A MODEL FOR THE STRATEGIC PLANNING OF NATIONAL FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION BY RAIL

The authors recently developed a multimode multiproduct network optimization model, i.e., the network assignment method implemented in an interactive-graphic system for strategic analysis and planning of national freight transportation systems, called STAN. For STAN, the authors developed a modeling framework of the rail freight transportation system, its components, operations and goals, that is adapted for both the strategic objectives of the planning system and the representation of the other transportation modes that compose a national multimode transportation system. The objective of this paper is to present and analyze the rail component of this strategic model of a national freight transportation system. The authors show how the rail model is integrated into STAN, as well as how this modeling framework may be used to represent a number of realistic scenarios.

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• Authors:
  • Crainic, T G
  • Florian, M
  • Leal, J-E
• Publication Date: 1990-2

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 1-24
• Serial:
  • Transportation Science
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • ISSN: 0041-1655
  • Serial URL: http://transci.journal.informs.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight transportation; Mathematical models; Multimodal transportation; Railroad transportation; Strategic planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00491739
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1990 12:00AM