Optimization Model Research for Transportation and Distribution of Perishable Product Based on Indefinite Theory

Lele Wang

Abstract


In the paper, the production and distribution models under two circumstances are established according to production and distribution features of the perishable product with the uncertain product demand, punishment for early and late distribution time window and the deterioration rate of product. The research indicates that for perishable product, the supplier generally is more concerned about the deterioration rate of perishable product than the average loading rate and is willing to use more vehicles to prevent deterioration. More used vehicles will make the production time and the required transportation time for each vehicle shorter which will further cause less deterioration, but the vehicle start cost will increase, so it is required to weigh various parts in practice. The conditions considered in the Thesis can be further expanded and studied in case the different deterioration rates of different products are considered.

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