A Facility Location Model for Logistic Systems Including Reverse Flows: the Case of Remanufacturing Activities

Zhiqiang Lu (1) , Nathalie Bostel (1)

1 IRCCyN - Institut de Recherche en Communications et en Cybernétique de Nantes

After a brief introduction to the basic concepts of reverse logistics, we present a two-level location problem with three types of facility to be located in a specific reverse logistics system, named a Remanufacturing Network (RMN). For this problem, we propose a 0–1 mixed integer programming model, in which we simultaneously consider “forward” and “reverse” flows and their mutual interactions. An algorithm based on Lagrangian heuristics is developed and the model is tested on data adapted from classical test problems

Mots clés: Logistics; Reverse logistics; Facility location; Lagrangian heuristics; Remanufacturing

Domaines: Recherche opérationnelle [math.OC]

Zhiqiang Lu, Nathalie Bostel. A Facility Location Model for Logistic Systems Including Reverse Flows: the Case of Remanufacturing Activities. Computers and Operations Research, 2007, 34 (2), pp.299-323. ⟨10.1016/j.cor.2005.03.002⟩. ⟨hal-00538063⟩