This study analyzes how an airline operates differentiated cargo services to meet shipping demand for different goods so as to enhance its service level, air freight demand, and total profit. The shipping alternative choice model assumes shippers with different demand characteristics choose the...

Traditional energy planning methods emphasize the total energy supply equaling to the total demand and neglect details of the distribution in energy demand and supply within a region or city. An improved two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) method is developed to reflect internal...

This article develops models to formulate the optimal density of retail establishments by considering interactions between logistics cost and consumer demand. Commodities are assumed to be distributed from a depot directly or through single intermediate terminal to many retail establishments....