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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">https://doi.org/10.48313/uda.vi.56      </article-id>
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          <subject>Research Article</subject>
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        <subj-group><subject>Facility location, Fuzzy programming, Genetic algorithm, Uncertainty modeling, Hybrid optimization.</subject></subj-group>
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        <article-title>A Hybrid Genetic Algorithm for Solving Fuzzy Facility Location Problems with Mixed-Integer Programming</article-title><subtitle>A Hybrid Genetic Algorithm for Solving Fuzzy Facility Location Problems with Mixed-Integer Programming</subtitle></title-group>
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	<name name-style="western">
	<surname>Abdelati</surname>
		<given-names>Mohamed H.</given-names>
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	<aff>Automotive and Tractors Department, Faculty of Engineering, Minia University, Egypt.</aff>
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      <pub-date pub-type="ppub">
        <month>12</month>
        <year>2025</year>
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      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>15</day>
        <month>12</month>
        <year>2025</year>
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      <volume>2</volume>
      <issue>4</issue>
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        <copyright-year>2025</copyright-year>
        <license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/"><p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</p></license>
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			<article-title>A Hybrid Genetic Algorithm for Solving Fuzzy Facility Location Problems with Mixed-Integer Programming</article-title>
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			This paper aims to find a good facility location under uncertain and vague circumstances by merging fuzzy set theory with strong optimization technologies. Traditional facility location models count on exact information, but real costs, demand levels, and capacity vary significantly. For this reason,  a fuzzy mixed-integer programming model enables fuzzy numbers to represent these parameters. A new Genetic Algorithm (GA) is applied to work with the model efficiently, using α-cut transformations that let it address the fuzzy uncertainty before solving the different subproblems. Conducting computations on various test datasets proves that the algorithm creates solid and flexible facility location strategies in many uncertain situations. The results demonstrate that fuzziness leads to better and stronger solutions than classical approaches in strategic location decision-making. The suggested framework helps managers manage risks and costs well, boosting their operations even when uncertain.
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