Flow Optimization on a Transportation Network
| Autor: | Nicolau D. F. Gualda, William J. Dunlay |
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| Rok vydání: | 1979 |
| Předmět: |
Truck
Transportation planning Engineering Mathematical optimization Mathematical model business.industry General Engineering Flow network Transshipment Transport engineering Fuzzy transportation General Earth and Planetary Sciences Sensitivity (control systems) business General Environmental Science Network analysis |
| Zdroj: | Transportation Engineering Journal of ASCE. 105:41-57 |
| ISSN: | 2690-4098 0569-7891 |
| DOI: | 10.1061/tpejan.0000770 |
| Popis: | A demonstration is presented of the Out-of-Kilter Algorithm's usefulness for network flow optimization and transportation planning. Guidelines in the form of input parameters are given for applying the algorithm to solve several well-known transportation and network problems. An example application of the algorithm to a limestone-distribution network is then presented. The method is applied to investigate impacts of alternative improvements to the present limestone transport-distribution system in the Tiete River Valley, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Two alternative transportation systems are investigated, a truck system and an intermodal truck-barge system. Assigned flows and optimal transportation costs are obtained for each case. A sensitivity analysis is applied, iteratively, to locate and size transshipment terminals. |
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