A hub covering network design problem for cargo applications in Turkey

S Alumur and B Y Kara ()
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S Alumur: Bilkent University
B Y Kara: Bilkent University

Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2009, vol. 60, issue 10, 1349-1359

Abstract: Abstract Hub location problems involve locating hub facilities and allocating demand nodes to hubs in order to provide service between origin–destination pairs. In this study, we focus on cargo applications of the hub location problem. Through observations from the Turkish cargo sector, we propose a new mathematical model for the hub location problem that relaxes the complete hub network assumption. Our model minimizes the cost of establishing hubs and hub links, while designing a network that services each origin–destination pair within a time bound. We formulate a single-allocation hub covering model that permits visiting at most three hubs on a route. The model is then applied to the realistic instances of the Turkish network and to the Civil Aeronautics Board data set.

Keywords: hub location; hub cover; cargo applications; location; logistics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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