Freight transport and distribution : concepts and optimisation models /: concepts and optimisation models. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Tolga Bektas.
• Authors: Bektas, Tolga
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1: Freight logistics, distribution and transport: Concepts; 1.1 Actors; 1.1.1 Shippers; 1.1.2 Carriers; 1.1.3 Intermediaries; 1.2 Modes of transportation; 1.2.1 Road; 1.2.2 Rail; 1.2.3 Air; 1.2.4 Sea; 1.2.5 Intermodal transportation; 1.2.6 Intermodal terminals; 1.2.6.1 Containerised transport; 1.3 Choice of carrier and transportation mode; 1.4 Shipment options; 1.4.1 Direct and customised shipments; 1.4.2 Consolidated shipments; 1.5 Distribution structures; 1.5.1 Single-echelon 1.5.2 Multi-echelonReferences and further reading; 2: Location in networks; 2.1 Hub location problems; 2.2 Common notation; 2.3 p-Hub median problems; 2.3.1 Single-allocation p-hub median problem; 2.3.1.1 Quadratic integer programming formulation; 2.3.1.2 Integer linear programming formulations; 2.3.2 Multiple-allocation p-hub median problem; 2.4 Capacitated hub location problems; 2.5 Other types of hub location problems; 2.5.1 p-Hub centre problem; 2.5.2 Hub covering problem; 2.6 Congestion in hub location problems; 2.7 Facility location problems 2.7.1 Uncapacitated facility location problem2.7.2 Capacitated facility location problem; 2.8 Uncertainty in location problems; 2.8.1 Scenario-based modelling; 2.8.2 Recourse actions; 2.9 Practical application: Hub location for time-sensitive cargo deliveries; References and further reading; 3: Transportation and service networks; 3.1 Features of transportation networks; 3.2 Common notation; 3.3 Multi-commodity network flow and design; 3.3.1 Single-commodity network design problem; 3.3.2 Shortest path problems; 3.3.2.1 Resource-constrained shortest path problem 3.3.2.2 Multi-objective shortest path problem3.3.3 Multi-commodity network design problem; 3.4 Service network design; 3.4.1 Time-invariant formulation; 3.4.2 Time-space network representation; 3.5 Congestion in network design; 3.5.1 Modelling delay; 3.5.2 Network design with node congestion; 3.6 Practical application: Intermodal rail network service design; References and further reading; 4: Routing problems; 4.1 Routing in freight distribution; 4.1.1 Network topology; 4.1.2 Timescales for planning and implementation; 4.1.3 Customers; 4.1.4 Time; 4.1.5 Vehicles; 4.1.6 Objectives 4.2 Travelling salesman problem4.2.1 Asymmetric formulations; 4.2.2 Subtours and subtour elimination for the ATSP; 4.2.2.1 Cutset inequalities; 4.2.2.2 Compact formulations; 4.2.2.3 Compact node-ordering formulation; 4.2.2.4 Compact arc-ordering or flow-based formulation; 4.2.2.5 Compact precedence-based formulation; 4.2.3 Symmetric formulations; 4.3 Vehicle routing problem; 4.3.1 Common notation; 4.4 Capacitated vehicle routing; 4.4.1 Two-index formulations; 4.4.1.1 Cutset inequalities for tour feasibility; 4.4.1.2 Compact inequalities based on node-ordering for tour feasibility
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 388/.044068; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Production & Operations Management; Freight and freightage -- Mathematical models; Freight and freightage -- Management; Physical distribution of goods -- Mathematical models; Physical distribution of goods -- Management; Business logistics; Business logistics; Freight and freightage -- Management; Freight and freightage -- Mathematical models; Physical distribution of goods -- Management; Physical distribution of goods -- Mathematical models; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Transportation; TRANSPORTATION / Public Transportation; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Operations Research; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482258745; 1482258749; 9781351702393; 1351702394
• Related ISBNs: 9781482258707; 1482258706
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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