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Chinese Journal of Management Science ›› 2025, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (3): 196-208.doi: 10.16381/j.cnki.issn1003-207x.2022.0575

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Location-routing Problem of Fresh Product Distribution in Epidemic Environment

Jie Zhang1,2, Yanfeng Li1,2()   

  1. 1.School of Economics and Management,Southwest Jiaotong University,Chengdu 610031,China
    2.Service Science and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province,Chengdu 610031,China
  • Received:2022-03-23 Revised:2022-07-20 Online:2025-03-25 Published:2025-04-07
  • Contact: Yanfeng Li E-mail:yanwaa@126.com

Abstract:

In order to effectively solve the “contactless” distribution problem of fresh product under the background of sudden infectious diseases, taking into account the impact of the infectious diseases, commodity perishability, temperature control characteristic, site location and coordinated delivery routing planning of vehicle-drone, the location-routing problem of fresh product distribution based on infectious disease background is proposed. A bi-objective optimization model is constructed to minimize the total cost of logistics operation and the value loss of fresh product. Then, an efficient two-phase hybrid heuristic algorithm based on the improved K-means clustering and the extended Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm-II (ENSGA-II) is devised according to the problem characteristics. The improved K-means three-dimensional clustering algorithm solves the location problem of the distribution site by performing iterative optimization within the clustering scheme and among different clustering schemes; The ENSGA-II hybrid algorithm generates the initial solution through the scanning operator, controls the search for the Pareto optimal frontier based on the NSGA-II main loop framework, and embeds flexible storage structure and corresponding tabu search criteria to solve the problem of vehicle-drone routing problem. Finally, based on the case analysis, the location strategy of distribution site and the coordinated delivery route of vehicle-drone are obtained. According to the sensitivity analysis, the optimal temperature control setting and drone load capacity selection for fresh product distribution are obtained. And through a comparative analysis with ε-constraint method, MOPSO algorithm and NSGA-II algorithm, the validity and feasibility of the bi-objective optimization model and the two-stage hybrid heuristic algorithm are verified. The research results show that an optimal vehicle-drone distribution plan can effectively reduce the objective values and realize the “contactless” delivery for ensuring the safety of vehicles and personnel in non-epidemic areas. A new theoretical basis and method reference is provided for the decision-making for the location-routing problem of fresh product distribution.

Key words: fresh products, temperature control, two-stage hybrid heuristic algorithm, location of distribution site, vehicle-drone routing

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