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Optimizing parcel delivery paths using a highway passenger transport-based express service.
- Source :
- Transportation Planning & Technology; Oct2013, Vol. 36 Issue 7, p581-598, 18p
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- A unique commercial operation in China that delivers express parcels within the storage compartments (belly-holds) of highway passenger coaches is introduced. A new delivery mode, called ‘direct + transfer’ delivery, is proposed. On the basis of this mode, a model to optimize the delivery path is constructed by considering the parcel arrival patterns, coach departure times, and belly-hold capacity in the initial origin. The solution algorithm is designed. In a case study, the probability distribution function of the parcel arrival pattern is fitted, and the delivery paths of parcels from a city to other cities in a region in China are calculated and analyzed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03081060
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Transportation Planning & Technology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 91593159
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2013.845431