Intermodal hub-and-spoke logistic network design with differentiated services: The case of China Railway Express

Zhou, Jian; Jiang, Yujiao; Shen, Yijing; Pantelous, Athanasios A.; Liu, Yuanyuan; Huang, Chuan Zhen; Ma, Lin

doi:10.1016/j.ins.2022.08.083

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“…Xue et al [7] considered the time factor, set four-dimensional decision variables and constraints to build a hybrid hub-and-spoke network. Jian et al [8] used an improved tabu search algorithm to solve the problem and support the decision-making of hub location and configuration. Cheng et al [9] constructed a mixed integer programming model that considered operating costs and carbon emissions, and solved the optimal location plan for the assembly center from 28 candidate nodes.…”

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Research on site selection of China Railway Express assembly center

Liu,

2024

Third International Conference on Intelligent Traffic Systems and Smart City (ITSSC 2023)

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In order to improve the construction of the assembly center, this paper builds an assembly center location optimization model with the smallest operation cost based on the composition of the cost of China Railway Express operation, and designs a multi-population genetic algorithm to solve it. Secondly, a transportation network composed of 20 cargo source areas, 3 alternative assembly centers, 4 ports, and 3 destination cities was selected as an example to conduct analysis and verification, determine the optimal location strategy. Finally, this article draws conclusions and suggestions, which can provide reference for the construction of China Railway Express assembly center.

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Research on site selection of China Railway Express assembly center

Liu,

2024

Third International Conference on Intelligent Traffic Systems and Smart City (ITSSC 2023)

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“…Alkaabneh et al (2019) considered a hub-and-spoke network design problem with inter-hub economies of scale and hub congestion and proposed an optimal design of hub-and-spoke networks with nonlinear inter-hub economies of scale and congestion at hub locations [9]. Zhou et al (2022) designed an H-S network with differentiated services, allowing clients to choose their preferred service levels, while considering multiple transportation modes, with environmental parameters and economies of scale incorporated into the modeling process [10]. Zhou et al (2023) proposed an H-S network design (HSND) for container shipping in inland waterways based on the tree-like river structure [11].…”

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“…Formula ( 10) is the objective function, guaranteeing the minimum transportation cost and the delay cost in the logistics network. Constraint condition (11) indicates that in order to solve the objective function (10), constraint (2) to constraint (5), constraint (8), and constraint (9) are required.…”

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Hub-and-Spoke Network Optimization with Flow Delay Cost: The Case of Goods Delivery on Urban Logistics Networks in Eastern China

Wang,

Shen,

Wang

et al. 2024

Mathematics

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With respect to a traditional point-to-point (P-P) network, a hub-and-spoke (H-S) network not only uses a smaller number of links/paths but also utilizes the scale economy advantage on consolidated flows on hub–hub links and at hubs. However, the inevitable delays through hubs have always been a critical concern. Therefore, this paper develops an H-S model considering flow delay costs and applies the model to a logistics case in Eastern China. The integer quadratic term in the model’s objective function is linearized using the algebraic method. Our model is applied to develop an H-S network for its 13-node express package delivery operation, using the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. The results show using the H-S can save more than 14.1% of the total cost annually. The model also provides an applied case to the H-S configuration, especially for urban express delivery logistics in China.

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“…Wang and Meng study the discrete intermodal transport network design for cargo transportation from the perspective of network planner [ 26 ]. Zhou et al study a hierarchical multimodal hub and allocation problem for China railway express [ 27 ]. Mostert et al propose a bi-objective mathematical formulation which takes into account economic and environmental objectives on a road and intermodal network with three modes of transport [ 28 ].…”

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Logistics hub location for high-speed rail freight transport with road-rail intermodal transport network

Lang

Chen

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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In this paper, we propose a new freight mode to describe how the designed HSR freight train serve for express delivery. We introduce the functions of the hubs and design the hybrid hub-and-spoke network of road-rail intermodal transportation from the perspective of planners, which features as single allocation rule and configures varying levels of hubs. The problem is accurately described by a mixed integer programming model with the objective to minimize total construction cost and total operation cost. We develop a hybrid heuristic algorithm based on a greedy strategy to obtain the levels of hubs, customer allocation and cargo routing. Taking the example of HSR freight network consisting of 50 cities in China, numerical experiments are conducted on the basis of forecasting data from the real-life express market to obtain the hub location schemes. The validity of the model and the performance of the algorithm are verified.

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Intermodal hub-and-spoke logistic network design with differentiated services: The case of China Railway Express

Cited by 15 publications

References 45 publications

Research on site selection of China Railway Express assembly center

Research on site selection of China Railway Express assembly center

Hub-and-Spoke Network Optimization with Flow Delay Cost: The Case of Goods Delivery on Urban Logistics Networks in Eastern China

Logistics hub location for high-speed rail freight transport with road-rail intermodal transport network

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