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The bike sharing rebalancing problem: Mathematical formulations and benchmark instances

Dell'Amico, Mauro; Hadjicostantinou, Eleni; Iori, Manuel; … - In: Omega 45 (2014) C, pp. 7-19

Bike sharing systems offer a mobility service whereby public bicycles, located at different stations across an urban area, are available for shared use. These systems contribute towards obtaining a more sustainable mobility and decreasing traffic and pollution caused by car transportation. Since...

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Planning a sustainable reverse logistics system: Balancing costs with environmental and social concerns

Ramos, Tânia Rodrigues Pereira; Gomes, Maria Isabel; … - In: Omega 48 (2014) C, pp. 60-74

strategic decisions on the number and location of depots, vehicles and containers were taken beforehand. Tactical and … routing problem with inter-depot routes. A mathematical formulation and a solution approach are proposed. An approximation to …

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Vendor managed inventory in tramp shipping

Stålhane, Magnus; Andersson, Henrik; Christiansen, Marielle - In: Omega 47 (2014) C, pp. 60-72

describing the routing and scheduling problem faced by a tramp shipping company that offers a VMI service to its customers. The … routing and scheduling problem faced by tramp shipping companies using COA. The computational results show that it is possible …

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Planning of a decentralized distribution network using bilevel optimization

Calvete, Herminia I.; Galé, Carmen; Iranzo, José A. - In: Omega 49 (2014) C, pp. 30-41

This paper proposes a bilevel optimization problem to model the planning of a distribution network that allows us to take into account how decisions made at the distribution stage of the supply chain can affect and be affected by decisions made at the manufacturing stage. Usually, the...

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Sustainable supply chain network design: An optimization-oriented review

Eskandarpour, Majid; Dejax, Pierre; Miemczyk, Joe; … - In: Omega 54 (2015) C, pp. 11-32

Supply chain network design (SCND) models and methods have been the subject of several recent literature review surveys, but none of them explicitly includes sustainable development as a main characteristic of the problem considered. The aim of this review is to bridge this gap. The paper...

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A multi-stage stochastic supply network design problem with financial decisions and risk management

Nickel, Stefan; Saldanha-da-Gama, Francisco; Ziegler, … - In: Omega 40 (2012) 5, pp. 511-524

In this paper, a multi-period supply chain network design problem is addressed. Several aspects of practical relevance … supply chain. The decisions to be made comprise the location of the facilities, the flow of commodities and the investments …

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Locating mobile facilities in railway construction management

Güden, Hüseyin; Süral, Haldun - In: Omega 45 (2014) C, pp. 71-79

The location problem with mobile facilities is motivated by a real-life railway construction project. In railway …

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Risk based facility location by using fault tree analysis in disaster management

Akgün, İbrahim; Gümüşbuğa, Ferhat; Tansel, Barbaros - In: Omega 52 (2015) C, pp. 168-179

Determining the locations of facilities for prepositioning supplies to be used during a disaster is a strategic decision that directly affects the success of disaster response operations. Locating such facilities close to the disaster-prone areas is of utmost importance to minimize response...

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