Cost-stable truck scheduling at a cross-dock facility with unknown truck arrivals: A meta-heuristic approach
Abstract
We study a cross-dock operator's truck scheduling problem at inbound doors in case of unknown truck arrival times. Due to uncertainty of truck arrivals, a scheduling strategy is subject to variations in costs of serving the trucks. A cost-stable scheduling strategy is defined as a schedule with low variation levels. In this paper, we analyze the cross-dock operator's problem of determining a cost-stable scheduling strategy while minimizing the average of total service costs. A bi-objective bi-level optimization problem is formulated and we discuss a genetic algorithm based heuristic to find Pareto efficient schedules. The proposed approach is compared to first-come-first-served policies. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
Recommended Citation
D. Konur and M. M. Golias, "Cost-stable truck scheduling at a cross-dock facility with unknown truck arrivals: A meta-heuristic approach," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 71 - 91, Elsevier, Jan 2013.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2012.06.007
Department(s)
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
Bi-objective optimization; Cross-dock operations; Stable scheduling; Unknown truck arrivals
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
1366-5545
Document Type
Article - Journal
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Citation
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text
Language(s)
English
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Publication Date
01 Jan 2013
Comments
University of Memphis, Grant None