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Mixed truck delivery systems with both hub-and-spoke and direct shipment

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  • Liu, Jiyin
  • Li, Chung-Lun
  • Chan, Chun-Yan

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This paper studies a mixed truck delivery system that allows both hub-and-spoke and direct shipment delivery modes. A heuristic algorithm is developed to determine the mode of delivery for each demand and to perform vehicle routing in both modes of deliveries. Computational experiments are carried out on a large set of randomly generated problem instances to compare the mixed system with the pure hub-and-spoke system and the pure direct shipment system. The experiment results show that the mixed system can save around 10% total traveling distance on average as compared with either of the two pure systems.

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  • Liu, Jiyin & Li, Chung-Lun & Chan, Chun-Yan, 2003. "Mixed truck delivery systems with both hub-and-spoke and direct shipment," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 39(4), pages 325-339, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:transe:v:39:y:2003:i:4:p:325-339
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