Author(s)

Xisheng Shen, Xifu Wang

Corresponding Author

Xisheng Shen

Abstract

This paper studies the layout of freight comprehensive transportation networks (FCTNs) in order to reduce cost and increase efficiency. After reconstructing the real world FCTNs to be a new directed graph with multiple attributes for nodes and edges, a multi-objective layout optimization model is proposed. Numerical results based on the case of coal comprehensive transportation networks in Shanxi, China show the effectiveness of the proposed model.

Keywords

Multi-objective optimization, Layout optimization, Freight comprehensive transportation networks