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A Framework for Locating Logistic Facilities with Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

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Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization (EMO 2011)

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Locating logistic facilities, such as plants and distribution centres, in an optimal way, is a crucial decision for manufacturers, particularly those that are operating in large developing countries which are experiencing a process of fast economic change. Traditionally, such decisions have been supported by optimising network models, which search for the configuration with the minimum total cost. In practice, other intangible factors, which add or reduce value to a potential configuration, are also important in the location choice. We suggest in this paper an alternative way to analyse such problems, which combines the value from the topology of a network (such as total cost or resilience) with the value of its discrete nodes (such as specific benefits of a particular location). In this framework, the focus is on optimising the overall logistic value of the network. We conclude the paper by discussing how evolutionary multi-objective methods could be used for such analyses.

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  1. Management Science Group, Dept. of Management, London School of Economics, England, United Kingdom

    Gilberto Montibeller

  2. Dept. of Production Engineering, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Hugo Yoshizaki

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos 6627, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

    Ricardo H. C. Takahashi

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 208 016, Kanpur, India

    Kalyanmoy Deb

  3. Department of Computer Engineering, Centro Federal de Educaçao Tecnológica de Minas Gerais, Av. Amazonas 5253, 30421-169, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

    Elizabeth F. Wanner

  4. Faculty of Economics, University of Catania, Corso Italia 55, 95129, Catania, Italy

    Salvatore Greco

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Montibeller, G., Yoshizaki, H. (2011). A Framework for Locating Logistic Facilities with Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis. In: Takahashi, R.H.C., Deb, K., Wanner, E.F., Greco, S. (eds) Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization. EMO 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6576. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19893-9_35

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