Intermodal hub-and-spoke network design: Incorporating multiple stakeholders and multi-type containers

Using Improved Entropy‐Cloud Model to Select High‐Speed Railway Express Freight Train Service Sites

“…Most of the researches formulate the railway express SSP as a hub-and-spoke network [1] or intermodal hub-andspoke network design problem [2][3][4][5][6]. The hub-and-spoke network problem was originally formulated to be a quadratic integer programming model by O'Kelly [7] and then later is referred to as a -hub median problem by Campbell [8].…”

“…There are two kinds of mathematical models to formulate the hub-and-spoke network problem, including path-based mixed integer linear programming models with four-dimensional variables (e.g., [9][10][11][12]) and origin-based mixed integer linear programming models with three-dimensional variables (e.g., [13][14][15]). Meng and Wang [3], both, apply a mathematical program with equilibrium constraints model for the intermodal hub-and-spoke network design problem with multiple stakeholders and multitype containers. There are two main contributions about the model: formulating the user equilibrium (UE) behavior of intermodal operators in route choice for any given network design decision of the network planner and using a cost function that is capable of reflecting the transition from scale economies to scale diseconomies in distinct flow regimes for carriers or hub operators.…”

Sustainability SI: Multimode Multicommodity Network Design Model for Intermodal Freight Transportation with Transfer and Emission Costs

“…In recent 10 years, a significant number of papers on this topic have appeared. For example, Meng and Wang (2011) proposed a mathematical formulation to design an intermodal huband-spoke network for multi-type container transportation, which is suitable when there are multiple stakeholders such as the network planner, carriers, hub operators, and intermodal operators. Arnold et al (2004) presented a systematic approach to deal with the problem of optimally locating the rail/road terminals for freight transports in relation to the cost criterion.…”

On Transport Service Selection in Intermodal Rail/Road Distribution Networks

“…They propose a tabu search procedure which is able to find near-optimal solutions for networks with up to 20 terminals. This branch of literature is still growing with focus, e.g., on the incorporation of different service types, see Ishfaq (2012), or on different transport units, see Meng and Wang (2011). However, all approaches assume a set of predefined transport orders with given origins and destinations.…”