Refueling station location problem under uncertain environment

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Faculty of Mathematics, Shiraz University of Technology, Shiraz, Iran

2 Rajaee hospital (Emtiaz), Trauma Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract

Development of the infrastructure of alternative fuel stations is one of the best ways to extend the use of alternative fuel vehicles. Hence, constructing refueling stations with minimum cost is an important issue. On the other hand, considering the exact value of cost is not match with real cases. In this regard, the cost of building station is considered as a trapezoidal fuzzy value and a mathematical fuzzy programming model is presented in this paper. In order to solve the fuzzy model, first the model is converted to an interval programming model, then the equivalent bi-objective crisp model of the interval programming problem is written. Finally, two interactive fuzzy solution approaches are used to solve the respective bi-objective crisp model. The results show that the performance of the solution approaches is the same.

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