Highway Passenger Transport Based Express Parcel Service Network Design: Model and Algorithm
Joint Authors
Jiang, Yuan
Sun, Baofeng
Li, Gendao
Lin, Zhibin
Zheng, Changxu
Shen, Xiuxiu
Source
Journal of Advanced Transportation
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-17, 17 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-10-10
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
17
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Highway passenger transport based express parcel service (HPTB-EPS) is an emerging business that uses unutilised room of coach trunk to ship parcels between major cities.
While it is reaping more and more express market, the managers are facing difficult decisions to design the service network.
This paper investigates the HPTB-EPS network design problem and analyses the time-space characteristics of such network.
A mixed-integer programming model is formulated integrating the service decision, frequency, and network flow distribution.
To solve the model, a decomposition-based heuristic algorithm is designed by decomposing the problem as three steps: construction of service network, service path selection, and distribution of network flow.
Numerical experiment using real data from our partner company demonstrates the effectiveness of our model and algorithm.
We found that our solution could reduce the total cost by up to 16.3% compared to the carrier’s solution.
The sensitivity analysis demonstrates the robustness and flexibility of the solutions of the model.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Jiang, Yuan& Sun, Baofeng& Li, Gendao& Lin, Zhibin& Zheng, Changxu& Shen, Xiuxiu. 2017. Highway Passenger Transport Based Express Parcel Service Network Design: Model and Algorithm. Journal of Advanced Transportation،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-17.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Jiang, Yuan…[et al.]. Highway Passenger Transport Based Express Parcel Service Network Design: Model and Algorithm. Journal of Advanced Transportation No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-17.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1170523
American Medical Association (AMA)
Jiang, Yuan& Sun, Baofeng& Li, Gendao& Lin, Zhibin& Zheng, Changxu& Shen, Xiuxiu. Highway Passenger Transport Based Express Parcel Service Network Design: Model and Algorithm. Journal of Advanced Transportation. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-17.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1170523
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1170523