Meta-heuristic algorithms for the multi-item transshipment problem

Selmi Noomen; Hmiden Mohamed; Ben Said Lamdjed

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Meta-heuristic algorithms for the multi-item transshipment problem

Authors:

Selmi Noomen | Hmiden Mohamed | Ben Said Lamdjed

Publisher:

Centre de Recherche sur l'Information Scientifique et Technique

Journal:

RIST Vol.25 Issue 1, pp.26-38

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2020

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001408632

pISSN:

2571-9947

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Abstract:

 Differential Evolution (DE) and the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) are two evolutionary algorithms that confirmed
their efficiency in resolving complex problems. In this paper, we intend to adopt these algorithms to resolve a complex
inventory management problem, known in the literature by the transshipment problem. This problem concerns networks
of collaborative retailers selling items and they collaborate by exchanging items between them. The transshipment
problem consists in deriving the optimal replenishment quantity, for each retailer, while a transshipment policy is adopted.
A huge body of literature works has addressed this problem where several configurations are investigated. A few of them
has addressed the multi-item and the multi-location configuration because of its complexity. We focus in this paper on this
complex configuration and we resolve it by the PSO and DE algorithms. Secondly, we compare between the performances
of these algorithms according to a set of criteria. Thirdly, we analyze the impact of the studied transshipment parameters
on the inventory system performance measures.

Article Details

Meta-heuristic algorithms for the multi-item transshipment problem

Authors:

Selmi Noomen | Hmiden Mohamed | Ben Said Lamdjed

Publisher:

Centre de Recherche sur l'Information Scientifique et Technique

Journal:

RIST Vol.25 Issue 1, pp.26-38

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2020

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001408632

pISSN:

2571-9947

multi-item, multi-location

transshipment problem

Particle swarm optimization

Differential Evolution

Issues

Article Details

Meta-heuristic algorithms for the multi-item transshipment problem

Authors: Selmi Noomen | Hmiden Mohamed | Ben Said Lamdjed

Publisher: Centre de Recherche sur l'Information Scientifique et Technique

Journal: RIST Vol.25 Issue 1, pp.26-38

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 12/2020

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001408632

pISSN: 2571-9947

multi-item, multi-location

transshipment problem

Particle swarm optimization

Differential Evolution

Issues

Authors:

Selmi Noomen | Hmiden Mohamed | Ben Said Lamdjed

Publisher:

Centre de Recherche sur l'Information Scientifique et Technique

Journal:

RIST Vol.25 Issue 1, pp.26-38

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2020

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001408632

pISSN:

2571-9947