OPTIMAL CARGO VEHICLE FLOW PATTERNS FOR INLAND WATERWAY SYSTEMS

In this paper is solved the following multicommodity, mixed fleet transportation problem: Given origin-destination matrices for two commodities, the first of which can be moved in both open hopper and covered hopper barges and the second of which must be moved in covered hoppers, find minimum cost origin-destination flows for loaded and empty hopper barges such that all commodities are moved and flow conservation conditions at each port are satisified. A linear programming model of this problem is developed, and an efficient solution technique is presented. The model is then used to derive optimal barge flows for an inland waterway system. The effect of this flow optimization on system operations is then investigated, with the aid of an inland waterway simulation model.

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• Authors:
  • Bronzini, Michael S
• Conference:
  • 54th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia
  • Date: 1975-1-13 to 1975-1-17
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1-12
• Monograph Title: Transportation Characteristics of Truck, Rail, and Water Freight
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 577
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Barges; Cargo ships; Commodity flow; Freight traffic; Hoppers; Inland water transportation; Inland waterways; Linear programming; Operations; Optimization; Origin and destination; Planning; Productivity; Railcar distribution; Railcar utilization; Rivers; Simulation; Utilization; Water traffic
• Old TRIS Terms: Barge traffic; Inland waterways transportation; Operations planning; River traffic; Traffic analysis (Freight)
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Economics; Freight Transportation; Highways; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Research; Society; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00139642
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309024919
• Report/Paper Numbers: Conf. Rpt.
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Nov 17 1976 12:00AM