Simulation-based heuristic method for container supply chain network optimization

• Published in: Advanced engineering informatics Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 339 - 354
• Main Authors: He, Junliang, Huang, Youfang, Chang, Daofang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2015
• Subjects: Computer simulation; Container supply chain; Containers; Genetic algorithm; Genetic algorithms; Heuristic methods; Mathematical models; Network architecture; Networks; Particle swarm optimization; Searching; Simulation-based heuristic method; Supply chains; Network architecture; Container supply chain; Simulation-based heuristic method; Genetic algorithm; Particle swarm optimization

•We propose a novel idea that considers optimization problem of multi-echelon container supply chain network.•We develop a mixed integer programming model to minimize the total container supply chain service cost.•We propose a simulation-based heuristic method to efficiently solve the problem. With...