Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5110440 | Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review | 2017 | 19 Pages |
Abstract
We consider the planning problem faced by Logistic Service Providers (LSPs) transporting freights periodically, using long-haul round-trips. In each round-trip, freights are delivered and picked up at different locations within one region. Freights have time-windows and become known gradually over time. Using probabilistic knowledge about future freights, the LSP's objective is to minimize costs over a multi-period horizon. We propose a look-ahead planning method using Approximate Dynamic Programming. Experiments show that our approach reduces costs up to 25.5% compared to a single-period optimization approach. We provide managerial insights for several intermodal long-haul round-trips settings and provide directions for further research.
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Authors
Arturo E. Pérez Rivera, Martijn R.K. Mes,