IJCOPE Journal

UGC Logo DOI / ISO Logo

International Journal of Creative and Open Research in Engineering and Management

A Peer-Reviewed, Open-Access International Journal Supporting Multidisciplinary Research, Digital Publishing Standards, DOI Registration, and Academic Indexing.
Journal Information
ISSN: 3108-1754 (Online)
Crossref DOI: Available
ISO Certification: 9001:2015
Publication Fee: 599/- INR
Compliance: UGC Journal Norms
License: CC BY 4.0
Peer Review: Double Blind
Volume 02, Issue 04

Published on: April 2026

FEDERATED LEARNING-DRIVEN DEMAND FORECASTING INTEGRATED WITH STOCHASTIC LINEAR PROGRAMMING IN DECENTRALIZED RETAIL NETWORKS

Dr.K.Chandra Sekhar

Dr. P Sreehari Reddy¹ , Dr R V S S Nagabhushana Rao

Government Degree College, Naidupet,D.K.Govt. College for Women ,Department of Statistics, Vikrama Simhapuri University, Nellore

Article Status

Plagiarism Passed Peer Reviewed Open Access

Available Documents

Abstract

Decentralized retail networks struggle with two main problems: predicting customer demand accurately and sharing customer data while keeping personal information private, especially when stores and platforms are in different locations.  Federated learning is a new approach that lets teams train models to predict things without sharing actual data. Stochastic linear programming is a method used to make smart decisions about inventory and restocking when demand is uncertain.  This paper suggests a combined system where forecasts of customer demand, made using federated learning at each store, are used in a two-step planning model for managing inventory in a retail network that has multiple levels of distribution.  Building on recent advancements in federated learning for demand forecasting, supply chain planning under stochastic demand, and decentralized FL architectures, we formalize the interaction between the learning layer and optimization layer and demonstrate the approach on a synthetic yet realistic dataset calibrated to patterns reported in recent literature.  The experimental results show that using the proposed FL SLP integration leads to a reduction of 18 to 25 percent in average stock outs and 8 to 12 percent in total network costs compared to non-federated baselines that use either local models or centralized training with data pooling.  A statistical analysis using ANOVA confirms that these improvements are significant at the 5% level.  We end by talking about important things to consider when putting decentralized retail networks into use in the real world and by pointing out where future research could go.

How to Cite this Paper

Sekhar, K. (2026). Federated Learning-Driven Demand Forecasting Integrated with Stochastic Linear Programming in Decentralized Retail Networks. International Journal of Creative and Open Research in Engineering and Management, <i>02</i>(04). https://doi.org/10.55041/ijcope.v2i4.475

Sekhar, K.Chandra. "Federated Learning-Driven Demand Forecasting Integrated with Stochastic Linear Programming in Decentralized Retail Networks." International Journal of Creative and Open Research in Engineering and Management, vol. 02, no. 04, 2026, pp. . doi:https://doi.org/10.55041/ijcope.v2i4.475.

Sekhar, K.Chandra. "Federated Learning-Driven Demand Forecasting Integrated with Stochastic Linear Programming in Decentralized Retail Networks." International Journal of Creative and Open Research in Engineering and Management 02, no. 04 (2026). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.55041/ijcope.v2i4.475.

Search & Index

References


  1. Wang, H., Chen, Y. and Li, X., 2022. Federated learning for supply chain demand forecasting. Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2022, 4109070.

  2.  https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/4109070.

  3. Wei, J., Zhang, Q. and Liu, M., 2024. Time-weighted federated learning for supply chain demand forecasting. IEEE Access, 12, pp.14567–14580.

  4. Qi, H., Sun, Y. and Zhao, L., 2025. Comparative trade-off analysis between centralized, distributed and federated learning for demand prediction. Applied Soft Computing, 158, 111456.

  5. Li, Z., Wang, P. and Chen, R., 2023. Enhancing supply chain demand forecasting using gated recurrent networks in federated learning. Informatica, 34(3), pp.567–582.

  6. Kairouz, P., McMahan, H.B. and Avent, B., 2021. Advances and open problems in federated learning. 14(1–2), pp.1–210. https://doi.org/10.1561/2200000083

  7. chaub, T., 2009. A stochastic linear programming model for supply chain planning under uncertainty. European Journal of Operational Research, 198(3), pp.789–802.

  8. Salinas, D., Flunkert, V., Gasthaus, J. and Januschowski, T., 2020. DeepAR: Probabilistic forecasting with autoregressive recurrent networks. International Journal of Forecasting, 36(3), pp.1181–1191.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2019.07.001

  9. Lim, B., Arik, S.Ö., Loeff, N. and Pfister, T., 2021. Temporal fusion transformers for

  10.       interpretable multi-horizon time series forecasting. International Journal of Forecasting,

  11.       37(4), pp.1748–1764. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2021.03.012

  12. Gallego, G. and Zipkin, P., 1999. Inventory control with uncertain demand: A review. Operations Research, 47(2), pp.225–237.

  13. Tayur, S., Ganeshan, R. and Magazine, M., 2012. Quantitative Models for Supply Chain Management. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4949-9

Ethical Compliance & Review Process

  • All submissions are screened under plagiarism detection.
  • Review follows editorial policy.
  • Authors retain copyright.
  • Peer Review Type: Double-Blind Peer Review
  • Published on: Apr 18 2026
CCBYNC

This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. You are free to share and adapt this work for non-commercial purposes with proper attribution.

View License
Scroll to Top