Abstract:This paper presents a model that deals with a vendor-buyer multi-product,
multi-facility and multi-customer location selection problem, which subsume a
set of manufacturer with limited production capacities situated within a
geographical area. We assume that the vendor and the buyer are coordinated by
mutually sharing information. We formulate Mixed Integer Linear Fractional
Programming (MILFP) model that maximize the ratio of return on investment of
the distribution network, and a Mixed Inte… Show more
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