Freight transportation network model with bundling option

Young-Soo Myung and Yung-Mok Yu

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2020, vol. 133, issue C

Abstract: We consider a freight transportation network model in which we can send goods with or without bundling. When we choose the bundling option, we can send multiple goods, after grouping into a bundle, at the cost of one unit good; however, bundling and unbundling also incur costs. The model was originally developed to solve the problem of relocating empty containers in hinterland transportation, but it also has an application in multimodal freight transportation. We investigate the complexity of the problem and develop an efficient heuristic that uses a network flow algorithm.

Keywords: Network flow; Bundling option; Relocating foldable containers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2019.101827

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