A Location-Allocation Model for Seaport-Dry Port System Optimization

Xuejun Feng, Yan Zhang, Yuwei Li and Wei Wang

Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, 2013, vol. 2013, 1-9

Abstract:

Seaports participate in hinterland economic development through partnerships with dry ports, and the combined seaport-dry port network serves as the backbone of regional logistics. This paper constructs a location-allocation model for the regional seaport-dry port network optimization problem and develops a greedy algorithm and a genetic algorithm to obtain its solution. This model is applicable to situations under which the geographic distribution of demand is known. A case study involving configuration of dry ports near the west bank of the Taiwan Strait is conducted, and the model is successfully applied.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1155/2013/309585

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