Route planning for a mixed delivery system in long distance transportation and comparison with pure delivery systems

Beatriz Royo ^[1] ; Alberto Fraile ^[1] ; Emilio Larrodé ^[1] ; Victoria Muerza ^[1]
1. [1] Universidad de Zaragoza
  
  Universidad de Zaragoza
  
  Zaragoza, España
Localización: Journal of computational and applied mathematics, ISSN 0377-0427, Vol. 291, Nº 1 (1 January 2016), 2016, págs. 488-496
Idioma: inglés
DOI: 10.1016/j.cam.2015.03.042
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- The long distance routing problems are divided into three kinds of pure delivery systems where every order is allocated the same distribution strategy. Pure delivery systems have been generally, independently and widely studied. This research provides a solution to help pallet and package delivery companies in decision making, considering a mixed delivery system to improve the use of resources. It returns the route planning after allocating to each order the distribution strategy that best fits to the global scene and proves if a mixed delivery system achieves best results than a pure one and under which circumstances.