A Discrete Particle Swarm Optimization for Storage Location Assignment Problem of Retail E-Commerce

The storage location assignment of goods is critical to improve the efficiency of warehouse picking and distribution in the era of retail e-commerce. The optimization model of the storage location assignment problem (SLAP) for retail e-commerce is firstly established based on the principles of effic...

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Published in:International Conference on Industrial Mechatronics and Automation (Online) pp. 313 - 318
Main Authors: Zhao, Chaodan, Dou, Jianping, Zhao, Xia
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: IEEE 08.08.2021
Subjects:
Automation
Conferences
discrete particle swarm optimization algorithm
Fish
Layout
Mechatronics
Resource management
retail e-commerce
Stability analysis
storage location assignment problem
ISSN:2152-744X
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Summary:The storage location assignment of goods is critical to improve the efficiency of warehouse picking and distribution in the era of retail e-commerce. The optimization model of the storage location assignment problem (SLAP) for retail e-commerce is firstly established based on the principles of efficiency priority, shelf stability and similar products adjacency. Then, a new discrete particle swarm optimization (DPSO) algorithm is proposed to solve the NP-hard SLAP. In the DPSO, a new updating mechanism based on multi-fragment crossover and mutation operators is devised. Moreover, the elitist scheme and local search are incorporated into the DPSO to improve global search ability. Finally, five instances are used to compare the performance of the DPSO and state-of-the-art artificial fish swarm algorithm (AFSA). The computational results show that the DPSO is superior to the existing AFSA in solution quality.
ISSN:2152-744X
DOI:10.1109/ICMA52036.2021.9512627