Design and Control of Integrated Logistics Distribution Systems

提出了一个综合研究计划，以发展数学 物流系统的战略规划模型， 仓库路线的车辆，以补充耗尽库存的空间 分散的客户。 这些模型将包含这样的系统 复杂性，如客户需求的概率、本地库存 持有能力，车辆容量，替代车辆的成本 类型、点到点旅行时间以及非线性“加载”和“关闭 加载”时间。 这项工作旨在帮助系统设计人员 解决重要的战略问题，如：1）机队规模， 混合; 2）确定车辆容量; 3）确定当地库存 （4）研究替代技术， “装载”和“卸载”; 5）设计物流系统， 无转运点; 6）设计分级配送 网络. 这项工作是针对称赞重要的工作做了 在过去的五年里，在战术库存/路由问题。 的 将用操作系统的数据测试新的方法。 迪克·拉森是非常合格的，根据过去的表现， 很有可能为集成系统建模提供突破 这将是运筹学的基础。

An integrated research program is proposed to develop mathematical models for strategic planning of logistics systems in which a central depot routes vehicles to replenish depleting inventories of spatially dispersed customers. The models will incorporate such system complexities as probabilistic customer demands, local inventory holding capacities, vehicle capacities, cost of alternative vehicle types, point-to-point travel times, and nonlinear "loading" and "off loading" times. The effort is directed to assist system designers to address important strategic problems such as: 1) fleet sizing and mix; 2) determining vehicle capacities; 3) determining local inventory holding capacities; 4) investigating alternative technologies for "loading" and "off loading"; 5) designing the logistics system with or without transhipment points; 6) designing hierarchial distribution networks. The work is directed at complimenting important work done over the past five years in tactical inventory/routing problems. The new methodologies will be tested with data from operating systems. Dick Larson is extremely qualified and based on past performance is very likely to provide breakthroughs in modeling integrated systems that will be fundamental to operational science.