A novel approach for stigler's diet problem in genetic algorithm

Abstract

The supply chain in the military is not only vital in the perspective of rough conditions and rules, but it also is important since human life is on the front line. Thus, this research was focused on the food supply chain, as it is one of the crucial requirements for a well-functioning military as an optimization of 360 days (1 year) production (menu) plan. Outcomes for this study are the minimum cost of raw material order quantity and one-year production (menu) plan. Two goals are considered, which include minimizing the total cost of the supply chain and the variety of planned dishes. One hundred dishes are distributed among 360 days according to calorie, carbohydrate, fat and protein needs and the result of these selected dishes determines the optimum order quantities of 107 raw materials for preparation as a cost. The problem was considered for a battalion (400 men). This problem was solved with a genetic algorithm in MATLAB R2012a.