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Title:

Small Shipment Delivery‘s Quality Improvement In Cities With Unstable Traffic

Authors:

Pavel Patlins, Remigijs Pocs

Published in:

 

 

(2016).ECMS 2016 Proceedings edited by: Thorsen Claus, Frank Herrmann, Michael Manitz, Oliver Rose, European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2016

 

 

ISBN: 978-0-9932440-2-5

 

30th European Conference on Modelling and Simulation,

Regensburg Germany, May 31st – June 3rd, 2016

 

Citation format:

Pavel Patlins, Remigijs Pocs (2016). Small Shipment Delivery‘s Quality Improvement In Cities With Unstable Traffic, ECMS 2016 Proceedings edited by: Thorsten Claus, Frank Herrmann, Michael Manitz, Oliver Rose  European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2016-0211

DOI:

http://dx.doi.org/10.7148/2016-0211

Abstract:

The paper deals with small shipment delivery planning problems for cities with hard and unstable or intensive traffic. The problem is very significant today especially for big cites. When planning road transportation and routes within a big city it is expedient to work out the optimal system and achieve the best result. The most important criteria is a ratio customers' demand satisfaction - it is not enough to plan minimal transportation costs or vehicle's run only.

total delivery time as well as a rate of accuracy often is a corner-stone factor, which influence the quality of delivery. it is necessary to choose the best order how to serve customers into each circular route.

The authors divide small shipment delivery problem into two groups - "problematic" and "non-problematic" routes planning (depending on the traffic intensity in the particular city). The authors of the paper recommend using of the minimal growth method (MGM) to improve vehicle route planning problems especially in cities with intensive traffic.

 

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