Distribution and Transportation Systems Planning

Course Description

The contents of the course cover the following thematic sections:

• Transport Systems: Components, structure and environment of a transport system, characteristics of supply and demand, performance measurement criteria and impacts of the operation of the transport system (energy, environment, safety).
• Transport Systems Planning Problems: Road Freight Transport Service Network Design Problem. Ship Fleet Composition Problem for the Provision of Regular Sea Transport Services (Liner Shipping). Strategic Traffic Planning Problem at Airports. Railway Transport Planning Problems
• Distribution Systems: Introductory concepts, definition of distribution systems, categorization of distribution systems, Distribution Centers and Warehousing. Case Studies.\
• Distribution Systems Programming Problems: Multiple product distribution problem with direct shipments through a Transportation Network. Vehicle Scheduling and Routing Problem. Warehouse Location Problem. Warehouse Operations Programming Problems. Applications and Case Studies.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Understand the environment, structure, and operation of a transportation system.
• Understand the functions of distribution systems.
• Understand the characteristics of transportation and distribution system design problems.
• Develop mathematical models for the design and programming of distribution and transportation systems.