UNITIZATION AND DEUNITIZATION IN PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS: A QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF CONTAINERIZED CARGO.

Abstract

In recent years the physical distribution of commodities has become one of the foremost areas for effecting cost reduction. Containerization, a special case of unitization and deunitization, has brought about a revolution in the intermodal transportation of cargo. Containerization is the philosophy of through transport, whereby the cargo is manhandled only twice. A dynamic programming algorithm was developed to determine a loading pattern for packages inside a container. Also the flow of empty and loaded containers is analyzed for a 'n' terminal problem and an algorithm developed to determine a trade route for an all container service. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0710226

Entities

People

  • Boghos D. Sivazlian
  • Ravi M. Seam

Organizations

  • University of Florida

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Commerce
  • Commodities
  • Computer Programming
  • Containers
  • Cost Reductions
  • Costs
  • Dynamic Programming
  • Heuristic Methods
  • Mathematics
  • Philosophy
  • Revolutions
  • Surface Transportation
  • Terminals
  • Transportation

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Theoretical Analysis.