Abstract:Location-routing is an extremely important problem in supply chain management. In the location-routing problem, decisions are made about the location of facilities such as distribution centers as well as the set of vehicle routes. Today, organizations seek to reduce the transportation cost by outsourcing which leads to a specific type of transportation problems called open routing. On the other hand, the growing concerns of environmental impacts have led to paying more attention to environmental issues and red… Show more
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