Optimal pickup point location on material handling networks |
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| Authors: | ALI S KIRAN BARBAROS C TANSEL |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering , University of Southern California , Los Angeles, California, 90089-0193, U.S.A.;2. Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering , University of Southern California , Los Angeles, California, 90089-0193, U.S.A.;3. Department of Industrial Engineering , Currently on leave at Bilkent University , P.O. Box 8, Maltepe, Ankara, 06572, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | The optimal location of a pickup point on a material handling network is considered. The pickup point is defined as the material exchange point between the material handling system (MHS) and a station. The problem is defined as that of choosing the location of the pickup point to minimize the total cost of material movement in the MHS. A facility location model on directed networks has been developed, and strongly polynomial solution methods are presented. |
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