A hybrid Tabu Search approach for the design of a paper recycling network

Katharina Schweiger and Ramin Sahamie

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2013, vol. 50, issue C, 98-119

Abstract: This paper addresses the design of a paper recycling network including external procurement, in-house recycling of paper, technology selection and selling or disposing of co-products. In contrast to the literature, we consider a combined continuous and discrete facility location problem solved by a hybrid Tabu Search approach to enhance candidate facility locations. We provide rules of thumb regarding the length of the tabu list and suggestions regarding runtime boundaries in cases where pre-evaluations are elaborate. The results based on a real-life application case show the potential savings of in-house paper recycling compared to the solely external procurement of recovered paper.

Keywords: Reverse logistics; Facility location; Paper recycling; Tabu Search; Application case (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2012.10.006

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