What is it about?
In general, transportation planning requires to determine the kind and quantity of the goods that are shipped, from where to where, at which time and by using which resources, in particular by which vehicles. The determination of a specific path or route belongs to the field of transportation planning as well.
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Why is it important?
The field of transportation belongs to the most important areas of logistics. Transportation problems occur in various variations and complexity and require a careful planning due to their significance and the need to solve them efficiently, i.e. with high quality and low costs.
Perspectives
Methods from computation intelligence provide a large potential to improve transportation planning.
Prof. Dr. Thomas Hanne
University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
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This page is a summary of: Transportation Problems, July 2016, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-40722-7_3.
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