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Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 409869, 12 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/409869
Modeling and Optimization of Inventory-Distribution Routing Problem for Agriculture Products Supply Chain
1School of Control Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China
2School of Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China
Received 9 November 2012; Accepted 24 January 2013
Academic Editor: Xiang Li
Copyright © 2013 Li Liao et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Mathematical models of inventory-distribution routing problem for two-echelon agriculture products distribution network are established, which are based on two management modes, franchise chain and regular chain, one-to-many, interval periodic order, demand depending on inventory, deteriorating treatment cost of agriculture products, start-up costs of vehicles and so forth. Then, a heuristic adaptive genetic algorithm is presented for the model of franchise chain. For the regular chain model, a two-layer genetic algorithm based on oddment modification is proposed, in which the upper layer is to determine the distribution period and quantity and the lower layer is to seek the optimal order cycle, quantity, distribution routes, and the rational oddment modification number for the distributor. By simulation experiments, the validity of the algorithms is demonstrated, and the two management modes are compared.