| Symbol | Description | Symbol | Description |
| G | group node | D | distribution node |
| i | echelon, i = G,D | j | nodes, |
| m | product weight | p | product transportation unit price |
| c | unit cost | s | transportation distance |
| de ij | quantity of online order assigned to echelon i node j | ds ij | quantity of offline order assigned to echelon i node j |
| qe ij | quantity of online available inventory of echelon i node j | qs ij | quantity of offline available inventory of echelon i node j |
| TCij | total cost of echelon i node j | T | target cost of ench |
| STij | Service time of echelon i node j | ST | target service time |
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| target weight factor of echelon i node j |
| variable deviation tolerance of echelon i node j |