Optimization criteria in the location of vehicle recycling network entities

The article discusses the issues of selecting a criterion function in modeling the location of vehicle recycling network enterprises. Nowadays, single and multi-criteria decision support methods are increasingly used for designing recycling networks. Single-criterion optimization tasks most often use a function to minimize the costs of network operation.In certain cases, it is difficult to use a single objective function due to the many entities involved, which translates into different points of view of individual participants in the recycling process, each of whom tries to extremize their individual benefit. In such cases, it becomes necessary to use a multi-criteria approach to decision support, which assumes the minimization/maximization of an objective function composed of many partial criteria.
Optimisation criteria in vehicles recycling network location
Abstract
The paper discusses the issue of choosing the criteria function in modeling of the vehicle recycling network entities location.
Today, mono and multi criteria decision support methods are used in recycling network design. Mono criteria optimization tasks usually use the objective function that minimizes the cost of network operation. Sometimes, it is difficult to use a single objective function because of the many stakeholders involved that have different points of views and expectations towards the recycling network and each of them tries to extremize their individual benefits. In such cases, it is necessary to use multi criteria approach to decision making process which involves minimizing/maximizing the objective function composed of several partial criteria. (…)

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