Planning and Design of Production and Distribution Systems

我的研究计划的长期目标是开发方法，促进生产和分销设施的快速设计。本研究旨在发展及推广生产与分销系统规划与设计问题的最佳化方法。提案中描述的研究涵盖两个大的领域：设施设计和配电系统设计。在设施设计方面，将探讨两个具体的研究主题：F1)处理不确定性的多目标动态生产系统设计。我们的计划是通过考虑求助机会来研究这一问题。F2)配送中心的多目标产品开槽，以最大限度地减少提货距离和拥堵。在分销系统设计领域，具体的主题是：S1)供应网络中订单承诺的计算有效方法，使用清算函数来模拟吞吐量的排队效应。S2)对高度模块化的实体互联网分配系统进行建模，以了解其行为。*将使用工业工程和运筹学领域中使用的基本方法，如线性和整数规划、随机建模、模拟和生产和分销系统的数学分析。重点将放在以最优或近似(使用启发式)求解这些模型的计算方法上。*本研究方案中的研究主题具有现实意义，并将在工业工程研究界产生影响。将寻求业界在其中许多领域的参与，以便所制定的概念和方法将与工业相关。开展的研究将促进该领域知识的现状，并有助于HQP的培训。**

The long-term objective of my research program is to develop methods to facilitate the rapid design of production and distribution facilities. This research proposal aims to develop and extend optimization methods for planning and design problems in production and distribution systems. The research described in the proposal covers two broad areas: facility design and distribution systems design. In facilities design, two specific research themes will be explored: F1) Multi-objective dynamic production systems design to deal with uncertainties. The plan is to study this problem by taking into account recourse opportunities. F2) Multi-objective product slotting in distribution centres to minimize picking distance and congestion. In the area of distribution systems design, the specific themes addressed are: S1) Computationally effective methods for order promising in supply networks using clearing functions to model the queuing effects of throughput. S2) Modelling the highly modularized Physical Internet distribution system to understand its behaviour. ***The basic methodologies employed in the fields of industrial engineering and operations research such as linear and integer programming, stochastic modelling, simulation, and mathematical analysis of production and distribution systems will be used. Emphasis will be placed on computational methods to solve these models either optimally or approximately (using heuristics). ***The research themes in this research proposal have practical significance and will make an impact within the industrial engineering research community. Industry involvement in many of these areas will be sought so that the concepts and methods developed will have relevance to industry. The research carried out will advance the current state of knowledge in the domain, and contribute to the training of HQP.**