Providing a two-level inventory control model (R, Q) and solving it with genetic algorithms and colonial competition

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1 M.A., Shahid Beheshti University.

2 Assistant Professor, Shahid Beheshti University.

Abstract

In this paper, an inventory control model for a two-tier system is presented that applies the policy (R, Q) at each level to the IHP of each non-repair spare part, which has assumptions that limit its application to real-life situations. Slow. This research has expanded and extended this model by assuming discrete orders and warehouse space constraints. In the new situation, modeling was performed and then to solve the model obtained, the heuristic Genetic Algorithms (GA) were used ( ICAs) were developed and implemented. Also, their performance is evaluated by comparing the performance of the two algorithms.

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