Mixed truck delivery systems with both hub-and-spoke and direct shipment

被引：66

作者：

Liu, JY ^{[1
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Li, CL

Chan, CY

机构：

[1] Hong Kong Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Ind Engn & Engn Management, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China

[2] Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Dept Shipping & Transport Logist, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China

来源：

TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E-LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW | 2003年 / 39卷 / 04期

关键词：

truck delivery system; hub-and-spoke; direct shipment; mixed system; vehicle routing; heuristic algorithm;

D O I：

10.1016/S1366-5545(03)00005-X

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper studies a mixed truck delivery system that allows both hub-and-spoke and direct shipment delivery modes. A heuristic algorithm is developed to determine the mode of delivery for each demand and to perform vehicle routing in both modes of deliveries. Computational experiments are carried out on a large set of randomly generated problem instances to compare the mixed system with the pure hub-and-spoke system and the pure direct shipment system. The experiment results show that the mixed system can save around 10% total traveling distance on average as compared with either of the two pure systems. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：325 / 339

页数：15

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