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Generating price‐effective intermodal routes
Author(s) -
Gromicho Joaquim A.S.,
Oudshoorn Erwin,
Post Gerhard
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
statistica neerlandica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1467-9574
pISSN - 0039-0402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9574.2011.00493.x
Subject(s) - focus (optics) , suite , shortest path problem , computer science , mathematical optimization , path (computing) , service (business) , state (computer science) , operations research , algorithm , mathematics , theoretical computer science , computer network , business , marketing , graph , physics , archaeology , optics , history
We describe the problem of intermodal international freight transport that is faced by some logistic service providers and the solution that ORTEC's logistic suite offers to these customers. This solution is based on a state of the art k ‐shortest path algorithm for directed networks. Our focus is on the modeling aspects of the problem. In particular, we propose an approach in two phases and methods to reduce the size of the network, so as to obtain a solution within an acceptable calculation time.