A visual interactive optimisation tool for analysing alternate locations for petroleum distribution facilities: Towards building an intelligent Decision-Support System
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
1-1-2009
Abstract
This paper describes an intelligent Decision-Support System developed to analyse alternate locations for petroleum distribution so that delivery, storage and dispatching costs can be considered jointly with potential environmental risks. It consists of a visual, modelling environment that allows decision-makers to describe problems and a knowledge-based component that interacts with users to generate and explore alternatives during decision-making iterations. Given the run-up in petroleum costs and the disruptive effect of environmental phenomena such as hurricanes, such assessments may be beneficial where tradeoffs between environmental risks and operating costs must be evaluated. Copyright © 2009, Inderscience Publishers.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
International Journal of Operational Research
Volume
4
Issue
1
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Hassanzadeh, Pejman, Manbir Sodhi, and Vaidyanathan Jayaraman. "A visual interactive optimisation tool for analysing alternate locations for petroleum distribution facilities: Towards building an intelligent Decision-Support System." International Journal of Operational Research 4, 1 (2009): 1-22. doi: 10.1504/IJOR.2009.021615.