Open-loop Shared Pallet Transportation Model Considering Supply-Demand Uncertainty

LIU Shenglong; YANG Jingshuai

doi:10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2026.03.022

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Packaging Engineering ›› 2026, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (3) : 210-217. DOI: 10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2026.03.022

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Open-loop Shared Pallet Transportation Model Considering Supply-Demand Uncertainty

LIU Shenglong, YANG Jingshuai^*

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By analyzing the current development status and existing issues of the open-loop shared pallet system, the work aims to construct a transportation model for the system, to identify a scientific and reasonable transportation plan and reduce transportation costs. Aiming at the current research gap and practical demands, an in-depth investigation was conducted into the transportation optimization of open-loop shared pallet systems under supply-demand uncertainty. With the objectives of minimizing total transportation costs and maximizing customer satisfaction, a stochastic chance-constrained programming model was constructed. The feasibility of the model was verified, and numerical examples were solved with the Gurobi solver. The findings revealed that under the supply-demand uncertainty, the proposed stochastic optimization model effectively reduced the system's total transportation costs. This provides robust theoretical support and practical solutions for enterprises to address supply-demand uncertainties and formulate more economically efficient transportation decisions within open-loop shared pallet systems.

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open-loop shared pallet system / pallet transportation / uncertain supply and demand / random opportunity constraint

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LIU Shenglong, YANG Jingshuai. Open-loop Shared Pallet Transportation Model Considering Supply-Demand Uncertainty[J]. Packaging Engineering. 2026, 47(3): 210-217 https://doi.org/10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2026.03.022

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