The design of the distribution system is a strategic issue for almost every company. The
problem of locating facilities and allocating customers covers the core topics of distribution …

The location‐routing problem (LRP) and its variants have been studied extensively over the
past few years. The number of articles has grown more than ever, since the last surveys …

This book has arisen out of a conference on Applied Decision Technologies (ADT95) run by
UNICOM Seminars and held in London in April 1995. There are eighteen research papers …

The present study extends a multi-objective mathematical model in the context of industrial
hazardous waste management, which covers the integrated decisions of three levels with …

This paper is a survey of location-routing: a relatively new branch of locational analysis that
takes into account vehicle routing aspects. We propose a classification scheme and look at a …

Sustainable supply chain management is a topical area which is continuing to grow and
evolve. Within supply chains, downstream distribution from producers to customers plays a …

The mathematical science of facility siting has attracted much research in discrete and
continuous optimization over nearly four decades. Investigators have focused on both …

This paper examines a class of asymmetrical multi-depot vehicle routing problems and
location-routing problems, under capacity or maximum cost restrictions. By using an …

The effective distribution of critical relief in post disaster plays a crucial role in post-
earthquake rescue operations. The location of distribution centers and vehicle routing in the …

In physical distribution the location of depots and vehicle routes are interdependent
problems, but they are usually treated independently. Here, we evaluate the effect of …