Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1024088 | Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review | 2008 | 20 Pages |
Abstract
This paper discusses the logistics network design for end-of-lease computer products recovery by developing a deterministic programming model for systematically managing forward and reverse logistics flows. Due to the complexity of such network design problem, a two-stage heuristic approach is developed to decompose the integrated design of the distribution networks into a location–allocation problem and a revised network flow problem. The applicability of the proposed method is illustrated in a numerical study. Computational experiments demonstrate that high-quality solutions are obtained while modest computational overheads are incurred.
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Authors
Der-Horng Lee, Meng Dong,