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. 2022 Feb 21;26(10):4819–4830. doi: 10.1007/s00500-022-06866-7

Table 3.

Notation

Sets
I: Set of suppliers indexed by i
J: Set of candidate locations for manufacturing plants indexed by j
K: Set of raw materials indexed by k
L: Set of retailers indexed by l
T: Set of periods indexed by t
S: Set of scenarios indexed by s
Deterministic parameters
dij: Distance between supplier i and manufacturing plant in candidate location j
ejl: Distance between manufacturing plant in candidate location j and retailer l
fj: Fixed cost of opening manufacturing plant in candidate location j
oi: Fixed cost of ordering from supplier i
cik: Unit procurement cost of raw material k supplied from supplier i
yk: Amount of raw material k needed for one unit of product
hk: Unit holding cost of raw material k per period
u: Unit shipment cost per unit per km
cik^: Unit emission dedicated to the manufacturing of raw material k in supplier i
hk^: Unit emission of holding raw material k per period
u^: Unit shipment emission per unit per km
Cenv: Carbon cap
mi: Social responsibility score of supplier i
nj: Social responsibility score of manufacturing plant in candidate location j
Csoc: Minimum social responsibility score that must be achieved
ps: Probability that sth scenario occurs
M A big number
Random parameters
aiks: Supply capacity of supplier i for raw material k under scenario s
blts: Demand of retailer l for product in period t under scenario s
Decision variables
ψijkts: Amount of raw material k shipped from supplier i to plant j in period t under scenario s
δjlts: Amount of product shipped from manufacturing plant j to retailer l in period t under scenario s
ϕjkts: Amount of raw material k kept in manufacturing plant j in period t under scenario s
χits: 1, if an order is made from supplier i in period t under scenario s, and 0 otherwise.
γj: 1, if a manufacturing plant is opened in candidate location j, and 0 otherwise.