Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/188645 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management (JIEM) [ISSN:] 2013-0953 [Volume:] 7 [Issue:] 5 [Publisher:] OmniaScience [Place:] Barcelona [Year:] 2014 [Pages:] 1097-1111
Publisher: 
OmniaScience, Barcelona
Abstract: 
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to choose a optimal routing in fourth party logistics (4PL) with the objective of transportation cost minimization under reliability level constraint. Design/methodology/approach: Reliability theory is applied to routing optimization problem. A mathematical model of the 4PL routing optimization problem with reliability constraints is built, which aims to find a route at the minimum cost. Due to the 4PL routing problem is NP-hard, two algorithms are designed: Messy Genetic Algorithm (Messy GA) and Enumeration Algorithm (EA). Findings: Through the model and algorithm, 4PL company can obtain the optimal solution quickly and effectively, according to customer's reliability requirements. Practical implications : We give an example for test the effectiveness of the method and the algorithm. Originality/value: In this paper, we put objective factors that cause disturbances of transportation time into consideration, and reliability theory is applied to 4PL routing optimization problem. A Messy GA with double arrays encoding method is designed to solve the problem.
Subjects: 
fourth party logistics
reliability constraints
routing optimization
Messy Genetic Algorithm
Enumeration Algorithm
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Document Type: 
Article

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