Enhancing market service and enterprise operations through a large-scale GIS-based distribution system

作者：

Highlights：

• Propose a two-stage model to solve a large-scale vehicle routing problem.

• Define a GIS-based network.

• Partition distribution area using GIS data and modified K-means algorithm.

• Use hybrid heuristic algorithm to solve routing problems for each cluster.

• The proposed system impacts financial performance of the studied firm.

摘要

•Propose a two-stage model to solve a large-scale vehicle routing problem.•Define a GIS-based network.•Partition distribution area using GIS data and modified K-means algorithm.•Use hybrid heuristic algorithm to solve routing problems for each cluster.•The proposed system impacts financial performance of the studied firm.

论文关键词：Decision support systems,Geographical information system,Marketing service,Large-scale logistics distribution

论文评审过程：Received 30 November 2015, Revised 20 January 2016, Accepted 9 February 2016, Available online 18 February 2016, Version of Record 2 March 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2016.02.015