Title of article
Metaheuristicsforassortmentproblemswithmultiplequalitylevels
Author/Authors
Mark H.McElreath، نويسنده , , MariaE.Mayorga ، نويسنده , , MaryE.Kurz، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
ماهنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2010
Pages
8
From page
1797
To page
1804
Abstract
The assortmentplanningprobleminvolveschoosinganoptimalproductline,asdefinedbyasetof
productswithspecificattributes,toofferconsumers.Underalocationalchoicemodelinwhichproducts
are differentiatedbothhorizontally(byvarietyattributes)andvertically(byqualityattributes),an
optimalassortment,whoseattributeshaveonlybeenpartiallycharacterized,mayconsistofmultiple
qualitylevels.Usingpreviousanalyticalresults,weapproximatetheoptimalassortmentformake-to-
order andstaticsubstitutionenvironments.Wetesttheappropriatenessandcomparetheperformance
of threemetaheuristicmethods.Thesemetaheuristicscaneasilybemodifiedtoaccommodatedifferent
consumerpreferencedistributionassumptions.
Keywords
Metaheuristics , Assortment planning
Journal title
Computers and Operations Research
Serial Year
2010
Journal title
Computers and Operations Research
Record number
927785
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