Transport infrastructure investments have been of the highest importance in cities all around the world in order to facilitate people and freight mobility within congested urban areas. This paper studies the problems of freight delivery in congested cities and the location of urban distribution centres. The problem is modelled using the stochastic version of the Location‐Routing Problem in which vehicle velocity and delivery costs are probabilistic parameters. A discrete‐event computer simulation model is proposed in which a vehicle routing optimisation engine is incorporated. The approach is tested using random‐generated datasets and numerical results show its effectiveness when tracking with different data structures. Hence, the approach shows to be promising for real‐life application.
Simulation‐Based Analysis of Urban Freight Transport with Stochastic Features
Enterprise Interoperability ; 175-180
2015-01-30
6 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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