Green Supply Chain Network Optimization Under Random and Fuzzy Environment

This paper established a three-level supply chain composed of plants, distribution centers, and retailers, and studied the location of distribution centers in the supply chain network and the carbon emissions during processing and transportation. In a random and fuzzy environment, the research objective is to minimize the supply chain's cost and carbon emission. The multi-objective uncertain equilibrium model of the green supply chain network is established by introducing opportunity constraints, and the stability of the model can be enhanced by using variance function and risk function. Then this research integrated the theory of stochastic programming and fuzzy mathematical programming and employed Monte Carlo simulation; the sample mean approximation, chance-constrained programming and fuzzy expectation to deal with the random parameters and fuzzy parameters in the model so that the uncertain model is clarified. Further, the authors used the hierarchical method, the weighted ideal point method, restriction method, and weighted ideal point method to solve the multi-objective model. Finally, a numerical example is provided to demonstrate the feasibility of the model.

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This study established a three-level supply chain network model and optimized the cost and carbon emissions by introducing opportunity constraints and using a multi-objective uncertain equilibrium model. The research integrated the theory of stochastic programming and fuzzy mathematical programming, and various methods were employed to handle random and fuzzy parameters in the model. A numerical example was provided to demonstrate the feasibility of the model.