Network Optimization for Transport Operations, Logistics and Location Planning
A special issue of Mathematics (ISSN 2227-7390). This special issue belongs to the section "E: Applied Mathematics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2027 | Viewed by 130
Special Issue Editors
Interests: railway operations and scheduling; timetabling; rolling stock scheduling; crew scheduling; combinatorial optimization; network flow problems; integer linear programming; metaheuristic methods; hybrid heuristic methods
Interests: train scheduling; intelligent dispatching; optimization algorithm; passenger behavior analysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite submissions to this Special Issue on Network Optimization for Transport Operations, Logistics and Location Planning. This issue follows a growing body of research that demonstrates the central role of optimization and operations research in improving the efficiency, robustness and sustainability of transport and logistics systems.
This Special Issue welcomes original research articles and comprehensive reviews that advance theoretical developments or present innovative applications of optimization methods in transport, logistics and location analysis. Topics may include, but are not limited to, network design and planning, timetabling and scheduling, routing and assignment, facility location problems, freight and passenger operations, and integrated planning models.
Although the core focus is on optimization and operations research, we also encourage submissions that draw on relevant methods from data science, statistics, simulation, and artificial intelligence when they support or enhance network optimization in transport and logistics contexts.
We particularly welcome contributions that address real-world challenges, develop new mathematical or computational models, propose advanced algorithms, or demonstrate the impact of decision support tools on transport and logistics operations.
Dr. Zhiyuan Lin
Prof. Dr. Shuguang Zhan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- network optimization
- transport operations
- logistics planning
- location planning
- operations research
- artificial intelligence
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