A Multimode Multiproduct Network Assignment Model for Strategic Planning of Freight Flows

Jacques Guélat, Michael Florian and Teodor Gabriel Crainic
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Jacques Guélat: Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Michael Florian: Centre de recherche sur les transports, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada, H3C 3J7, and Département d'Informatique et de Recherche Opérationnelle, Université de Montréal
Teodor Gabriel Crainic: Centre de recherche sur les transports, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada, H3C 3J7, and Département des Sciences Administratives, Université du Québec à Montréal

Transportation Science, 1990, vol. 24, issue 1, 25-39

Abstract: We present in this paper a normative model for simulating freight flows of multiple products on a multimodal network. The multimodal aspects of the transportation system considered are accounted for in the network representation chosen. The multiproduct aspects of the model are exploited in the solution procedure, which is a Gauss–Seidel-Linear Approximation Algorithm. An important component of the solution algorithm is the computation of shortest paths with intermodal transfer costs. Computational results obtained with this algorithm on a network that corresponds to the Brazil transportation network are presented. Several applications of this model are reported as well.

Date: 1990
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