Multistage order-delivery problem with information flow under B2C environment
B2C环境下带信息流的多阶段订单配送问题

According to characteristics of the order-delivery problem under B2C(business to customer) environment, a corresponding multistage order-delivery model is developed. It can predict the information of future order by using the information flow provided by the electronic order system. By taking account of the order information in dealing with the delivery problem, it can reduce the delivery cost and improve the delivery efficiency for an enterprise. Two effective methods that can merge the order delivery are proposed. The tabu-search algorithm and the insertion algorithm are combined to solve the problem. Experiments are done and analyzed to prove the rationality of the model and effectiveness of the given algorithm.