The unilateral transportation problem
Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-29 |
| Journal / Publication | Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review |
| Volume | 132 |
| Online published | 31 Oct 2019 |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2019 |
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Abstract
We study the unilateral transportation problem, a new routing problem originated from the practice of outsourced line-haul transportation in the express delivery industry. Its objective is to find a set of outsourced routes that minimize the total transportation cost, while fulfilling certain transportation tasks and respecting vehicles’ capacities. Particularly, we have considered practical features including heterogeneous vehicles, uncapped demands, and the toll-by-weight scheme. We formulate this problem into a cover set based model, and design both a fast heuristic and an exact algorithm to solve the model. The effectiveness of our algorithms have been demonstrated in the computational experiments.
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- Algorithm, Outsourced line-haul transportation, Routing, Toll-by-weight scheme, Unilateral transportation
Citation Format(s)
The unilateral transportation problem. / Li, Jiliu; Qin, Hu; Shen, Huaxiao et al.
In: Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Vol. 132, 12.2019, p. 1-29.
In: Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Vol. 132, 12.2019, p. 1-29.
Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
