Abstract Supply Chain Management (SCM) describes the discipline of optimizing the
delivery of goods, services and information from supplier to customer. Transportation …

Fixed charge transportation problem (FCTP) is a primary and important problem which
attracts researchers in the last decade. Recently, solution approaches typically …

In this paper, we propose a genetic algorithm using priority-based encoding (pb-GA) for
linear and nonlinear fixed charge transportation problems (fcTP) in which new operators for …

Networks provide a useful way for modeling real world problems and are extensively used in
many different types of systems: communications, hydraulic, mechanical, electronic, and …

Transportation of goods in a supply chain from plants to customers through distribution
centers (DCs) is modeled as a two-stage distribution problem in the literature. In this paper …

In this paper, we consider the fixed-charge transportation problem (FCTP) in which a fixed
cost, sometimes called a setup cost, is incurred if another related variable assumes a …

In this paper, two stages of supply chain network; distribution centers (DCs) and customers,
are considered. There are customers with particular demands and potential places which …

Electronic brokerages (E-brokerages) are Internet-based organizations that enable buyers
and sellers to do business with each other. While E-brokerages have become a significant …

In this chapter, nature-inspired and evolutionary techniques (ET) will be introduced for
treating automation problems in advanced planning and scheduling, assembly line system …

This paper addresses a two-stage transportation problem with a fixed charge at depots. The
goal is to determine the best way of delivering a commodity from a set of plants to a set of …