“…Lingo software is one of the most famous and frequently used optimization packages, and it has been extensively applied for resolving computational optimization problems (e.g. LP, NLP, MIP, MOP) in a wide range of scientific fields including supply chain and logistics network planning [6,9,21], production planning [22], intelligent buildings [23], route planning and operations [24], hospital bed planning [25], resource management [26], emergency relief planning and management [27], etc. Due to the small scale of this numerical experimentation, less than 1 second was consumed for determining the most cost-efficient supply chain network configuration which is illustrated in Fig.…”