Integrated Optimization of Sustainable Transportation and Inventory with Multiplayer Dynamic Game under Carbon Tax Policy

Table 2

Notations.

Notation	Meaning
	Market price
	Wholesale price
	Unit production cost
	Unit transportation cost
	Unit inventory cost
	Unit salvage cost
	Retailer’s reorder quantity
	Demand function
	Service level
	Sales effort
	Sustainable transportation level
	Sustainable inventory level
	Coefficient of the effect of sustainability on demand
	Coefficient of sustainable inventory investment
	Coefficient of sustainable transportation investment
	Emissions when sustainable transportation level is zero
	Coefficient of the effect of sustainability on transportation emissions
	Emissions when sustainable inventory level is zero
	Coefficient of the effect of sustainability on inventory emissions
	Carbon tax rate
	Coefficient of the effect of environmental damage on environmental utility
	Retailer’s profit function
	Supplier’s profit function
	Social welfare
	Economic utility
	Environmental utility