 RDEA: A recursive DEA based algorithm for the optimal design of biomass supply chain networksEvangelos Grigoroudis, Konstantinos Petridis and Garyfallos Arabatzis Renewable Energy, 2014, vol. 71, issue C, 113-122 Abstract: The optimal design of supply chain networks is often examined based on one or more economic or other criteria (e.g., cost, profit environmental impact, danger, time). However, the efficiency of the derived solutions is often ignored. In this work, a recursive DEA (RDEA) algorithm is presented, which introduces a different way of designing a supply chain network. The selection of possible installed facilities is based on minimum cost and maximum efficiency, through a MILP model. Optimal supply chain structure is obtained when the termination criterion is met, yielding only the efficient solutions, while simultaneously reducing the overall cost. An application of this RDEA algorithm to a biomass supply chain is examined. A comparative study is also presented, demonstrating the results obtained when solving the MILP without the proposed algorithm and with the use of an RDEA. Keywords: Biomass; Supply chain design; Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Mixed integer linear programming (MILP) (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:renene:v:71:y:2014:i:c:p:113-122 DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.05.001 Access Statistics for this article Renewable Energy is currently edited by Soteris A. Kalogirou and Paul Christodoulides More articles in Renewable Energy from Elsevier |
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