| References | CoQ incorporated? | Decison variables | Features of model | Model objectives | Optimization method |
| [42] | No | La, Tv | SP, MPr, S | C, Re | ε-constraint method |
| [38] | Yes | Rd, Q | SPr, MP, S | CoQ, C | LINGO |
| [51] | No | La, Fc | SPr, MP, S | Pr | LINGO |
| [52] | No | Q, Ds, La | MPr, MP, S | C | Weighting Method |
| [53] | No | La, Tr, Fc | SPr, MP, S | Pr, Re | ε-constraint method |
| [54] | Yes | Q | MPr, MP, S | CoQ, V | Differential Evolution Algorithm |
| [55] | No | Q, Ds, Tv | Spr, Sp, D | C, Dp, Re | LINGO |
| [56] | No | La, Ts | SPr, Sp, D | C | Decomposition methods |
| [57] | No | L, Ts | SPr, Sp, D | C | CPLEX |
| [58] | No | Fc, Q, Tv | MPr, MP, S | C | LINGO |
| [59] | No | Q, La, Ds | Mpr, Mp, S | C | Fuzzy optimisation model |
| [60] | Yes | Q, Fc | SPr, MP,D | CoQ | Gradient search matlab 7.0 |
| [61] | No | Ds, Fc | MPr, Sp, D | C | Geographic Information System (GIS) |
| [62] | Yes | Tv, La | SPr, MP, D | CoQ, Pr | Simulated Annealing (SA) |
| [63] | Yes | La, Tr, Fc | SPr, SP, D | CoQ, Re | Simulated Annealing (SA) |
| [23] | No | Tr, Q | SPr, SP, D | C | Simulated Annealing + Tabu Search |
| [64] | Yes | La, Tv | SPr, MP, D | CoQ, Pr | Algorithmes génétiques (GA) |
| [8] | No | Q | SPr, SP,D | C, Re, V | Genetic Algorithm (GA) |
| [17] | Yes | Dp, Q | Spr, Sp, D | CoQ | Genetic Algorithm (GA) |
| [65] | No | Q | SPr, MP, D | C | Genetic Algorithm (GA) |
| [66] | No | Q | MPr, Mp, S | C | hGA = GA + PS (genetic algorithm + pattern search technique) |
| [67] | No | Tv, La | Mpr, Sp, D | C | Genetic Algorithm (GA) |
| [10] | Yes | Tv, Q | SPr, SP, S | CoQ, Pr | Genetic Algorithm (GA) |
| [68] | No | Q, La | Spr, Sp, D | Dp, C | Genetic Algorithm (GA) |
| [69] | No | Q, T, J | MPr, MP, D | C, Pr | Genetic Algorithm (GA) |