Consolidation carriers transport shipments that are small relative to trailer capacity. To be cost-effective, the carrier must consolidate shipments, which requires coordinating their paths in both space and time, i.e., the carrier must solve a Service Network Design problem. Most service network design models rely on discretization of time, i.e., instead of determining the exact time at which ...

Protecting our nation’s ports is a critical challenge for homeland security and requires the research, development and deployment of new technologies that will allow for the efficient securing of shipments entering this country. Most approaches look only at statistical irregularities in the attributes of the cargo, and not at the relationships of this cargo to others. However, anomalies detecte...

Abstract In 1990, Europe, North America, and the Asian democracies of Japan, Taiwan, South Korea (JTK) were major export markets for U.S. hardwood lumber oak species accounted 59 percent total exports. 1990s, shipments to Europe America increased, while JTK declined. During early 2000s, exports China Vietnam (CHV) increased. The worldwide recession 2009 caused decline in all regions, 37 that ye...

A methodical approach for the determination of economic and socio-environmental costs in application city consolidation center at micro level was proposed tested on real data. Two options urban delivery small shipments are considered, particular, e-commerce - direct through micro-consolidation center. The system indicators this work allows a detailed assessment component consolidated delivery, ...