Integrated stochastic distribution network design: a two-level facility location problem with applications to maize crops transportation in Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorSima, Said Athuman
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-09T09:08:46Z
dc.date.available2015-09-09T09:08:46Z
dc.date.issued2015-03-17
dc.descriptionthesis submitted to the Faculty of Science in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. March 17, 2015.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractA two-level facility location problem (FLP) arose in the transport network of maize crop in Tanzania has been studied. The three layers, namely, production centers (PCs), distribution centers (DCs) and customer points (CPs) are considered in the two-level FLP. The stochastic e ect on the two-level FLP due to rainfall in the network links, between the DCs and CPs, has been studied. The ow of maize crop from PCs to CPs through DCs is designed at a minimum cost under deterministic and stochastic scenarios. The three decisions made simultaneously are: to determine the locations of DCs (including number of DCs), allocation of CPs to the selected DCs, allocation of selected DCs to PCs, and to determine the amount of maize crop transported from PCs to DCs and then from DCs to CPs. We have modelled the problem and generate results by optimizing the model with respect to optimal location-allocation strategies. We have considered two networks, the existing network and an extended network. In the existing network there are four PCs, ve DCs and ninety three CPs. In the extended network three additional DCs are considered. For the modelling purpose we have used the rainfall data from 2007 - 2010 in each week for 17 weeks. The optimized results for the existing network have shown improvements in cost saving compared to the manually operated existing network. In the extended network, the results have shown much more e cient and cost saving distribution system compared to the results of the existing network.en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/18589
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshMaize--Transportation--Tanzania.
dc.subject.lcshCrops--Economic aspects.
dc.subject.lcshDistribution (Economic theory)
dc.subject.lcshStochastic analysis.
dc.titleIntegrated stochastic distribution network design: a two-level facility location problem with applications to maize crops transportation in Tanzaniaen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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