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Lead time analysis for transportation mode decision making (수송수단의 선택을 위한 리드타임 분석)

  • 문상원
    • Korean Management Science Review
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.47-55
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    • 1996
  • Rapid globalization of production and marketing functions makes choice of international transportation mode of great importance. In this paper, transportation mode is characterized by two factors, mean and variability of transportation lead time. We developed a simple mathematical model to estimate the relative impact of mean lead time, lead time variance and demand variance on the required average inventory level under specified service rates.

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Research Trend for Improvement of Freight Demand Estimation Methods (화물수요추정방법 개선을 위한 국내외 연구동향 분석 연구)

  • Shin, Seung-Jin;Park, Dong-Joo;Oh, Jeong-Taek;Kim, Si-Jin
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.45-58
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    • 2012
  • The traditional four-step demand model has limits in that it cannot reasonably reflect the logistic characteristics of freight transportation system. This is likely to cause problems when estimating the effects of logistics facilities. In order to enhance the reliability and availability of the freight demand estimation procedure it is needed to develop freight demand model which takes into account the logistic characteristics of firms. In the late 1990s, a number of researches on freight demand model considering logistics behaviors began in Europe while a few studies in the area have been conducted recently in Korea. This paper reviews recent advances of the freight model developments in the context of logistic behavior consideration. The main topics include 1) commodity classification, 2) P/C(Production- Consumption) estimation, 3) logistics network representation, 4) logistics chain model, and 5) commodity flow survey. In addition, this paper proposes future direction of the freight demand models with respect to the consideration of logistics characteristics.

Development of an Apparatus for Vertical Transfer of a PRT Vehicle Operating on a Road Network (운행 중인 PRT 차량의 수직이송을 위한 장치 개발)

  • Kang, Seok-Won;Um, Ju-Hwan;Jeong, Rag-Gyo;Kim, Jong-Suk
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.2604-2611
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    • 2013
  • The Personal Rapid Transit(PRT) system has been highly interested in future transportation developments due to its on-demand and optimized door-to-door transport capability. However, the major impediments to the commercialization of PRT are the high cost for construction of infrastructures as opposed to the small transport capacity and difficulty in defining the role of PRT in building a balanced transportation system. In this study, the vertical transfer device for the PRT vehicle is developed to provide more flexible and better compatible urban mobility services between means of transportation, which is expected to meet particular demands in a particular environment. This apparatus was initially designed based on the basis of vertical circulating conveyors with steel chains, which is frequently used in logistics. Its advantages are capable of the non-stop loading and reduced head-way time. Most importantly, it was intensified by the additional idea to ensure the stable and reliable transfer of the PRT vehicle fully loaded with passengers. The 1/10-scale prototype was successfully tested to demonstrate a fundamental mechanism of vertical transfer and identify unexpected user requirements prior to a real manufacturing process.

The Developing Economy and Urban Transportation

  • Li Junhao
    • Proceedings of the KOR-KST Conference
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    • 1998.09a
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    • pp.135-140
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    • 1998
  • Social and economic development needs the support of transportation and communications and in turn the development level of society and economy affects urban traffic demand and determines the investment scale of transportation facilities. In the paper based on the analysis of the evolution of urban transportation in Shanghai in the past ten years and the economic background of that period, the urban transportation in the future development of economy is generally prospected.

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A Fuzzy Multi-Objective Linear Programming Model: A Case Study of an LPG Distribution Network

  • Ozyoruk, Bahar;Donmez, Nilay
    • Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.319-329
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    • 2014
  • Supply chain management is a subject that has an increasing importance due to the developments in the global markets and technology. In this paper, a fuzzy multi-objective linear programming model is developed for the supply chain of a company dealing with procurement, storage, filling, and distribution of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in Turkey. The model intends to determine the quantities of LPG to be procured, stored, filled to cylinders, and transported between the plants and demand centers for six planning periods. In this model, which aims to minimize both total costs (sum of procurement, storage, filling, and transportation costs) and total transportation distances, demand quantities of the main demand centers and decision maker's aspiration levels about objective functions are fuzzy. After comparing the results obtained from the model with those obtained by using different methods, it is concluded that the proposed method can be applied to real world problems practically and it may be used in this type of problems in order to generate an efficient solution.

Study on the Demand Prediction for Transportation System Utilizing Data Granulization (Data Granulization을 이용한 수송수요예측에 관한 연구)

  • 이덕규;홍태화;김학배;우광방
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 1998.05a
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    • pp.211-218
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    • 1998
  • The demand prediction becomes an essential mean to utilize efficiently finite traffic facilities and to provide the optimized schedules for transportation system. The demand prediction is one of the critical complex management schemes for distibuting resources of transportation service by means of computer system. The construction of a prediction model is based on data granulization, followed by processing the raw input data and evaluating the predicted output values. A large number of economic-social parameters are also to be implemented in conventional prediction models which are only based on a sequence of past data. The proposed prediction models are classified by static and dynamic characteristics and its performances are evaluated utilizing computer simulation.

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A Study on the Effect of Adverse Weather Conditions on Public Transportation Mode Choice (강우 상태에 따른 대중교통 이용패턴 특성연구 - 부산광역시 버스통행을 중심으로 -)

  • Park, Kunyoung;Lee, Sibok
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.32 no.1D
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    • pp.23-31
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    • 2012
  • Busan Metropolitan City government has been implementing the local Bus Quasi-Public Operating policy since 2007. As a result of the policy, financial burden to cover financial deficit has become a big social issue. For successful settlement of the policy, the government should be able to gradually cut off the financial support for the deficit by continuously increasing the bus demand, which can be accomplished by providing more convenient bus services. The weather conditions that affect the public transportation demand include rain, fog and snow. They affect the mode choice for public transportation use, which in turn results in decrease in bus demand. In short, the adverse weather conditions result in significant profit loss of bus transportation, and consequently it financially burdens the City of Busan. In this research, the pattern of travelers' use of transportation modes given various weather conditions was analyzed. In addition, the reasons why people transfer from one to other transportation modes were analyzed by conducting a field survey, and policy implications on desirable public transportation facilities and transfer system were discussed.

Optimal Pricing Rules for Public Transport (최적의 대중교통요금 결정원리)

  • 손의영
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.17-24
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    • 1990
  • The first-best pricing rule which achieves economic efficiency is to equate price with marginal cost. Since public transport demand is derived from some other demand, the user cost as well as the producer cost are considered in its pricing. The optimal price is derived from a derivative of the total social cost with respect to demand. In case of the bus, if there is enough capacity for demand increase, the optimal price is determined by the marginal producer cost resulting from bus sped decrease and by the marginal user cost resulting from journey time increase. Both are caused by boarding and fare collecting time of an additional passenger. Because of the budget constraints, the marginal cost pricing cannot be applied in practice. Then price discrimination as the second-best pricing is introduced. The Ramsey pricing, to charge different prices for different demand elasticities, and nonuniform prices such as travelcards can be applied. However, there is practical difficulty in implementing these prices because of great informational requirements, the costs of administration and the ease to users.

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