Locating road-vehicle refueling stations

This study follows the concept of set cover for proposing a refueling-station-location model using a mixed integer programming method, based on vehicle-routing logics. Its solution uses only the easy-obtain data of the origin-destination distance matrix. A case study that focuses on the siting of re...

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Published in:Transportation research. Part E, Logistics and transportation review Vol. 45; no. 5; pp. 821 - 829
Main Authors: Wang, Ying-Wei, Lin, Chuah-Chih
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Exeter Elsevier India Pvt Ltd 01.09.2009
Elsevier
Elsevier Sequoia S.A
Series:Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
Subjects:
Alliances
Alternative-fuel vehicles
Facility location
Integer programming
Mixed integer programming
Refueling station
Refueling station Alternative-fuel vehicles Facility location Set cover Mixed integer programming
Routing
Sensitivity analysis
Set cover
Studies
Taiwan
Facility location
Mixed integer programming
Set cover
Refueling station
Alternative-fuel vehicles
ISSN:1366-5545, 1878-5794
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Summary:This study follows the concept of set cover for proposing a refueling-station-location model using a mixed integer programming method, based on vehicle-routing logics. Its solution uses only the easy-obtain data of the origin-destination distance matrix. A case study that focuses on the siting of refueling stations for achieving multiple origin-destination intercity travel via electric vehicles on Taiwan demonstrates the applicability of the model. Sensitivity analysis shows that greater vehicle range will result in a lower number of refueling stations that need to be sited. Range is crucial in reducing the facility-location costs, and therefore is an important issue in the development of alternative-fuel-vehicle technology.
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ISSN:1366-5545
1878-5794
DOI:10.1016/j.tre.2009.03.002