Industrial Engineering Journal ›› 2019, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (6): 1-7.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1007-7375.2019.06.001

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A Research on the Construction of Hybrid Hub-and-spoke Logistics Network of Urban-rural Integration

YAO Guanxin1,2, ZHU Chenjun1, DAI Panqian1   

  1. 1. School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China;
    2. Business School, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
  • Received:2019-02-27 Published:2019-12-24

Abstract: In order to reduce the cost of urban and rural logistics and improve the efficiency of urban and rural logistics, a cost-oriented planning model of the hybrid hub-and-spoke urban-rural integrated logistics network was constructed which meets the logistics needs of agricultural products and non-agricultural products and allows direct transportation. A tabu search algorithm was designed to solve the model. For verifying the effectiveness of the model and algorithm, a network simulation analysis including 6 nodes and sensitivity analysis of shipping discount coefficient α, β and loss coefficient θ1 and θ2 was carried out. Simulation results show that when node 4 and node 6 are selected as hub nodes and node 2 and node 3 establish direct transport, the optimal total cost of the network is 538 114. As α and β increase from 0 to 1, and as θ1 and θ 2 increase from 0 to 0.5, the corresponding total network cost increases by 4.1%, 3.7%, 4.2% and 0.8% respectively. Conclusion:the construction of the hybrid hub-and-spoke logistics network of urban-rural integration can effectively reduce logistics costs, improve efficiency, and provide a reference for practical application.

Key words: urban-rural integration, urban-rural logistics, hub-and-spoke theory, tabu search algorithm

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