Distribution-Free Scheduling of Drayage Operation Under Uncertainty

This paper considers the integrated drayage scheduling problem. Two distribution-free models were developed that account for uncertainty of packing and unpacking times in drayage operation. These models were developed for situations when an accurate probability distribution is not available. The first model requires the specification of the mean and variance of the packing and unpacking times, and the second model requires the specification of mean and upper and lower bounds of the packing and unpacking times. To demonstrate the feasibility of the developed models, they are tested on problem instances with real life characteristics. The results showed that the proposed models are not harder to solve than their deterministic counterparts.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AT015 Standing Committee on Freight Transportation Planning and Logistics.
• Authors:
  • Shiri, Samaneh
  • Ng, ManWo
  • Huynh, Nathan
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2018-1-7 to 2018-1-11
• Date: 2018

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 11p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drayage; Operations; Physical distribution; Scheduling; Uncertainty
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01661378
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 18-04845
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 27 2018 9:44AM