<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In the paper the multimodal freight transportation system with a finite number of known alternatives, defined by the routes and modes, is considered. The objective of research is to suggest the approach for evaluation and choice the alternatives of cargo transportation. The following main tasks are considered: choice of indices characterizing efficiency of multimodal transportations, formation of optimization criteria of the multimodal freight transportation, construction of the model of the multimodal transportation system, calculation the performance criteria of cargo transportation. The study presents the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) as the most suitable approach for comparative evaluation of different routes and modes of cargo transportation.</p></abstract>

In the paper the multimodal freight transportation system with a finite number of known alternatives, defined by the routes and modes, is considered. The objective of research is to suggest the approach for evaluation and choice the alternatives of cargo transportation. The following main tasks are considered: choice of indices characterizing efficiency of multimodal transportations, formation of optimization criteria of the multimodal freight transportation, construction of the model of the multimodal transportation system, calculation the performance criteria of cargo transportation. The study presents the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) as the most suitable approach for comparative evaluation of different routes and modes of cargo transportation.

Multiple-Criteria Analysis and Choice of Transportation Alternatives in Multimodal Freight Transport System

Transport and Telecommunication Institute, Lomonosova str. 1, Riga, LV-1019, Latvia

Transport and Telecommunication Journal

In the paper the multimodal freight transportation system with a finite number of known alternatives, defined by the routes and modes, is considered. The...

Multiple-Criteria Analysis and Choice of Transportation Alternatives in Multimodal Freight Transport System

Pubblicato online: 19 apr 2012

Pagine: 148 - 158

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10244-012-0012-x

Parole chiave
multimodālā kravu transportēšana, logstiska sistēma, biznesa process, optimizācijas kritēriji, maršruts, Analītisks Hierarhijas Process

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Multiple-Criteria Analysis and Choice of Transportation Alternatives in Multimodal Freight Transport System

Pubblicato online: 19 apr 2012

Pagine: 148 - 158

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10244-012-0012-x

Parole chiavemultimodālā kravu transportēšana, logstiska sistēma, biznesa process, optimizācijas kritēriji, maršruts, Analītisks Hierarhijas Process

This content is open access.

Parole chiave
multimodālā kravu transportēšana, logstiska sistēma, biznesa process, optimizācijas kritēriji, maršruts, Analītisks Hierarhijas Process