Solving hub arc location problems on a cluster of workstations

✍ Scribed by James F. Campbell; Gary Stiehr; Andreas T. Ernst; Mohan Krishnamoorthy

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 179 KB
• Volume: 29
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0167-8191
• DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8191(03)00042-5

✦ Synopsis

Many modern transportation systems rely on a network of hub facilities to help concentrate flows of freight or passengers to exploit the economies of scale in transportation. The design of a hub network, including location of the hub facilities, is a key determinant of the cost and competitiveness of a transportation and logistics system. This paper reports on a parallel implementation of an algorithm for the hub arc location model to design such a network. Computational work was performed on a cluster of workstations with data for air passenger traffic in the United States and postal operations in Sydney, Australia.