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Title: | Optimal loading of double-stack container trains | Authors: | Upadhyay, A Gu, WH Bolia, N |
Issue Date: | Nov-2017 | Source: | Transportation research. Part E, Logistics and transportation review, Nov. 2017, v. 107, p. 1-22 | Abstract: | We develop a new mathematical model for optimizing the loading of double-stack container trains. We analyze the practical importance of multiple objectives reported in the literature and formulate two new objectives: maximizing profit and minimizing tardiness. The model accounts for containers of different types, weights, and heights, and their feasible loading combinations on a wagon satisfying real operational constraints. The model is solved optimally by CPLEX after exploiting the problem specific properties. A decision support system based on this optimization model has been deployed by a major train operator in India. Numerical cases show that our model can reduce the container haulage cost by about 3%. | Keywords: | Container trains Decision support system Intermodal transport Heuristics Indian Railways |
Publisher: | Pergamon Press | Journal: | Transportation research. Part E, Logistics and transportation review | ISSN: | 1366-5545 | EISSN: | 1878-5794 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.tre.2017.08.010 | Rights: | © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. © 2017. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. |
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