Locating drivers in a trucking terminal network

Title: Locating drivers in a trucking terminal network
Creator: Erera, Alan; Hewitt, Michael; Karacik, Burack; Savelsbergh, Martin
Relation: Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review Vol. 45, Issue 6, p. 988-1005
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2008.06.004
Publisher: Pergamon
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2009
Description: We consider the problem of determining the home locations, or domiciles, of truck drivers for a less-than-truckload carrier. Domiciling decisions are complex, in part due to regulations and union rules restricting driver schedules, but have a significant impact on the operating costs of less-than-truckload carriers. We present an iterative scheme, using driver dispatch technology in each iteration, to allocate drivers to terminals and to determine drivers’ bids so as to satisfy union requirements. Computational experiments demonstrate the value of the iterative scheme and quantify the impact of union rules on the number of drivers required (and the resulting operating costs).
Subject: less-than-truckload transportation; driver domiciling; driver scheduling
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/937786
Identifier: uon:12620
Identifier: ISSN:1366-5545
Language: eng
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