Combining Two Heuristics to solve a Supply Chain Optimization Problem

• Main Authors: Lau, Hoong Chuin, SONG, Yuyue
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2002
• Subjects: Meta-Heuristics; Planning; Scheduling; Search; Computer Sciences; Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/1120; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/2119/viewcontent/LauCHECAI2002p0581.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In this paper, we consider a real-life supply chain optimization problem concerned with supplying a product from multiple warehouses to multiple geographically dispersed retailers. Each retailer faces a deterministic and period-dependent demand over some finite planning horizon. The demand of each re...