Two‐Echelon Pickup and Delivery Problem Using Public Transport in City Logistics
Shuai Wang,
Xiaoning Zhu,
Pan Shang
et al.
Abstract:The rapid increase in e‐commerce and the emergence of combined passenger/freight systems in urban areas have raised the question of how best to integrate public transport services into door‐to‐door deliveries. This paper develops a variant of the pickup and delivery problem, called the two‐echelon pickup and delivery problem using public transport (2E‐PDP‐PT). In the 2E‐PDP‐PT, the transportation network is split into two echelons. Different vehicles are utilized across the first and second echelons to ensure … Show more
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