Don Taylor, G.; Whicker, Gary L.; Grant DuCote, W. - In: Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and … 45 (2009) 1, pp. 255-269
This paper examines a new dispatching alternative for the truckload trucking industry involving the use of delivery 'pipelines' with dense flow volumes. Drivers and loads are partitioned into two sets; those that utilize pipelines via a series of 'dray' moves and line-hauls, and the remaining...