TY - JOUR
T1 - The multistage stochastic integer load planning problem
AU - Lin, Cheng Chang
AU - Lin, Jeffery Sung Jan
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was partially supported by a grant from the National Science Council, Taiwan, ROC under contract number NSC93-2416-H-006-017.
PY - 2007/3
Y1 - 2007/3
N2 - Time-definite freight delivery common carriers, who pickup, consolidate and deliver small shipments are a key third-party logistics service provider in the supply chains. Under uncertain demands, carrier's multistage stochastic integer load planning in the pure hub-and-spoke line-haul operations network is to determine multistage freight paths and distribute trailers over time while meeting operational restrictions, service requirements, and balancing trailer inventory at the termination of planning horizon. We developed a heuristic approach, scenario aggregation with embedded branching on the binary variables. The numerical experiments showed a proactive operations strategy with a lower operating cost than the conventionally deterministic approach.
AB - Time-definite freight delivery common carriers, who pickup, consolidate and deliver small shipments are a key third-party logistics service provider in the supply chains. Under uncertain demands, carrier's multistage stochastic integer load planning in the pure hub-and-spoke line-haul operations network is to determine multistage freight paths and distribute trailers over time while meeting operational restrictions, service requirements, and balancing trailer inventory at the termination of planning horizon. We developed a heuristic approach, scenario aggregation with embedded branching on the binary variables. The numerical experiments showed a proactive operations strategy with a lower operating cost than the conventionally deterministic approach.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tre.2005.05.006
DO - 10.1016/j.tre.2005.05.006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33845407678
SN - 1366-5545
VL - 43
SP - 143
EP - 156
JO - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
JF - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
IS - 2
ER -