Synergizing Trucks with Fixed-Route Buses to Design an Efficient Three-Echelon Rural Delivery Logistics Network

Rural areas often lack convenient delivery logistics services, which has become a major obstacle to their economic development. Network design initiatives that synergize passenger and freight transport have been identified as effective solutions to address this challenge. Building upon this initiati...

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Published in:	Mathematics
Main Authors:	Jin Zhang, Wenjie Sun, Jiao Liu, Wenbin Lu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2025-09-01
Subjects:	integration of passenger and freight transport three-echelon location-routing problem three-phase ALNS algorithm collection and delivery points service radius rural delivery logistics
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/13/19/3085