Consolidation carriers transport shipments that are small relative to trailer capacity. To be
cost effective, the carrier must consolidate shipments, which requires coordinating their …

The multi-commodity flow problem plays an important role in network optimization, routing,
and service scheduling. With the network partitioning and the intermittent connectivity, the …

The continuous-time service network design problem (CTSNDP) occurs widely in practice. It
aims to minimize the total operational cost by optimizing the schedules of transportation …

Dynamic networks are one of the most important concepts in the field of combinatorial
optimization. Additionally to the graph structure they contain information about travel times of …

Flows over time generalize classic network flows by introducing a notion of time. Each arc is
equipped with a transit time that specifies how long flow takes to traverse it, while flow rates …

Enormous increase in the scale of big-file generated by cloud computing has brought many
challenges to both computational and transfer infrastructures. For large file transfer in cloud …

Networks are omnipresent in our current world--ranging from streets, railroads, gas and
water pipelines, power cables or applications in biology, chemistry or economy there are …

One of the primary difficulties in operational research is routing multiple distinct commodities
from specific supply sources to the corresponding demand points via the lanes of an …

In order to transfer large files and provide high-quality services in the IoV (Internet of
Vehicles), intelligent routing and scheduling are indispensable for fast transfers and efficient …

Network flow and network design problems arise in various application areas of
combinatorial optimization, eg, in transportation, production, or telecommunication. This …