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As a generalization of existing uncertain transportation models, this paper proposes a new uncertain transportation model with transfer costs, of which the demands and the transportation costs as well as the transfer costs are uncertain variables. The model is presented in a form with expected-value objective and chance constraints. Based on the operational laws of uncertain variables, the presented model is transformed into an equivalent crisp model. After that, a numerical experiment is performed to illustrate the application of the model.
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This research was supported by The Thirteenth Five-Year Plan of Tianjin Educational Science, titled “Research on the Professional Growth Path of Teachers in Professional Institutions of Higher Learning” (Grant No. HE4051).
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Zhao, G., Pan, D. A transportation planning problem with transfer costs in uncertain environment. Soft Comput 24, 2647–2653 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-019-03813-x
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