The freight routing problem of time-definite freight delivery common carriers

Lin, Cheng Chang

doi:10.1016/s0191-2615(00)00008-4

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“…Lin (2001) found that the freight routing problem of time-definite common carriers is one of finding the routes that minimize the sum of handling and transportation costs, while meeting service commitments and operational restrictions. Because handling charges are fixed in the short run, this suggests that transportation costs, which are a function of travel distance and travel time, are an influential variable.…”

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Context-dependent influence of road attributes and pricing policies on route choice behavior of truck drivers: results of a conjoint choice experiment

et al. 2012

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In this paper, we report the results of a stated choice experiment, which was conducted to examine truck drivers' route choice behavior. Of particular interest are the questions (i) what is the relative importance of road accessibility considerations via-a-vis traditional factors influencing route choice behavior, (ii) what are the influences of particular personal and situational variables on the evaluation of route attributes, (iii) how sensitive are truck drivers for possible pricing policies, and (iv) is there a difference in impact if environmental concerns are framed as a bonus or as a pricing instrument. The main findings indicate that road accessibility characteristics have a substantial impact on route preferences which is of the same order of magnitude as variation in travel times. This suggests that provision of adequate travel information in itself can be an effective instrument to prevent negative externalities of good transport associated with shortest routes. Furthermore, the results indicate that truck drivers/route planners when choosing a route are relatively sensitive to road pricing schemes and rather insensitive to environmental bonuses.

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Context-dependent influence of road attributes and pricing policies on route choice behavior of truck drivers: results of a conjoint choice experiment

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“…Hall (1996) studies the routing decisions for pickup and delivery for overnight carriers on an already established network. Lin (2001) considers the problem of selecting the segments over a network with fixed hub locations. Kara and Tansel (2001) analyze a hub location problem arising in the cargo delivery sector and identify certain characteristics specific to this application area.…”

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Release Time Scheduling and Hub Location for Next-Day Delivery

Yaman

Karaşan

Kara

2012

Operations Research

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Inspired by a real-life problem faced by one of the largest ground-based cargo companies of Turkey, the current study introduces a new facet to the hub location literature. The release time scheduling and hub location problem aims to select a specified number of hubs from a fixed set of demand centers, to allocate each demand center to a hub, and to decide on the release times of trucks from each demand center in such a way that the total amount of cargo guaranteed to be delivered to every potential destination by the next day is not below a threshold and the total routing cost is minimized. The paper introduces integer programming models to solve this problem in the special cases when the cargo uniformly arrives to each demand center during the day and the more realistic pattern of when the cargo arrivals exhibit a piecewise linear form. Several classes of valid inequalities are proposed to strengthen the formulations. Extensions with multiple service levels and discrete sets for release times are also discussed. Computational results show the computational viability of the models under realistic scenarios as well as the validity of the proposed problems in answering several interesting questions from the cargo sector's perspective.

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“…Multiple hub road networks are considered by Lin (2001). The author observes that vehicle balancing and drivers official work rules are important operating constraints in a cost-effective line-haul operating plan.…”

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Enriching the tactical network design of express service carriers with fleet scheduling characteristics

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Express service carriers provide time-guaranteed deliveries of parcels via a network consisting of nodes and hubs. In this, nodes take care of the collection and delivery of parcels, and hubs have the function to consolidate parcels in between the nodes. The tactical network design problem assigns nodes to hubs, determines arcs between hubs, and routes parcels through the network. Afterwards, fleet scheduling creates a schedule for vehicles operated in the network. The strong relation between flow routing and fleet scheduling makes it difficult to optimise the Flex Serv Manuf J (2010) 22:3-35 DOI 10.1007 network cost. Due to this complexity, fleet scheduling and network design are usually decoupled. We propose a new tactical network design model that is able to include fleet scheduling characteristics (like vehicle capacities, vehicle balancing, and drivers' legislations) in the network design. The model is tested on benchmark data based on instances from an express provider, resulting in significant cost reductions. 123

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The freight routing problem of time-definite freight delivery common carriers

Cited by 53 publications

References 7 publications

Context-dependent influence of road attributes and pricing policies on route choice behavior of truck drivers: results of a conjoint choice experiment

Context-dependent influence of road attributes and pricing policies on route choice behavior of truck drivers: results of a conjoint choice experiment

Release Time Scheduling and Hub Location for Next-Day Delivery

Enriching the tactical network design of express service carriers with fleet scheduling characteristics

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