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The object of this study is a multicriteria transport problem, being stated for availability of several means of cargo delivery, meaning a multimodal transport problem. The optimization criteria of the multimodal transport problem described above are two objective functions of minimizing total transportation costs and level of transport risks. Three types of transport were selected for research: automobile, rail and river (inland waterway). The results of the study lay the foundation for development of a new valid algorithm for solving multimodal transport problems like multi-criteria optimization ones. The main advantage of such an algorithm lies in its higher potential convergence rate compared to classical numerical optimization methods, which now are predominantly used to solve the problems of this type. This advantage may not be decisive, but it appears to be at least quite an important argument when choosing the method of realization for two-criteria multimodal transport problems earlier considered, especially, in case of a large dimension. Moreover, the algorithm described in the work can be applied to similar problems with any number of types of transport and optimization criteria.

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The paper regards a common transport problem with a non-classic optimization criterion to minimize transportation risks. It demonstrates that the risk parameters of the function could be found through the factor analysis method. Besides, considering that the problem contains several points of sending and delivering loads, the method is dealt with as a matrix. The research also regards the algorithm of matrix factor analysis application for determining parameters of the objective function for the problem to be solved. The survey results in a new method to construct the objective function for the optimization problem with probability parameters. It generally assists in suggesting a formal solution to such problems, foremost due to particular software.

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