The freight consolidation and containerization problem

•Introduced a new freight transportation problem.•Proposed a linear programming formulation for the problem.•Designed a customized memetic algorithm to solve problem instances of practical size.•Generated benchmark instances for the problem based on typical values encountered in practice.•Demonstrat...

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Published in:	European journal of operational research Vol. 234; no. 1; pp. 37 - 48
Main Authors:	Qin, Hu, Zhang, Zizhen, Qi, Zhuxuan, Lim, Andrew
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.04.2014 Elsevier Sequoia S.A
Subjects:	China Consolidation Containerization Containers Costs Freight consolidation Freight forwarding Integer programming Mathematical models Memetic algorithm Packing Parcels Ports Route optimization Shipments Studies Third party Third-party logistics Transportation problem (Operations research) Warehouses United States > US China Shanghai China Memetic algorithm Third-party logistics Packing Containerization Freight consolidation
ISSN:	0377-2217, 1872-6860
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