Research Article

Two-Echelon Location-Routing Problem with Time Windows and Transportation Resource Sharing

Table 2

Notations and description used in the 2E-LRPTWTRS model.

Description

Set
Set of LC and DCs, , and 0 denotes the LC
Set of DCs and
Set of customers and
Set of semitrailer trucks and
Set of delivery vehicles and
Set of sequence for transportation routes performed by truck s and
Set of sequence for distribution routes performed by vehicle and
Set of trucks serving DCs
Set of delivery vehicles serving customers
Set of DCs served by truck s in the mth transportation route,
Set of customers served by vehicle in the nth distribution route,

Parameter
Capacity of truck s
Capacity of vehicle
Capacity of DC i
Demand from DC i,
Demand from customer j,
Distance from LC or DC i to DC d,
Distance from DC or customer d to customer c,
Fuel consumption of truck s
Fuel consumption of vehicle
Diesel price
Gasoline price
Number of working periods in one year
Penalty cost per time unit for earliness
Penalty cost per time unit for delay
Time window for logistics facility ,
Time window for customer j,
Time truck s departs from LC in the mth route,
Time vehicle departs from DC i in the nth route,
Time truck s arrives at LC or DC z in the mth route,
Time vehicle arrives at DC or customer j in the nth route,
A very large number
Maintenance cost of truck s
Maintenance cost of delivery vehicle
Fixed cost of DC I,
Number of transportation routes served by truck s,
Number of distribution routes served by vehicle ,
Number of DCs served by truck s in the mth route,
Total number of customers to be served in the given distribution area
Number of customers served by vehicle in the nth route,
Number of trucks serving DCs
Number of vehicles serving customers

Decision variable
If truck s travels from logistics facility z to i in the mth route, , otherwise, ,
If vehicle travels from DC or customer d to customer c in the nth route, , otherwise, ,
If truck s travels from LC 0 to DC i,, otherwise, ,
If vehicle travels from DC i to customer j, , otherwise, ,
If truck s is used to serve customers, , otherwise,
If delivery vehicle is used to serve customers, , otherwise,
If DC i is selected to serve customers, , otherwise,
If customer j is served by DC i,, otherwise,