Determining the optimal food hub location in the fresh produce supply chain
Houtian Ge,
Jing Yi,
Stephan J. Goetz
et al.
Abstract:Purpose
Using recent US regional data associated with food system operations, this study aims at building optimization and econometric models to incorporate varying influential factors on food hub location decisions and generate effective facility location solutions.
Design/methodology/approach
Mathematical optimization and econometric models have been commonly used to identify hub location decisions, and each is associated with specific strengths to handle uncertainty. This paper develops an optimization mo… Show more
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