DISTANCE TRAVELED TO VISIT N POINTS WITH A MAXIMUM OF C STOPS PER VEHICLE: AN ANALYTICAL MODEL AND AN APPLICATION

The purpose of this paper is to develop a simple formula to predict the distance traveled by fleets of vehicles in physical distribution problems involving a depot and its area of influence. Since the transportation cost of operating a break-bulk terminal (or a warehouse) is intimately related to the distance traveled, the availability of such a simple formula should facilitate the study of more complex logistics problems. A simple manual dispatching strategy intended to mimic what dispatchers do, but simple enough to admit analytical modeling is presented. Since the formulas agree rather well with the length of (nearly optimal) computer built tours, the predictions should approximate distances achievable in practice; the formulas seem realistic.

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• Authors:
  • Daganzo, C F
• Publication Date: 1984-11

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 331-350
• Serial:
  • Transportation Science
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • ISSN: 0041-1655
  • Serial URL: http://transci.journal.informs.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accuracy; Analysis; Computer graphics; Distance; Fleet management; Information processing; Mathematical models; Motor vehicle operations; Planning; Routes; Routing; Stopping; Transportation; Trip length
• Old TRIS Terms: Analytical method; Fleet operation; Fleet planning; Interactive; Route analysis
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00393381
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1985 12:00AM