Distance potential concept and its applications to the design of regional biomass supply chains and solving vehicle routing problems

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216305%3A26210%2F17%3APU127425" target="_blank" >RIV/00216305:26210/17:PU127425 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.12.166" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.12.166</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.12.166" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.12.166</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Distance potential concept and its applications to the design of regional biomass supply chains and solving vehicle routing problems
Original language description
This paper presents a new concept, distance potential, which is the sum of the distances from the source points to the demand point being considered (for supply chains), or the sum of the distances from the demand (customer) being considered to other demands and the depot (for vehicle routing problems). We also investigate the applications of the new concept to the design of regional biomass supply chains and solving vehicle routing problems. In designing a supply chain, the values of the distance potentials are used to determine the precedence order: the demand point with the largest distance potential value will be satisfied first. While satisfying a demand point, the source point with the shortest distance to the demand will be used first. In solving a vehicle routing problem, the new concept is used to identify the customer which should be included in the first routing to be considered. Then, the network can be designed starting from the customer identified, and based on a few heuristic rules proposed in this paper. The results obtained in this work are comparable to or even better than that obtained in the literature. It is shown that the method proposed is simple and of high computational efficiency.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
20402 - Chemical process engineering

Project
<a href="/en/project/EF15_003%2F0000456" target="_blank" >EF15_003/0000456: Sustainable Process Integration Laboratory (SPIL)</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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