The effect of ignoring routes when locating depots
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: The effect of ignoring routes when locating depots
zbMATH Open document ID: 0658.90050
DOI: 10.1016/0377-2217(89)90188-4
author: Said Salhi
author: Graham K. Rand
published in: European Journal of Operational Research
publication date: 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: In physical distribution the location of depots and vehicle routes are interdependent problems, but they are usually treated independently. Here, we evaluate the effect of ignoring routeing when locating depots by using a two stage process (location and routeing. Using data from standard problems, it is shown that the best solution after the location stage does not necessarily generate the lowest cost solution after the routeing stage. This feature is found both when the best locations obtained from a variety of methods are compared, and when a single method is evaluated for different numbers of depots. A sensible way to determine the best combination of methods used in location and routeing is proposed.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 90B35
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 90B05
zbMATH DE Number: 4076949
zbMATH Keywords: logistics
zbMATH Keywords: distribution
zbMATH Keywords: two stage process
zbMATH Keywords: location and routeing
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: 0377-2217(89)90188-4
OpenAlex ID: W2024938364
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description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4076949