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

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 303-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Qu ◽  
Tolga Bektaş ◽  
Julia Bennell
Keyword(s):  
Network Design ◽  
Freight Transportation ◽  
Design Model ◽  
Intermodal Freight ◽  
Multicommodity Network Design

scholarly journals A Two-Stage Chance Constrained Approach with Application to Stochastic Intermodal Service Network Design Problems

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Zhao ◽  
Qingwan Xue ◽  
Zhichao Cao ◽  
Xi Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Network Design ◽  
Programming Model ◽  
Freight Transportation ◽  
Sample Average Approximation ◽  
Network Design Problem ◽  
Chance Constrained Programming ◽  
Service Network ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Service Network Design ◽  
Intermodal Freight

Compared with traditional freight transportation, intermodal freight transportation is more competitive which can combine the advantages of different transportation modes. As a consequence, operational research on intermodal freight transportation has received more attention and developed rapidly, but it is still a young research field. In this paper, a stochastic intermodal service network design problem is introduced in a sea-rail transportation system, which considers stochastic travel time, stochastic transfer time, and stochastic container demand. Given candidate train and ship services, we develop a two-stage chance constrained programming model for this problem with the objective of minimising the expected total cost. The first stage allows for the selection of operated services, while the second stage focuses on the determination of intermodal container routes where capacity and on-time delivery chance constraints are presented. A hybrid heuristic algorithm, incorporating sample average approximation and ant colony optimisation, is employed to solve this model. The proposed model is applied to a realistic intermodal sea-rail network, which demonstrates the performance of the model and algorithm as well as the influence of stochasticity on transportation plans. Hence, the proposed methodology can improve effectively the performance of intermodal service network design scheme under stochastic conditions and provide managerial insights for decision-makers.

A road network design model considering horizontal and vertical equity: Evidences from an empirical study

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 392-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo Caggiani ◽  
Rosalia Camporeale ◽  
Mario Binetti ◽  
Michele Ottomanelli
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Network Design ◽  
Road Network ◽  
Design Model ◽  
Vertical Equity

scholarly journals An Optimal Path Identification in the Intermodal Freight Transportation Network

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.11) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Adel Gohari ◽  
Abdul Nasir Bin Matori ◽  
Khamaruzaman Wan Yusof ◽  
Iraj Toloue ◽  
Khin Cho Myint
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Transportation Network ◽  
Optimal Path ◽  
Freight Transportation ◽  
Research Topic ◽  
Objective Functions ◽  
Intermodal Transportation ◽  
Choice Analysis ◽  
Mode Of Transportation ◽  
Intermodal Freight

Intermodal transportation is a research topic of great interest at present. This paper presents a route choice analysis on an intermodal freight transportation network. The aim of this study was to determine the optimum route and mode of transportation based on least distance and least time criteria for the movement of containers from origin to the destination. Geographic Information System (GIS) was adopted to build the hypothetical freight transportation network and MATLAB software was used to model the travel distance and travel time. The results showed that the model can be used effectively to identify the shortest path and modes of transportation according to objective functions.  

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