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Song, Dong-Ping and Earl, Christopher F.
(2008).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2006.12.034
Abstract
This paper considers the problem of determining optimal control policies for empty vehicle repositioning and fleet-sizing in a two-depot service system with uncertainties in loaded vehicle arrival at depots and repositioning times for empty vehicles in the fleet. The objective is to minimise the sum of the costs incurred by vehicle maintenance, empty vehicle repositioning and vehicle leasing. A novel integrated model is presented. The optimal empty repositioning policy for a particular fleet size is shown to be of the threshold control type. The explicit form of the cost function under such threshold controls is obtained. The optimal threshold values and fleet-size are then derived. Numerical examples are given to demonstrate the results.
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- Item ORO ID
- 7404
- Item Type
- Journal Item
- ISSN
- 0377-2217
- Project Funding Details
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Funded Project Name Project ID Funding Body Not Set Not Set EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) - Keywords
- transportation; dynamic programming; stochastic; empty repositioning; fleet-sizing
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Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Engineering and Innovation
Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) - Research Group
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Innovation, Knowledge & Development research centre (IKD)
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- © 2007 Elsevier B.V.
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- Christopher Earl