The fixed-charge transportation problem is an interesting problem in its own right. This paper further motivates its study by showing that it is both a special case and a strong relaxation of the big-bucket multi-item lot-sizing problem. We then provide a polyhedral analysis of the polynomially solvable special case in which the associated bipartite graph is a path. We give a O(n 3)-time optimi...

In this technical report, we study the multiple-sink fixed-charge transportation problem (MSFCTP), which arises frequently in application areas of scheduling and cost control, such as facility planning, capital budgeting, resource allocation, buffer allocation, pollution control, etc. The MSFCTP problem involves the distribution from a set of supply centers (sources) to a set of demand centers ...

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In this contribution, for the first time, an efficient model of multi-objective product blending fixed-charge transportation problem with truck load constraints through transfer station is formulated. Transfer inserts cost and type-I fixed-charge. Our aim to analyze extra that treats as type-II in designed required when amount items exceeds capacity vehicle fulfilling shipment by more than one ...

This paper presents a numerical calculation of the evolution of the spatially-resolved solid concentration in the two electrodes of a lithium-ion cell. The microscopic solid concentration is driven by the macroscopic Butler Volmer current density distribution which is consequently driven by the applied current through the boundary conditions. The resulting, mostlycausal, implementation of the a...

Centralizing and using proper transportation facilities cut down costs and traffic. Hub facilities concentrate on flows to cause economic advantage of scale and multimodal transportation helps use the advantage of another transporter. A distinctive feature of this paper is proposing a new mathematical formulation for a three-stage p-hub location routing problem with simultaneous pick-ups and de...

 Sequence dependent set-up times scheduling problems (SDSTs), availability constraint and transportation times are interesting and important issues in production management, which are often addressed separately. In this paper, the SDSTs job shop scheduling problem with position-based learning effects, job-dependent transportation times and multiple preventive maintenance activities is studied. ...