Research Article

Designing a Multistage Supply Chain in Cross-Stage Reverse Logistics Environments: Application of Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithms

Table 15

The third period transportation plan by PSOA_IWM.

FromToStage 1Stage 2Stage 3Stage 4
1.11.21.32.12.22.32.43.13.23.33.43.54.14.24.34.44.54.6

Stage 11.1227244873
1.21747065
1.39007388437

Stage 22.1733133156180239383
2.2422317212114423496
2.324145066270
2.421030733371

Stage 33.15012214041291113464
3.2320202143100535749
3.310101000817550139107
3.4013004080504917436125
3.515013111801726427077

Stage 44.1111002111010
4.2010001001000
4.3102000300201
4.4200001000010
4.5302300130100
4.6102101001001

Demand250300400300350400

Bold data are the reverse transportation volumes.