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Some Numerical Studies for a Complicated Hub Location Problem

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Quantitative Approaches in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

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We consider a complicated hub location problem which includes multi-allocation, different hub sizes and different transport volumes on different week days. Furthermore, we consider transport costs per vehicle and not per volume which transforms the cost function into a step function and makes the problem numerically very hard. In our previous work we developed a heuristic approach which we now want to compare to CPLEX results for general and simplified models.

Supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Project Lenkung des Gueterflusses in durch Gateways gekoppelten Logistik-Service-Netzwerken mittels quadratischer Optimierung.

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  1. Institut Fuer Transportlogistik, TU Dortmund, Leonhard-Euler-Str. 2, 44227, Dortmund, Germany

    J. Fabian Meier

  2. Institut Fuer Transportlogistik, Fraunhofer-Institut Fuer Materialfluss Und Logistik, Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Str. 2-4, 44227, Dortmund, Germany

    Uwe Clausen

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    Phil Kaminsky

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Meier, J.F., Clausen, U. (2015). Some Numerical Studies for a Complicated Hub Location Problem. In: Sebastian, HJ., Kaminsky, P., Müller, T. (eds) Quantitative Approaches in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Lecture Notes in Logistics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12856-6_2

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