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A Model for the Strategic Planning of National Freight Transportation by Rail

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  • Teodor Gabriel Crainic

    (Département des sciences administratives, Université du Québec à Montréal, and Centre de recherche sur les transports, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7)

  • Michael Florian

    (Centre de recherche sur les transports, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7)

  • José-Eugenio Léal

    (Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Abstract

Recently, we developed a multimode multiproduct network optimization model, that is the network assignment method implemented in an interactive-graphic system for the strategic analysis and planning of national freight transportation systems, called STAN. For STAN, we developed a modeling framework of the rail freight transportation system, its components, operations and goals, that is adapted for both the strategic objectives of the planning system and the representation of the other transportation modes that compose a national multimode transportation system. The objective of this paper is to present and analyze the rail component of this strategic model of a national freight transportation system. We show how the rail model is integrated into STAN, as well as how this modeling framework may be used to represent a number of realistic scenarios.

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  • Teodor Gabriel Crainic & Michael Florian & José-Eugenio Léal, 1990. "A Model for the Strategic Planning of National Freight Transportation by Rail," Transportation Science, INFORMS, vol. 24(1), pages 1-24, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ortrsc:v:24:y:1990:i:1:p:1-24
    DOI: 10.1287/trsc.24.1.1
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