Search Results - subject:"Freight allocation"

Freight allocation logistics for HSR intermodal networks : GNN-RL implementation and Ottawa-Quebec corridor case study

Ren, Yong Lin; Awasthi, Anjali - In: Logistics 10 (2026) 2, pp. 1-24

Background: Freight allocation is a vital decision in distribution logistics to minimize costs and gain environmental … benefits. In this paper, we address the problem of freight allocation optimization on an HSR intermodal network with … considerations. Addressing the gap in dynamic, multi-criteria cold-climate HSR freight allocation models for North America, we test …

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The freight allocation problem with all-units quantity-based discount: A heuristic algorithm

Qin, Hu; Luo, Meifeng; Gao, Xiang; Lim, Andrew - In: Omega 40 (2012) 4, pp. 415-423

This paper studies a problem encountered by a buying office for one of the largest retail distributors in the world. An important task for the buying office is to plan the distribution of goods from Asia to various destinations across Europe. The goods are transported along shipping lanes by...

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The freight allocation problem with lane cost balancing constraint

Lim, Andrew; Qin, Hu; Xu, Zhou - In: European Journal of Operational Research 217 (2012) 1, pp. 26-35

We consider a problem faced by a buying office for one of the largest retail distributors in the world. The buying office plans the distribution of goods from Asia to various destinations across Europe. The goods are transported along shipping lanes by shipping companies, many of which have...

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