Abstract:To investigate highway petrol station replenishment in initiative distribution mode, this paper develops a mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) model with minimal operational costs that includes loading costs, unloading costs, transport costs and the costs caused by unpunctual distribution. Based on discrete representation, the working day is divided into equal time intervals, and the truck distribution process is decomposed into a pair of tasks including driving, standby, rest, loading and unloading. Each … Show more
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