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Development of a Transportation Planning System for the Mail Transportation Network  

Choi, Ji-Young (Logistics Technology Research Team, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute)
Kim, Wan-Seok (Logistics Technology Research Team, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute)
Park, Jong-Heung (Logistics Technology Research Team, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute)
Lee, Tae-Han (Department of Industrial and Information Systems Engineering, Chonbuk National University)
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IE interfaces / v.21, no.1, 2008 , pp. 120-130 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, we develop a transportation planning system for the mail transportation network, which consists of 25 mail centers and one mail exchange center. The main functions of the system are adjustment of transportation plan, creation of new transportation plan, and calculation of expected exchange mail volume which are transported through mail exchange center. We develop an adjusting algorithm which gives a new transportation plan by deleting, adding or changing the current routes. The algorithm based on the transportation results of current transportation plan and mail volume data. We design and implement a planning system by installing the algorithm as the planning engine. For the practical use, the system is connected to the information system of Korea Post, PostNet.
Keywords
transportation; mail; network;
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