Multi-objective particle swarm optimisation based integrated production inventory routing planning for efficient perishable food logistics operations

Sustainable and efficient food supply chain has become an essential component of one’s life. The model proposed in this paper is deeply linked to people's quality of life as a result of which there is a large incentive to fulfil customer demands through it. This proposed model can enhance food quality by making the best possible food quality accessible to customers, construct a sustainable logistics system considering its environmental impact and ensure the customer demand to be fulfilled as fast as possible. In this paper, an extended model is examined that builds a unified planning problem for efficient food logistics operations where four important objectives are viewed: minimising the total expense of the system, maximising the average food quality along with the minimisation of the amount of CO₂ emissions in transportation along with production and total weighted delivery lead time minimisation. A four objective mixed integer linear programming model for intelligent food logistics system is developed in the paper. The optimisation of the formulated mathematical model is proposed using a modified multi-objective particle swarm optimisation algorithm with multiple social structures: MO-GLNPSO (Multi-Objective Global Local Near-Neighbour Particle Swarm Optimisation). Computational results of a case study on a given dataset as well as on multiple small, medium and large-scale datasets followed by sensitivity analysis show the potency and effectiveness of the introduced method. Lastly, there has been a scope for future study displayed which would lead to the further progress of these types of models.     

On Heating and Relaxation of the Electron—Hole-Gas Energy in the Track of a Primary Recoil Atom

Semiconductors - On the basis of the Monte Carlo algorithm, a method for calculating the energy spectrum of hot nonequilibrium electrons and holes in the track of a primary recoil atom after being...     

CO2对煤炭氧化自燃抑制作用的影响研究

通过煤炭自然氧化程序升温实验,采用程序升温实验系统等设备,对比分析煤样中通入不同浓度CO2条件下的相关参数的变化情况,针对性分析研究CO2对阳煤二矿易自燃高瓦斯的15号煤层氧化自燃的抑制性能。研究表明:CO2对阳煤二矿15号煤层煤样自然氧化发火过程具有显著抑制作用,尤其是20%浓度的CO2对煤样高温氧化阶段的抑制作用强烈;CO2的注入驱离了煤样中的O2,降低了煤样中O2浓度。同时,延迟推后了CO、CH4等自然氧化产物出现,且其浓度低于未注入CO2的煤样,降低了煤样的耗氧速率和CO产生率,抑制和延迟了煤样自然氧化的发生和发展过程。     

Analysis of a two-dimensional symmetric problem on extension of an Al-polyimide-Cu layered structure with a model crack

To increase the efficiency of designing systems intended for monitoring surface cracks in aluminum structures during their working life, we have analyzed a two-dimensional symmetric problem on uniaxial extension of an Al-polyimide-Cu layered structure with ideal adhesion between layers and a model crack in the aluminum base. The problem has been first solved for a sample with the crack modeled by a zero-thickness notch using the ANSYS engineering simulation program package. It is shown that this setting of the problem can lead to inadequate results as manifested, in particular, by significantly overstated mechanical stresses in aluminum in the region of crack emergence on the surface. In order to eliminate this difficulty, we propose to use the structure with a model defect in the form of a notch of nonzero thickness in the initial unstressed state of the structure. Recommendations for selecting the thickness of a notch used in the model structure are given.