Browsing by Subject "logistic network"

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Evolutionary approach for obtaining the hub and spoke structure in the logistic network
(AGH University of Science and Technology Press, 2011) Mażbic-Kulma, Barbara; Stańczak, Jarosław; Owsiński, Jan Wojciech; Sęp, Krzysztof
In order to describe transportation system, as a routine a connection graph would be used. Vertices of the graph can be train stations, bus stop, airports etc. The edges show direct connections between vertices. A direct application of such graph can be difficult and computational problems can occur while one would try to organize or optimize such a transportation system. Therefore, a method of aggregation of such graph was introduced, using the general kernel and shell structure and a hub and spoke transformation method of the source graph. These structures allow to concentrate and order the transport of goods/persons among vertices and enable to reduce the number of analyzed vertices as well as edges of the graph. In the presented paper we continue our work on kernel and shell and its instance hub and spoke methods of connection graph transformation. In this paper we develop model of the transportation system using the hub and spoke method with predetermined, minimum and indirectly described numbers of hub nodes. To obtain the desired structures, several versions of specialized evolutionary algorithm (EA) were developed and applied.
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Evolutionary approach to find kernel and shell structure of a connection graph
(AGH University of Science and Technology Press, 2009) Mażbic-Kulma, Barbara; Stańczak, Jarosław; Sęp, Krzysztof; Potrzebowski, Henryk
The theory of logistic transportation systems deals with models of phenomena connected with movement of goods and persons. The developed model of the transportation system is expected to simulate a real system, but also should help us to solve given transportation tasks. In order to describe transportation system (rail, bus or air), as a routine a connection graph would be used. Vertices of the graph can be train stations, bus stops etc.. The edges show direct connections between vertices. Its direct application can be difficult and computational problems can occur while one would try to organize or optimize such a transportation system. Therefore, a method of aggregation of such graph was introduced, using the general kernel and shell structure and its particular instances: hub-and-spoke and α-clique structured graphs of connections. These structures enable to concentrate and order the transport of goods/persons among vertices. To obtain these desired structures an evolutionary algorithm (EA) was applied. This method enables to reduce the number of analyzed vertices as well as arcs/edges of the graph.
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Finding structure kernel and shell with predetermined cardinality of kernel set, using evolutionary algorithm
(AGH University of Science and Technology Press, 2010) Mażbic-Kulma, Barbara; Stańczak, Jarosław; Sęp, Krzysztof
The theory of logistic transportation systems deals with models of phenomena connected with movement of goods and persons. The developed model of the transportation system is expected to simulate a real system, but also should help us to solve given transportation tasks. In order to describe transportation system (rail, bus or air), as a routine a connection graph would be used. Vertices of the graph can be train stations, bus stops etc. The edges show direct connections between vertices. Its direct application can be difficult and computational problems can occur while one would try to organize or optimize such a transportation system. Therefore, a method of aggregation of such graph was introduced, using the general kernel and shell structure and its particular instance the ?-clique structured graphs of connections. In the present approach, we use a predetermined number of communication hubs with the possibility of direct determining which nodes should become hubs or selecting them by the solving method. This structure allows to concentrate and order the transport of goods/persons among vertices and enables to reduce the number of analyzed vertices as well as arcs/edges of the graph. To obtain the desired structure, an evolutionary algorithm (EA) was applied.