Thisbookstudiesthetwo-echelonlogisticsmulti-centerjointdistributionproblem,andthetwo-echelonlogisticsmulti-centerjointdistributionnetworkoptimizationinvolvingfacilitylocation,vehicleroutesschedulingandprofitallocationformultipledistributioncenters.Thisisessentiallyacombinationalandcooperativegameoptimizationproblemsetoserveanumberofcustomerswithasetoflocationselectionsandafleetofvehicles,andtoallocateprofitsamongmultiplecenters.Therefore,thisbookestablishesthetwo-echelonlogisticsmulti-centerjointdistributionnetworkoptimizationframeworkcontainingfacilitylocation,customerclustering,logisticsdistributionregionpartitioning,vehicleroutingproblemandmulti-centerjointdistributionprofitallocation,etc.Thecloserelationshipsamongthechaptersarefurtherdiscussed,andtheactualcasestudyandstandarddatasetsareusedforcomputationandanalysis. |