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Logistics hub location for high-speed rail freight transport with road-rail intermodal transport network.
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PloS one [PLoS One] 2023 Jul 11; Vol. 18 (7), pp. e0288333. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 11 (Print Publication: 2023). - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- In this paper, we propose a new freight mode to describe how the designed HSR freight train serve for express delivery. We introduce the functions of the hubs and design the hybrid hub-and-spoke network of road-rail intermodal transportation from the perspective of planners, which features as single allocation rule and configures varying levels of hubs. The problem is accurately described by a mixed integer programming model with the objective to minimize total construction cost and total operation cost. We develop a hybrid heuristic algorithm based on a greedy strategy to obtain the levels of hubs, customer allocation and cargo routing. Taking the example of HSR freight network consisting of 50 cities in China, numerical experiments are conducted on the basis of forecasting data from the real-life express market to obtain the hub location schemes. The validity of the model and the performance of the algorithm are verified.<br />Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.<br /> (Copyright: © 2023 Li et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
- Subjects :
- China
Cities
Transportation
Algorithms
Heuristics
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1932-6203
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- PloS one
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 37432948
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288333