Intermodal rail/road freight transport constitutes an alternative to long-haul road transport for the distribution of large volumes of goods. The paper introduces the intermodal transportation problem for the tactical planning of mode and service selection. In rail mode, shippers either book...

A manufacturing company's production-related decision-making is to a large extent characterized by machine scheduling and support device operations management. All these industrial equipment types consume energy, often in the form of electricity. This electricity is more and more provided by...