The Optimization of Cyclic Links of Live Pig-Industry Chain Based on Circular Economics

Xing Liu and Xu Xiao
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Xing Liu: School of Business, Central South University, Changsha 410079, China
Xu Xiao: School of Business, Central South University, Changsha 410079, China

Sustainability, 2015, vol. 8, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: To reduce waste and wastewater pollution and to improve the utilization rate of resources in the pig-industry chain, a circular economy of the chain can be developed. The key to constructing the circular economic system of the pig-industry chain is to determine the path of the cyclic materials and to design reasonable waste- and wastewater-treatment capacities. This paper focuses on the treatment and recycling of wastewater in the pig-industry chain and the treatment and recycling of waste into manure and feed. After giving the two circular paths, the paper proposes a multi-objective uncertainty-optimization model for the cyclic links of the pig-industry chain with the highest resource-reuse efficiency and the lowest construction cost based on the uncertainty of market demand. Using a combination of the neural network and genetic algorithm method for designing the solution process for the model, the paper finally introduces the determination methods of relevant parameters and verifies the feasibility and effectiveness of the model through a case study.

Keywords: pig-industry chain; cyclic links; sustainable development; genetic algorithm; neural network (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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