A novel clustering-based approach for the location of multi-logistics centers

With the rapid development of the logistics industry, Logistics center plays a very important role in a logistics system And the location is one of the most critical factors for the effective operation of the logistics system This paper mainly analyzes the multi-logistics centers location problem and proposes a novel approach for solving the problem The proposed approach is developed on the basis of clustering techniques, and involves three sequential mechanisms including: determining the logistics centers' layout with improved clustering methods based on spatial equilibrium principle firstly, then finding solutions of location problem with the centroid method respectively, finally comparing the solutions and obtaining the best result In addition to methodology development, a case study was conducted to demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method.