Reference
L. Li,
R. R. Negenborn, and B. De
Schutter, "Intermodal freight transport planning - A receding horizon control
approach,"
Transportation Research Part C, vol. 60, pp.
77-95, Nov. 2015.
Abstract
This paper investigates intermodal freight transport planning problems among
deep-sea terminals and inland terminals in hinterland haulage for a
horizontally fully integrated intermodal freight transport operator at the
tactical container flow level. An intermodal freight transport network (IFTN)
model is first developed to capture the key characteristics of intermodal
freight transport such as the modality change phenomena at intermodal
terminals, physical capacity constraints of the network, time-dependent
transport times on freeways, and time schedules for trains and barges. After
that, the intermodal freight transport planning problem is formulated as an
optimal intermodal container flow control problem from a system and control
perspective with the use of the proposed IFTN model. To deal with the dynamic
transport demands and dynamic traffic conditions in the IFTN, a receding
horizon intermodal container flow control (RIFC) approach is proposed to
control and to reassign intermodal container flows in a receding horizon way.
This container flow control approach involves solving linear programming
problems and is suited for transport planning on large-sized networks. Both an
all-or-nothing approach and the proposed RIFC approach are evaluated through
simulation studies. Simulation results show the potential of the proposed RIFC
approach.
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@article{LiNeg:15-037,
author = {Li, Le and Negenborn, Rudi R. and De Schutter, Bart},
title = {Intermodal Freight Transport Planning -- {A} Receding Horizon
Control Approach},
journal = {Transportation Research Part C},
volume = {60},
pages = {77--95},
month = nov,
year = {2015}
}