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A hub covering model for cargo delivery systems
Author(s) -
Tan Pinar Z.,
Kara Bahar Y.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
networks
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.977
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1097-0037
pISSN - 0028-3045
DOI - 10.1002/net.20139
Subject(s) - implementation , integer programming , computer science , variety (cybernetics) , delivery system , operations research , focus (optics) , delivery performance , telecommunications , air cargo , transport engineering , engineering , industrial engineering , artificial intelligence , physics , optics , algorithm , biomedical engineering , programming language
The hub location problem appears in a variety of applications including airline systems, cargo delivery systems, and telecommunication network design. When we analyze the application areas separately, we observe that each area has its own characteristics. In this research we focus on cargo delivery systems. Our interviews with various cargo delivery firms operating in Turkey enabled us to determine the constraints, requirements, and criteria of the hub location problem specific to the cargo delivery sector. We present integer programming formulations and large‐scale implementations of the models within Turkey. The results are compared with the current structure of a cargo delivery firm operating in Turkey. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. NETWORKS, Vol. 49(1), 28–39 2007