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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Freight Distribution"”.
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Estimation of economic impact of freight distribution due to highway closure
… to estimate and analyze the economic impact of freight disruption due to highway closure. The costs in this study will be classified into three groups: private operating costs for carriers, logistics and scheduling costs, and indirect costs for the market. The resource saving method is used to …
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Freight Distribution During Disasters: Measuring and Improving Operational Performance of Critical Systems
… of which are from storms. As the demand for distribution of essential freight increases during disasters, the physical and operational constraints decrease the capacity of the freight distribution systems. Accordingly, public and private-sector stakeholders seek disaster preparedness and …
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Community detection on urban street networks : a segmentation model for urban logistics policy and planning
… demand zones, to be used in a study of urban freight distribution, extant community detection methods are assessed and adapted. Numerical experiments demonstrate that the sub-networks formed by these partitions display travel properties that make them a useful model for logistics …
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Improving the Efficiency of Hub Operations in a Less-than-Truckload Distribution Network
… and hubs. The performance of the entire LTL distribution network is highly dependent on the speed and accuracy of the hub operations. The focus of this research effort is to improve hub operations in order to reduce costs and increase service performance levels. Specifically, new approaches …
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Freight demand modeling and logistics planning for assessment of freight systems' environmental impacts
… dissertation research aims at examining the U.S. freight transportation systems and the relationship between freight shipment activities and the related environmental issues such as air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in the nation. This study develops freight demand models to forecast …
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Logística verde en Fontibón: estrategia de rutas sostenibles para Servientrega
Este proyecto propone el diseño de una estrategia de planificación logística sostenible para las operaciones de Servientrega en la localidad de Fontibón, Bogotá, enfocada en la optimización de rutas de última milla mediante un modelo Green Vehicle Routing Problem (Green VRP), la investigación surge …