Operational Freight Carrier Planning Basic Concepts, Optimization Models and Advanced Memetic Algorithms /

• Main Author: Schönberger, Jörn (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: GOR-Publications
• Subjects: Engineering.; Transportation.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.

This book represents the compilation of several research approaches on opera­ tional freight carrier planning carried out at the Chair of Logistics, University of Bremen. It took nearly three years from the first ideas to the final version, now in your hands. During this time, several persons helped...

Table of Contents:

• Transport in Freight Carrier Networks
• Operational Freight Transport Planning
• Pickup and Delivery Selection Problems
• Memetic Algorithms
• Memetic Algorithm Vehicle Routing
• Memetic Search for Optimal PD-Schedules
• Coping with Compulsory Requests
• Request Selection and Collaborative Planning
• Conclusions.