RESEARCH ARTICLE
Determining the Shape of Delivery Zones to Balance Local and Line Haul Costs
Bruce X. Wang*
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2009Volume: 3
First Page: 49
Last Page: 51
Publisher ID: TOTJ-3-49
DOI: 10.2174/1874447800903010049
Article History:
Received Date: 26/1/2009Revision Received Date: 10/2/2009
Acceptance Date: 25/2/2009
Electronic publication date: 28/4/2009
Collection year: 2009
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Abstract
This note follows an early work by Newell and Daganzo which suggests a wedge-like zone to divide a service area for freight delivery. Current literature has been largely using the zone of a fixed shape determined solely by demand density. We find that, given the same demand density, the shape of zones could vary significantly in order to better balance local and line haul truck delivery costs which include environmental externalities. A way to determine the optimal shape of truck delivery zones is presented.