DYNAMIC DISPATCHING STRATEGIES UNDER REAL-TIME INFORMATION FOR CARRIER FLEET MANAGEMENT

Dynamic dispatching is an important aspect of Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO) applications of ITS technologies. This research identifies and tests ways in which operations should change in order to take full advantage of real-time information on vehicle locations and demands. In the context of truckload trucking operations, flexible assignment strategies are identified. Under idealized conditions the fraction of the fleet available to provide service to time sensitive loads or to loads that would more efficiently be served immediately is estimated. The authors explore through simulation the benefits of a real-time dispatching strategy that incorporates diversion of en-route vehicles. (A) For the covering abstract see IRRD 886400.

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• Authors:
  • Regan, A C
  • Mahmassani, H S
  • Jaillet, P
• Conference:
  • TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC THEORY. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 13TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC THEORY, LYON, FRANCE, 24-26 JULY 1996
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 736-56

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Fleet management; Intelligent transportation systems; Logistics; Real time control; Real time data processing; Simulation; Vehicle fleets
• ITRD Terms: 8531: Case study; 8525: Conference; 1223: Fleet of vehicles; 264: Logistics; 8679: Real time; 9103: Simulation
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00732933
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-08-042586-0
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Mar 24 1997 12:00AM