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A joint construction research for multi-period medicine reverse logistics network with consideration of carbon emissions. (Chinese. English summary) Zbl 1389.90042

Summary: A joint construction model for multi-period medicine reverse logistics network was introduced to recycle expired drugs or used medical equipment with the consideration of carbon emissions. Then the feasibility of the model was validated with a numerical example by adopting genetic algorithm (GA). The results reveal that, compared with traditional single-period reverse logistics system, the multi-period system is dynamic and the total cost of system is minimized with the significant decreasing of carbon emissions. Furthermore, this research provides a reference for building a regional medicine reverse logistics network which reduces the operation costs and responds to the national energy-saving emission reduction call.

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90B06 Transportation, logistics and supply chain management
90B10 Deterministic network models in operations research
90C59 Approximation methods and heuristics in mathematical programming
91B76 Environmental economics (natural resource models, harvesting, pollution, etc.)
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