Operational Planning Problems in Intermodal Freight Transportation

This book addresses logistics problems (e.g., routing and partitioning problems) that are encountered in intermodal freight transportation. The reader is given an overview of the relevant literature, as well as of different mathematical formulations. Moreover, algorithmic solution approaches are suggested which are specially designed for problems that arise in the context of intermodal freight transportation, but can be applied to other areas as well.

List of contents

Contents: Intermodal Freight Transportation - Traveling Salesman Problem - Pickup-and-Delivery Problem with Time Windows - Graph Partitioning Problem - Benders Decomposition - Ejection Chain - Branch-and-Bound - Branch-and-Price.

Product details

• Authors: Jenny Nossack, Jenny Nossak
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2013
• EAN: 9783631627778
• ISBN: 978-3-631-62777-8
• No. of pages: 136
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 8 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 200 g
• Series: Europäische Hochschulschriften; Europäische Hochschulschriften 23 / European University Studies 23 / Publications Universitaires Européennes 23; Europäische Hochschulschriften (Reihe 5): Volks- und Betriebswirtschaft / European University Studies (Series 5): Economics and Management / Publica; Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Européenn; Europäische Hochschulschriften (Reihe 05): Volks- und Betriebswirtschaft / Economics and Management; Europäische Hochschulschriften (Reihe 05): Volks- und Betriebswirtschaft / Economics and Management; Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies/Publications Universitaires Européenne
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration