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A green vehicle routing problem with multi-depot, multi-tour, heterogeneous fleet and split deliveries: a mathematical model and heuristic approach
Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) is one of the most studied combinatorial optimization problems with many variants and extensions. This study introduces a novel VRP variant: Green Vehicle Routing Problem with Mul...
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A circular food supply chain network model to reduce food waste
Food loss and waste (FLW) is a growing global problem throughout the world. The rapid increase in food waste and deficiencies in treatment processes have led to greater harm to the environment. A circular foo...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Forecasting Damaged Containers with Machine Learning Methods
Forecasting the number of damaged containers is crucial for a maritime company to effectively plan future port operations. The purpose of this study is to forecast damaged container entries and exits. In this ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Container Demand Forecasting Using Machine Learning Methods: A Real Case Study from Turkey
The container demands in ports significantly fluctuate over time and accurate container demand forecasting is essential for logistics companies because they can make their future business plans accordingly. In...
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Chapter
Solving 0-1 Bi-Objective Multi-dimensional Knapsack Problems Using Binary Genetic Algorithm
multi-dimensional knapsack (MDKP) is a well-known NP-hard problem in combinatorial optimization. As it has various real-life applications, the MDKP has been intensively studied in the literature. On t...
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Article
Sustainable, multimodal and reliable supply chain design
Emerging issues and new challenges of globalization have forced companies to design their supply chains for not only minimizing cost but also considering other factors. Supply chains are exposed to new environ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Building a Decision Support System for Vehicle Routing Problem: A Real-Life Case Study from Turkey
One of the most costly operations in logistics is the distribution of goods. Inefficient vehicle routes increase distribution costs, especially for companies performing distribution operations daily. Vehicle R...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Impacts of Foldable Containers, Street-Turn and Depot-Direct Strategies on Empty Container Repositioning Cost
In global logistics, the trade imbalances between the exporting and importing countries (and regions) cause the empty container repositioning problem. While export dominant countries face the difficulty to fi...
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Article
Multi-commodity k-splittable survivable network design problems with relays
The network design problem is a well known optimization problem with applications in telecommunication, infrastructure designs and military operations. This paper devises the first formulation and solution met...
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Chapter
Economic Evaluation of RFID Investments in Cargo Operations
Third-party logistics providers (3PL) store and transport large volumes of different goods and deal with a number of logistics services clients simultaneously. Due to the increasing demand for automatic identi...
