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      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">REA Press</journal-id>
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      <journal-title>REA Press</journal-title><issn pub-type="ppub">3042-2264</issn><issn pub-type="epub">3042-2264</issn><publisher>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">https://doi.org/10.22105/raise.v3i1.82</article-id>
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          <subject>Research Article</subject>
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        <subj-group><subject>Supply chain network design, Dynamic clustering, Neural networks, Uncertainty, Machine learning, Constrained K-means.</subject></subj-group>
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        <article-title>An Intelligent Dynamic Clustering Framework with Neural Network-Based Product-to-Facility Assignment for Supply Chain Network Design Under Uncertainty</article-title><subtitle>An Intelligent Dynamic Clustering Framework with Neural Network-Based Product-to-Facility Assignment for Supply Chain Network Design Under Uncertainty</subtitle></title-group>
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	<name name-style="western">
	<surname>Amou Jafari</surname>
		<given-names>Amirhossein </given-names>
	</name>
	<aff>Department of Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.</aff>
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	<name name-style="western">
	<surname>Salehi </surname>
		<given-names>Kiana </given-names>
	</name>
	<aff>Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.</aff>
	</contrib><contrib contrib-type="author">
	<name name-style="western">
	<surname>Sadatakhavi</surname>
		<given-names>Mina </given-names>
	</name>
	<aff>Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.</aff>
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      <pub-date pub-type="ppub">
        <month>03</month>
        <year>2026</year>
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      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>09</day>
        <month>03</month>
        <year>2026</year>
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      <volume>3</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
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        <copyright-statement>© 2026 REA Press</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2026</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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			Growing Supply Chain (SC) complexity, demand volatility, and environmental pressures have increasingly limited the effectiveness of traditional static and non-intelligent network design approaches. These limitations are particularly evident in multi-period settings characterized by uncertainty, where adaptive, data-driven decision mechanisms are required. This study develops an integrated framework for designing a multi-period stochastic bi-level SC network to improve operational efficiency, enhance resource-allocation flexibility, and minimize total network costs. First, an enhanced Constrained K-Means algorithm is developed to dynamically reconfigure service zones over time while accounting for capacity restrictions and cluster-balance requirements. Subsequently, an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) classifies products according to their physical and functional characteristics and determines whether they should be routed through the central warehouse or cross-docking centers. The outputs of these two data-driven modules are incorporated as structured inputs into a bi-level stochastic optimization model that jointly addresses location, allocation, and routing decisions under uncertainty. In addition, a dynamic cluster-improvement algorithm iteratively adjusts cluster configurations based on shortage rates, thereby strengthening network responsiveness and resilience. The proposed framework is evaluated through a real-world case study. The numerical results indicate cost reductions of up to approximately 32% in specific periods, together with more stable resource utilization and improved overall SC performance.
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