TY - JOUR ID - 3858 TI - Integrated Forward-reverse Logistics Network Design under Uncertainty and Reliability Consideration JO - Scientia Iranica JA - SCI LA - en SN - 1026-3098 AU - Hatefi, S. M. AU - Jolai, F. AU - Torabi, S.A. AU - Tavakkoli-Moghaddam, R. AD - Faculty of Engineering, Shahrekord University, Rahbar Boulevard, PO Box 115, Shahrekord, Iran AD - School of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2016 PY - 2016 VL - 23 IS - 2 SP - 721 EP - 735 KW - Integrated forward-reverse logistics network design KW - Network reliability KW - Facility disruptions KW - robust optimization DO - 10.24200/sci.2016.3858 N2 - This paper proposes a robust optimization model for robust and reliable design of an integrated forward-reverse logistics network with hybrid facilities under uncertainty and random facility disruptions. The proposed model utilizes several effective reliability strategies to mitigate the impact of random facility disruptions. First, the proposed model allows two types of hybrid facilities, namely, reliable and unreliable, to be located in the concerned logistics network where unreliable ones may be partially or fully disrupted, and thus a percentage of their capacities may be lost. However, they can still serve their customers with remaining of their available capacities. Furthermore, a sharing strategy is taken into account, in which goods can be shipped from reliable hybrid facilities to unreliable ones to compensate their lost capacity. A robust optimization approach is applied on the developed model to handle the uncertainties in the parameters of the concerned network. Finally, several numerical experiments along with a sensitivity analysis are conducted to illustrate the significance and applicability of the proposed model as well as the effectiveness of the robust optimization approach in this context. UR - https://scientiairanica.sharif.edu/article_3858.html L1 - https://scientiairanica.sharif.edu/article_3858_b6e650c3510fae6ea6491df257b74ad5.pdf ER -