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A method for adjusting and optimizing goods between vending machine stations

A technology of automatic vending machine and optimization method, applied in the direction of coin-free or similar appliances, coin-operated equipment for distributing discrete items, coin-operated equipment for distributing discrete items, etc. The problem of high cost of sales can increase the overall efficiency, save the motor output, and reduce the stroke.

Active Publication Date: 2019-04-26
ZHEJIANG UNIV OF TECH
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[0004] However, the existing replenishment method cannot adjust the goods in the vending machine according to the sales situation of the food in each vending machine, resulting in a high food scrap rate and high sales costs

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[0043] The present invention will be further described below in conjunction with accompanying drawing:

[0044] Such as Figure 1~6 As shown, a method for adjusting and optimizing goods between vending machine sites, including vending machines arranged at each vending site, the specific method includes the following steps:

[0045] Step 1: Let the replenishment staff have a starting point, the number is 0; there are I vending machines, the numbers are: 1, 2, ..., I; there are K products, the numbers are: 1, 2, ... , K, vending machine i needs to adjust the quantity of product k to q ik , where q ik Greater than 0 means replenishment is required, q ik Less than 0 means that the goods need to be picked up; the transportation cost / time / distance between each vending machine site is l ii′ , the transportation cost / time / distance within the same vending machine site is 0, namely: Determine the decision variable from this Decision variables Equal to 0 or 1, 1 means that the ...

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The invention discloses a method for adjusting and optimizing goods between vending machine stations, which comprises vending machines arranged at the vending stations, and comprises the following specific steps of: 1, setting parameters; 2, assuming an access sequence number; Step 3, determining an objective function; 4, determining constraint conditions of the objective function; 5, solving theobjective function; 6, obtaining an optimal decision variable according to an algorithm solving result in the step 5; According to the method, a replenisher can adjust the goods between the selling stations in the replenishment process according to the optimal path obtained by the optimization algorithm, and the optimization algorithm enables the replenisher to complete replenishment and goods adjustment along the shortest path; The goods adjustment scheme can reduce the food rejection rate and reduce the cost.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of food vending, and more specifically, to an optimization algorithm for goods adjustment between vending machine sites. Background technique [0002] A box lunch vending machine is a machine specially used to sell box lunches, which greatly facilitates our life in today's increasingly fast-paced life. There may be multiple sales sites in a large area, usually placed at each sales site A vending machine. When the replenisher is replenishing, one replenisher is responsible for replenishing multiple vending machines in a large area. The existing replenishment method is that the replenishment staff takes out the expired food in the vending machine, and then fills the space in the storage box of the vending machine with new food. [0003] However, due to differences in sales conditions, the best-selling food category in each vending machine will be different from the worst-selling food category with the largest remainin...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06Q10/04G07F11/00
CPCG06Q10/047G07F9/002
Inventor 叶必卿傅昱斐夏卫海金旭
Owner ZHEJIANG UNIV OF TECH
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