An accelerating Benders’ decomposition approach to the integrated supply chain network design with distributed generation

Abstract

Distributed generation (DG) is one of the new trends in distribution networks under the effect of various policies, such as distribution loss reduction. It is important to find the position and determine the size of DGs in the existing distribution network. In this paper, we consider DGs for the integrated supply chain networks and obtain the optimal locations, sizing, and the service areas of DGs. First, a mixed integer programming model is proposed to formulate the problem. Then, an accelerating Benders’ decomposition approach with two valid cuts and Pareto-optimal cuts is described for this problem. Computational results show the efficiency of the our model and proposed algorithm.