Evolutionary Algorithms for Location Allocation Biomethane Supply Chain Problem

Document Type : Original Article

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1 PhD Student, Shahid Beheshti University.

2 Associate Professor, Shahid Beheshti University.

3 Professor, Shahid Beheshti University.

4 Assistant Professor, Shahid Beheshti University.

Abstract

As an environment-friendly and renewable energy source, biomethane plays a significant role in the supply of sustainable energy. To determine location of reactor and allocate feedstocks, to the reactor in a biomethane production system by minimizing the supply chain cost, a mathematical model is studied in this article. Constraints, such as the limited workforce, the reactors’ demand on the residues, and the deterioration of the residues in the hubs are considered. Two evolutionary Algorithm, Genetic and differential evolutionary algorithms for solving mixed integer nonlinear programming model is proposed. The speed of obtaining the solution is the same but differential evolutionary algorithm finds better solutions than Genetic Algorithm when applied to the given problems.

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Journal of Industrial Management Perspective
Volume 6, Issue 3 - Serial Number 23
December 2016
Pages 29-54

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