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Framework of Synchromodal Transportation Problems

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Problem statements and solution methods in mathematical synchromodal transportation problems depend greatly on a set of model choices for which no rule of thumb exists. In this paper, a framework is introduced with which the model choices in synchromodal transportation problems can be classified, based on literature. This framework should help researchers and developers to find solution methodologies that are commonly used in their problem instance and to grasp characteristics of the models and cases in a compact way, enabling easy classification, comparison and insight in complexity. It is shown that this classification can help steer a modeller towards appropriate solution methods.

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    M. A. M. De Juncker, D. Huizing, M. R. Ortega del Vecchyo, F. Phillipson & A. Sangers

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De Juncker, M.A.M., Huizing, D., del Vecchyo, M.R.O., Phillipson, F., Sangers, A. (2017). Framework of Synchromodal Transportation Problems. In: Bektaş, T., Coniglio, S., Martinez-Sykora, A., Voß, S. (eds) Computational Logistics. ICCL 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10572. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68496-3_26

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