Investing in logistics facilities today to reduce routing emissions tomorrow
The authors investigate the trade-off between strategic investment in facilities and the long-term environmental impact of daily logistics operations. For that purpose, the authors consider a bi-objective location-routing problem with the objectives of minimising the cost of strategic investments such as locating facilities and acquiring different types of vehicles, and minimising pollution by using CO₂ emissions as an indicator. A set of representative days of operations are used to estimate the long-term environmental impact. After modelling that problem as a mixed-integer program, the authors develop a decomposition approach that constructs routes, then uses them in a separate set covering model to generate complete solutions. The suitability of the authors' approach is investigated on benchmark test instances as well as on a case study in the city of Vienna. Experiments show that the authors' approach is a valuable tool in aiding such long-term decisions.
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- Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
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Authors:
- Tricoire, Fabien
- Parragh, Sophie N
- Publication Date: 2017-9
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 56-67
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Part B: Methodological
- Volume: 103
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 0191-2615
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01912615
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Carbon dioxide; Case studies; Environmental impacts; Facilities; Investments; Location; Logistics; Mixed integer programming; Pollutants; Routing
- Geographic Terms: Vienna (Austria)
- Subject Areas: Environment; Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01644250
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 18 2017 3:46PM