AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ON VEHICLE SCHEDULING AND ROUTE PLANNING BY HAND AND BY COMPUTER

This paper presents the results of an empirical study which compares manual and automated vehicle scheduling in the Netherlands. Despite the fact that just a small number of planners were involved and only a few software distributors were willing to lend a full program version of the planning software available, a number of remarkable and interesting matters came to light. The authors begin by focusing on the capabilities of manual planners. Attention is devoted to how accurate they are in estimating distances and selecting suitable routes for delivering shipments as well as the optimization criteria (e.g., costs, kilometreage, load factor, etc.). Some planning packages of the kind available from software distributors were tested for their accuracy in calculating distances. Both these systems (manual and automated) are used to solve two problems regarding the vehicle scheduling and route planning of a fictitious firm. A simple comparison is also made between the results obtained from the manual planning and those from the automated system.

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• Authors:
  • Visser, H
  • SCHELTES, W H
• Publication Date: 1989

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 47-52
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Transportation Research Forum
  • Volume: 30
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Forum
  • ISSN: 1046-1469
  • Serial URL: https://trforum.org/journal-of-the-trf/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accuracy; Alternatives analysis; Automation; Delivery service; Manual control; Optimization; Route choice; Scheduling; Software; Trucking
• Uncontrolled Terms: Manual methods
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00490253
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 1989 12:00AM