Fuzzy linear programming models for a green logistics center location and allocation problem under mixed uncertainties based on different carbon dioxide emission reduction methods
2019 (English)In: Sustainability, E-ISSN 2071-1050, Vol. 11, no 22, article id 6448
Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
This study explores a foundational logistics center location and allocation problem in a three-stage logistics network that consists of suppliers, logistics centers, and customers. In this study, the environmental sustainability of the logistics network is improved by optimizing the carbon dioxide emissions of the logistics network based on multi-objective optimization and carbon tax regulation. Mixed uncertainties in the planning stage, including the supply capacities of suppliers, operation capacities of logistics centers, and demands of customers, are modeled using triangular fuzzy numbers based on the fuzzy set theory to order to enhance the reliability of the logistics center location and allocation planning. To solve the green logistics center location and allocation problem under mixed uncertainties, we establish two fuzzy mixed integer linear programming models. The fuzzy credibilistic chance-constrained programming is then adopted to obtain the crisp and linear reformulations of the fuzzy programming models. A numerical case is given to verify the feasibility of the proposed methods, in which the performance of carbon tax regulation in reducing carbon dioxide emissions is then tested based on the benchmark provided by the multi-objective optimization. Lastly, sensitivity analysis and fuzzy simulation are utilized to reveal the effect of the mixed uncertainties on the logistics location and allocation planning and further determine the best confidence level in the fuzzy chance constraints to provide decision makers with a crisp plan.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
MDPI AG , 2019. Vol. 11, no 22, article id 6448
Keywords [en]
Carbon dioxide emissions, Carbon tax regulation, Fuzzy chance-constrained programming, Fuzzy linear programming, Fuzzy set theory, Location and allocation problem, Logistics center, Multi-objective optimization, Uncertainties, carbon dioxide, carbon emission, emission control, fuzzy mathematics, linear programing, model, optimization, pollution tax, sensitivity analysis, sustainability, uncertainty analysis
National Category
Computational Mathematics Control Engineering Telecommunications
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-301496DOI: 10.3390/su11226448ISI: 000503277900261Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85075903045OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-301496DiVA, id: diva2:1595668
Note
Export Date: 8 September 2021; Article; Correspondence Address: Sun, Y.; School of Management Science and Engineering, China; email: sunyanbjtu@163.com; Funding details: J18RA053; Funding details: ZR2019BG006; Funding details: Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, MOE, 19YJC630149; Funding text 1: Funding: The Project for Humanities and Social Sciences Research of Ministry of Education of China, grant number 19YJC630149, the Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China, grant number ZR2019BG006, and the Shandong Provincial Higher Educational Social Science Program of China, grant number J18RA053 funded this research. QC 20210920
2021-09-202021-09-202023-01-02Bibliographically approved