A visual interactive optimisation tool for analysing alternate locations for petroleum distribution facilities: towards building an intelligent Decision-Support System Online publication date: Sun, 30-Nov-2008
by Pejman Hassanzadeh, Manbir Sodhi, Vaidyanathan Jayaraman
International Journal of Operational Research (IJOR), Vol. 4, No. 1, 2009
Abstract: This paper describes an intelligent Decision-Support System developed to analyse alternate locations for petroleum distribution so that delivery, storage and dispatching costs can be considered jointly with potential environmental risks. It consists of a visual, modelling environment that allows decision-makers to describe problems and a knowledge-based component that interacts with users to generate and explore alternatives during decision-making iterations. Given the run-up in petroleum costs and the disruptive effect of environmental phenomena such as hurricanes, such assessments may be beneficial where tradeoffs between environmental risks and operating costs must be evaluated.
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