The p-hub Model with Hub-catchment Areas, Existing Hubs, and Simulation: A Case Study of Serbian Intermodal Terminals

This paper addresses the problem of optimally locating intermodal freight terminals in Serbia. To solve this problem and determine the effects of the resulting scenarios, two modeling approaches were combined. The first approach is based on multiple-assignment hub-network design, and the second is b...

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Published in:Networks and spatial economics 2011-06, Vol.11 (2), p.295-314
Main Authors: Vidović, Milorad, Zečević, Slobodan, Kilibarda, Milorad, Vlajić, Jelena, Bjelić, Nenad, Tadić, Snežana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alliances
Case studies
Case study
Civil Engineering
Computer simulation
Cost control
Economics
Economics and Finance
Intermodal
Intermodal freight terminals location
Intermodal transportation
Location analysis
Mathematical models
Networks
Operations Research/Decision Theory
Optimization
p-hub location model
Regional/Spatial Science
Simulation
Studies
Terminals
Traffic congestion
Traffic control
Transport
Transportation terminals
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Summary:This paper addresses the problem of optimally locating intermodal freight terminals in Serbia. To solve this problem and determine the effects of the resulting scenarios, two modeling approaches were combined. The first approach is based on multiple-assignment hub-network design, and the second is based on simulation. The multiple-assignment p-hub network location model was used to determine the optimal location of intermodal terminals. Simulation was used as a tool to estimate intermodal transport flow volumes, due to the unreliability and unavailability of specific statistical data, and as a method for quantitatively analyzing the economic, time, and environmental effects of different scenarios of intermodal terminal development. The results presented here represent a summary, with some extension, of the research realized in the IMOD-X project (Intermodal Solutions for Competitive Transport in Serbia).
ISSN:1566-113X
1572-9427
DOI:10.1007/s11067-009-9126-7