multi-commodity

Incorporating Holding Costs in Continuous-TimeService Network Design: New Model, Relaxation, and Exact Algorithm

  • Shengnan Shu
  • Zhou Xu
  • Roberto Baldacci
    • Categories Applications - OR and Management Sciences, Integer Programming, Network Optimization Tags , ,

    The continuous-time service network design problem (CTSNDP) occurs widely in practice. It aims to minimize the total operational cost by optimizing the schedules of transportation services and the routes of shipments for dispatching, which can occur at any time point along a continuous planning horizon. In order to be cost effective, shipments often wait to … Read more

    Commodity Prioritized Maximum Dynamic Multi-Commodity Flow Problem

  • Tanka Nath Dhamala
  • Durga Prasad Khanal
  • Urmila Pyakurel
    • Categories Network Optimization, Transportation Tags , , ,

    Due to different disasters, natural or men made, world is facing the problem of massive damage of life and property. To save the life of maximum number of evacuees, an efficient evacuation planning is essential. Prioritization is the process of deciding the relative importance or urgency of things or objects. It helps to focus on … Read more