The globalization of world economy intensified the growth of containerized transportation since decades which shows several benefits of reducing the cost and damage of potential goods, consequently, plays an eminent role in intermodal trading which can prolong economic development. Due to its...

Most public facilities in the European countries, including France, Germany, and the UK, were built during the reconstruction projects between 1950 and 1980. Owing to the deteriorating state of such vital infrastructure has become relatively expensive in the recent decades. A significant part of...

Consolidation of commodities and coordination of vehicle routes are fundamental features of supply chain management problems. While locations for consolidation and coordination are typically known a priori, in adaptive transportation networks this is not the case. The identification of such...

Abstract: This paper introduces a new vehicle routing problem (VRP) variant, the multicommodity, simultaneous split pickup and split delivery vehicle routing problem with demand allocation (MCSVRPSPD-DA). The MCSVRPSPD-DA is motivated by a real-life urban–rural two-way distribution...

Market foundry production processes are characterized by raw materials that feed a furnace that produces metal alloys with limited capacity to meet item order demand. The foundry production system considered here is make-to-order. Although in the literature, production planning does not usually...

Using administrative data on the Chinese National College Entrance Examination, we study how heuristic information processing affects individuals' self-evaluation when applying to colleges. We find evidence that, despite individuals' tendency to seek evidence to enhance self-esteem, there is...

Background: Possible solutions to overcome the many challenges of home delivery are collection and delivery points (CDPs). In addition to commercial facilities, the role of CDPs can also be played by users' households, providing a crowd storage service. Key decisions regarding CDPs relate to...