In this paper, two policies are considered for supporting periodical publications by the government: direct subsidy payment to these publications and opening new facilities which could help with integration and reduce delivery costs. | Nội dung Text Optimizing government costs of supporting periodical publications through robust supply chain network redesign with the consideration of social welfare Uncertain Supply Chain Management 8 2020 389 402 Contents lists available at GrowingScience Uncertain Supply Chain Management homepage uscm Optimizing government costs of supporting periodical publications through robust supply chain network redesign with the consideration of social welfare Ali Asghar Emadabadia Ebrahim Teimourya and Fahimeh Pourmohammadia a School of Engineering Department of Industrial Engineering Iran University of Science and Technology Tehran Iran CHRONICLE ABSTRACT Article history In this paper two policies are considered for supporting periodical publications by the Received June 14 2019 government direct subsidy payment to these publications and opening new facilities which Received in revised format June could help with integration and reduce delivery costs. For this aim a mixed-integer linear 28 2019 mathematical model is presented that minimizes total costs while considering social welfare. Accepted November 2 2019 Available online The robust programming approach developed by Bertsimas and Sim is used to cope with November 2 2019 uncertain parameters. In order to validate the model and investigate its applicability and Keywords advantages the magazines subscriptions in Tehran is selected as a case study. The output of Social welfare the model demonstrates that when social welfare is not considered the risk-averted supply Periodical publication chain will focus on low-cost areas of the chain which are the central areas of Tehran. However Subsidy payment when minimum social welfare is assured the supply chain pays attention to all areas. Also the Supply chain network redesign government should increase supply capacity by opening new facilities and it should Magazines subscription differentiate between areas when paying direct subsidies. 2020 by the .
