Incorporating economies of scale into facility location problems in carpet recycling

References

• Biehl, M., Prater, E., & Realff, M. J. (2007). Assessing performance and uncertainty in developing carpet reverse logistics systems. Computers & Operations Research, 34, 443–463.10.1016/j.cor.2005.03.008
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bischoff, M., & Dächert, K. (2009). Allocation search methods for a generalized class of location–allocation problems. European Journal of Operational Research, 192, 793–807.10.1016/j.ejor.2007.10.022
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Brimberg, J., Hansen, P., Mladenović, N., & Taillard, E. D. (2000). Improvements and comparison of heuristics for solving the uncapacitated multisource weber problem. Operations Research, 48, 444–460.10.1287/opre.48.3.444.12431
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bucci, M. J. (2009). Solution procedures for logistics network models with economies of scale (Published dissertation). North Carolina State University. Retrieved June 1, 2013, from http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/resolver/1840.16/6209
   Google Scholar
• Canadian Textile Journal. (1999). Evergreen: The world’s largest nylon recycling plant. Canadian Textile Journal, 113, 22–23.
   Google Scholar
• Carpet America Recovery Effort. (2002). Memorandum of understanding for carpet stewardship (MOU). Retrieved June 25, 2013, from http://www.carpetrecovery.org/pdf/CARE_MOU/MOU-January%202002.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Carpet America Recovery Effort. (2008). CARE reclamation network. Retrieved September 2008, from http://www.carpetrecovery.org/pdf/reclamation_centers/Carpet_Reclamation_Centers.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Carpet America Recovery Effort. (2012). 2012 Carpet America recovery effort annual report. Retrieved June 25, 2013, from http://www.carpetrecovery.org/pdf/annual_report/2012_CARE-annual-rpt.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Cooper, L. (1963). Location-allocation problems. Operations Research. 11, 331–343.
   Google Scholar
• Daganzo, C. F. (2005). Logistics systems analysis. New York: Springer.
   Google Scholar
• Daskin, M. S. (1995). Network and discrete location. New York: Wiley.10.1002/9781118032343
   Google Scholar
• De Brito, M. P., Dekker, R., & Flapper, S. D. P. (April, 2003). Reverse logistics - A review of case studies (ERIM Report Series Reference No. ERS-2003-012-LIS). Retreived from http://ssrn.com/abstract=411649
   Google Scholar
• Fleischmann, M., Krikke, H. R., Dekker, R., & Flapper, S. D. P. (2000). A characterisation of logistics networks for product recovery. Omega, 28, 653–666.10.1016/S0305-0483(00)00022-0
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fleischmann, M., & Minner, S. (2004). Inventory management in closed loop supply chains. In H. Dyckhoff, R. Lackes, & J. Reese (Eds.), Supply chain management and reverse logistics (pp. 115–138). New York: Springer.
   Google Scholar
• Glover, F., & Laguna, M. (1997). Tabu search. Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic.10.1007/978-1-4615-6089-0
   Google Scholar
• Hansen, P., & Mladenović, N. (1997). Variable neighborhood search for the P-median. Location Science, 5, 207–226.10.1016/S0966-8349(98)00030-8
   Google Scholar
• Louwers, D., Kip, B. J., Peters, E., Souren, F., & Flapper, S. D. P. (1999). A facility location allocation model for reusing carpet materials. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 36, 855–869.10.1016/S0360-8352(99)00168-0
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Melechovský, J., Prins, C., & Calvo, R. W. (2005). A Metaheuristic to solve a location-routing problem with non-linear costs. Journal of Heuristics, 11, 375–391.10.1007/s10732-005-3601-1
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mirchandani, P. B., & Francis, R. L. (1990). Discrete location theory. New York: Wiley.
   Google Scholar
• Peoples, R. (2006). Carpet stewardship in the United States – A commitment to sustainability (pp. 38–42). Recycling in textiles. Cambridge: Woodhead Pub in association with the Textile Institute, CRC Press.
   Google Scholar
• Pochampally, K. K., Nukala, S., & Gupta, S. M. (2009). Strategic planning models for reverse and closed-loop supply chains. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
   Google Scholar
• Realff, M. J., Ammons, J. C., & Newton, D. (1999). Carpet recycling: Determining the reverse production system design. Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering, 38, 547–567.10.1080/03602559909351599
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Realff, M. J., Ammons, J. C., & Newton, D. J. (2000a). Strategic design of reverse production systems. Computers and Chemical Engineering, 24, 991–996.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Realff, M. J., Ammons, J. C., & Newton, D. (2000b). Modeling and decision-making for reverse production system design for carpet recycling. Journal of the Textile Institute, 91, 175–177.
   Google Scholar
• Realff, M. J., Ammons, J. C., & Newton, D. J. (2004). Robust reverse production system design for carpet recycling. IIE Transactions, 36, 767–776.10.1080/07408170490458580
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Repa, E. W. (2005). NSWMA’s 2005 tip fee survey. National Solid Wastes Management Association. Retrieved June 01, 2013, from http://www.environmentalistseveryday.org/docs/Tipping-Fee-Bulletin-2005.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles Association. (n.d.). Textile recycling fact sheet. Council for Textile Recycling. Retrieved June 01, 2013, from http://www.smartasn.org/educators-kids/Textile_Recycling_Fact_Sheet.pdf
   Google Scholar
• United States Environmental Protection Agency. (2011). Municipal solid waste generation, recycling, and disposal in the United States: Facts and figures for 2011. Retrieved June 01, 2013, from http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/nonhaz/municipal/msw99.htm
   Google Scholar
• Vachon, S., Klassen, R. D., & Johnson, P. F. (2001). Customers as green suppliers Greener manufacturing and operations: From design to delivery and back (pp. 138–139). Sheffield: Greenleaf.
   Google Scholar
• Whitaker, R. A. (1985). Some add-drop and drop-add interchange heuristics for non-linear warehouse location. The Journal of the Operational Research Society, 36, 61–70.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Woolard, R. (2009). Logistical model for closed loop recycling of textile materials (Published Masters Thesis). North Carolina State University. Retrieved from http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/resolver/1840.16/6316
   Google Scholar