Route planning for a mixed delivery system in long distance transportation and comparison with pure delivery systems

JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS

卷:291

Article

Royo, Beatriz¹  Fraile, Alberto¹  Larrode, Emilio¹  Muerza, Victoria¹ 

[1] Univ Zaragoza, Dept Mech Engn, Zaragoza 50018, Spain

关键词: Mixed delivery system;    Vehicle routing problem;    Hub location problem;    Optimization algorithm;    Metaheuristic methods;    Less than truckload;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.cam.2015.03.042

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

The long distance routing problems are divided into three kinds of pure delivery systems where every order is allocated the same distribution strategy. Pure delivery systems have been generally, independently and widely studied. This research provides a solution to help pallet and package delivery companies in decision making, considering a mixed delivery system to improve the use of resources. It returns the route planning after allocating to each order the distribution strategy that best fits to the global scene and proves if a mixed delivery system achieves best results than a pure one and under which circumstances. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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