A Stackelberg-game approach to support the design of logistic terminals

Mario Catalano and Marco Migliore

Journal of Transport Geography, 2014, vol. 41, issue C, 63-73

Abstract: This paper deals with the design of logistic terminals taking Sicily, in the South of Italy, as a case study. It focuses on consolidation terminals for truckers and addresses the problem of optimising location pattern and public share in investments. This problem is solved through a Stackelberg game between the designer and the collective of road carriers. So a bilevel approach combines a system-optimum problem, at the upper level, with the carrier equilibrium problem, at the lower level. The choice behaviour of the lower-level player is simulated by a random utility model. The output of the game suggests that private companies and society should share the investments and the public contribution should be high; furthermore, transhipment and consolidation services should be concentrated at few terminals to exploit fully economies of scale at the expense of the average travel time to reach the logistic platforms.

Keywords: Logistic terminal design; Load factor optimisation; Public share in investment; Bilevel noncooperative game; Discrete location model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.08.010

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