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A multi-period mixed integer programming model is presented in this paper to reduce the overall cost of coal purchasing and transport in large-scale power generation group with the consideration of the stochastic coal demand. Mixed integer liner programming is used in problem formulation considering inherent connection between purchasing and inventory routing, and scenario tree method is applied to...