Location of transportation hub (selection of DC as transportation
hub).
The commodity quantity to be supplied from each supplier.
Commodity quantity to be transported from each supplier to
each DC.
Product quantity to be transported from each DC to each
retailer.
Order quantity as well as order price of each retailer with stochastic
customer demand.
Moreover, some of the most important assumptions in the proposed
model are as follows:
The objective is to maximize the total supply chain profit.
The customer demands are uncertain during the time periods.
Both suppliers and retails are in an incomplete information
circumstance.
Each DC can be updated as a hub due to its physical condition.
Each retailer has been equipped with an infinite-capacity
warehouse.
The distance between the warehouse and the retail store is zero.
Fig. 1.