: , ,
Keywords: demand, quality & reliability
Abstract:

This paper presents a (d, c)‐minimal paths based algorithm to evaluate the reliability index R ( d,c ), defined as the probability that the source distributes a demand d successfully to the destination with the total distribution cost not exceeding budget constraint c. The proposed algorithm employs two schemes to reduce the search space of (d, c)‐minimal paths: (1) by proposing some conditions, an improved method for solving (d, c)‐minimal paths is developed; (2) an existing decomposition technique is applied to limit the search space. Computational results show a clear advantage of the proposed algorithm in seeking (d, c)‐minimal paths.

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