Based on the introduction of the concepts of logistics and logistics center, this paper analyzed the status and problems of Jilin Province’s logistics center, and proposed the steps, principles and factors for site selection of logistics center. Then by listing and comparing nine kinds of logistics center site selection method, including Analytic Hierarchy Process, Cluster Algorithm, Genetic Al...

A shortest path search method based on ant colony algorithm is proposed. The method contracts the search space appropriately, obtaining, in a short time, a path that is as close as possible to the path obtained by the Dijkstra method (the optimum path). To improve the performance, we modify the pheromone update rule and introduce a learning strategy into the ant colony algorithm. The method obt...

(ABSTRACT) In this dissertation, we consider two important problems pertaining to the analysis of transportation systems. The first of these is an approach-dependent, time-dependent, label-constrained shortest path problem that arises in the context of the Route Planner Module of the Transportation Analysis Simulation System (TRANSIMS), which has been developed by the Los Alamos National Labora...

In this paper, we describe the way to set up the floppy-box Monte Carlo (FBMC) method [L. Filion, M. Marechal, B. van Oorschot, D. Pelt, F. Smallenburg, and M. Dijkstra, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 188302 (2009)] to predict crystal-structure candidates for colloidal particles. The algorithm is explained in detail to ensure that it can be straightforwardly implemented on the basis of this text. The ha...

The Eikonal equation is well established for modelling wave propagation in the field of cardiac electrophysiology[?Franzone]. It offers highly tempting computation speeds in contrast to the bidomain or monodomain models. Consequently, developing effective algorithmic solution techniques to the Eikonal equation is an immediate and valuable task. In this paper, we build on the methods existing in...