Modelling Empty Container Repositioning Logistics



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Paru le : 2022-01-20



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The book takes the inventory control perspective to tackle empty container repositioning logistics problems in regional transportation systems by explicitly considering the features such as demand imbalance over space, dynamic operations over time, uncertainty in demand and transport, and container leasing phenomenon. The book has the following unique features. First, it provides a discussion of broad empty equipment logistics including empty freight vehicle redistribution, empty passenger vehicle redistribution, empty bike repositioning, empty container chassis repositioning, and empty container repositioning (ECR) problems. The similarity and unique characteristics of ECR compared to other empty equipment repositioning problems are explained. Second, we adopt the stochastic dynamic programming approach to tackle the ECR problems, which offers an algorithmic strategy to characterize the optimal policy and captures the sequential decision-making phenomenon in anticipation of uncertainties over time and space. Third, we are able to establish closed-form solutions and structural properties of the optimal ECR policies in relatively simple transportation systems. Such properties can then be utilized to construct threshold-type ECR policies for more complicated transportation systems. In fact, the threshold-type ECR policies resemble the well-known (s, S) and (s, Q) policies in inventory control theory. These policies have the advantages of being decentralized, easy to understand, easy to operate, quick response to random events, and minimal on-line computation and communication. Fourth, several sophisticated optimization techniques such as approximate dynamic programming, simulation-based meta-heuristics, stochastic approximation, perturbation analysis, and ordinal optimization methods are introduced to solve the complex stochastic optimization problems.
The book will be of interest to researchers and professionals in logistics, transport, supply chain,and operations research.
Pages
166 pages
Collection
n.c
Parution
2022-01-20
Marque
Springer
EAN papier
9783030933821
EAN PDF
9783030933838

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Nombre pages copiables
1
Nombre pages imprimables
16
Taille du fichier
3430 Ko
Prix
137,14 €
EAN EPUB
9783030933838

Informations sur l'ebook
Nombre pages copiables
1
Nombre pages imprimables
16
Taille du fichier
10138 Ko
Prix
137,14 €

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