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Russell G. Thompson
Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia

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Journal article
Published: 02 August 2021 in Computers & Industrial Engineering
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Due to the great potential to enable collaboration and improve consolidation, auctions have been identified as a possible effective option to improve the efficiency of instant delivery. Instant delivery markets are complex and dynamic systems influenced by highly random demand. Conventional bidding strategies require perfect market information and cannot be adjusted effectively according to the evolution of requests. To address this problem, this paper proposes an auction-based trading platform to enable freight transportation procurement and develops a Reinforcement Learning (RL) enabled dynamic bidding strategy to optimize carrier’s behavior in sequential auctions. In the RL enabled dynamic bidding strategy, three RL algorithms, including Q-learning, Deep Q Network and experience replay based Q-learning are used to improve carrier’s bidding ability. The simulation results demonstrate that compared with the conventional bidding strategy, the RL enabled dynamic bidding strategies with any of the three RL algorithms can help carrier secure more auctions and gain more profit in a competitive marketplace. In addition, the advantages of the RL enabled dynamic bidding strategies are more obvious and the performance is more stable in more uncertain market environments.

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Chaojie Guo; Russell G. Thompson; Greg Foliente; Xiaoshuai Peng. Reinforcement learning enabled dynamic bidding strategy for instant delivery trading. Computers & Industrial Engineering 2021, 160, 107596 .

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Chaojie Guo, Russell G. Thompson, Greg Foliente, Xiaoshuai Peng. Reinforcement learning enabled dynamic bidding strategy for instant delivery trading. Computers & Industrial Engineering. 2021; 160 ():107596.

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Chaojie Guo; Russell G. Thompson; Greg Foliente; Xiaoshuai Peng. 2021. "Reinforcement learning enabled dynamic bidding strategy for instant delivery trading." Computers & Industrial Engineering 160, no. : 107596.

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Published: 30 July 2021 in Journal of Transport Geography
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Creating a cityscape conducive to a safe and efficient pedestrian experience requires a holistic understanding of the relationship between the built structures of a city and the movement of individuals within it. To empower policy makers to design, implement, and successfully deliver measures aimed at reducing footpath congestion and improving pedestrian safety the link between pedestrian volume and different features of the built environment needs to be investigated. Observed pedestrian counts at 50 intersections across the City of Melbourne are used as the input dependent variable of two regression models. A global ordinary least squares regression model and a local geographically weighted regression model are generated and evaluated for best fit of purpose. Spatiotemporal statistical handling is employed to clean the data of contextual anomalies. The output of the regression models identified eight key features as the most statistically significant predictors of pedestrian volume in Melbourne, Australia. These features include distance to schools and train stations and measures of footpath connectivity. This study reveals that due to significant spatial and temporal non-stationarity exhibited between pedestrian count sensors and built environment variables, the geographically weighted regression is the most appropriate modelling technique. This paper presents a methodology for the creation of a robust pedestrian prediction model.

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Laura Mali Pfiester; Russell G. Thompson; Lele Zhang. Spatiotemporal exploration of Melbourne pedestrian demand. Journal of Transport Geography 2021, 95, 103151 .

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Laura Mali Pfiester, Russell G. Thompson, Lele Zhang. Spatiotemporal exploration of Melbourne pedestrian demand. Journal of Transport Geography. 2021; 95 ():103151.

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Laura Mali Pfiester; Russell G. Thompson; Lele Zhang. 2021. "Spatiotemporal exploration of Melbourne pedestrian demand." Journal of Transport Geography 95, no. : 103151.

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Published: 12 June 2021 in Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
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There have been various initiatives to consolidate freight deliveries. Researchers have been primarily concerned with assessing the impact upon freight carriers. This study addresses a subject that has received limited attention: Receiver-led delivery consolidation (RLC) policy. The study aims to characterise freight receivers’ preferences for a RLC service and delve more deeply into the most preferred RLC policy variables that could induce receivers’ propensity towards choosing a RLC service. This study estimates behavioural responses of businesses in Melbourne’s CBD, Australia using a mixed logit model a latent-class logit mode with respect to receivers’ preferences for the RLC service as well as quantifying the willingness to pay (WTP) for a RLC delivery service. The modelling results show that the time-window of consolidated delivery and availability of relevant value-added services significantly influence receivers’ preferences. The study findings reveal high preferences for versions of a RLC service that maintain current delivery practices. The results of the WTP calculation suggest that while there might be a net benefit for receivers to pay for services, delivery characteristics of receivers, such as their sub-industry type, highly influence WTP. Future freight consolidation should be optimised by sub-industry and should accommodate as closely as possible the current delivery practices that businesses use. Accordingly, this study proposes suitable configurations of a RLC service based on the individual-level preferences of the most willing sub-industries.

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Khalid Aljohani; Russell G. Thompson. Modelling individual preferences of goods receivers for a Receiver-led delivery consolidation service. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 2021, 150, 74 -94.

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Khalid Aljohani, Russell G. Thompson. Modelling individual preferences of goods receivers for a Receiver-led delivery consolidation service. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 2021; 150 ():74-94.

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Khalid Aljohani; Russell G. Thompson. 2021. "Modelling individual preferences of goods receivers for a Receiver-led delivery consolidation service." Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 150, no. : 74-94.

Journal article
Published: 25 May 2021 in Computers & Industrial Engineering
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Based on the Internet of Things, standard coordination protocol, smart containers and other key foundations, the Physical Internet (PI) provides an interconnected, shared and adaptable logistics system, which has great potential to significantly increase the reliability and resilience of supply chains. In this paper, we assess the effectiveness of the PI for dealing with various disruptions in an integrated production-inventory-distribution system. To attain this, we constructed a two-stage stochastic programming model which captures the main characteristics of the PI and incorporates pre-event and post-event mitigation strategies in an integrated way. In the first stage (before disruptions), pre-event mitigation strategies are identified, while in addition to post-event mitigation strategies, the production, inventory, ordering and pickup and delivery route plans are determined in the second stage (after disruptions). Then a two-level heuristic algorithm that combines a three-phase heuristic and a fix-and-optimize procedure is developed to solve the model effectively. To evaluate the model, risk mitigation strategies and the two-level heuristic algorithm, extensive numerical experiments were conducted based on several realistic instances. The results demonstrate that the developed algorithm significantly outperforms the state-of-the-art solver in terms of solution quality and computational time. The results also indicate that tremendous cost and service level benefits can be achieved by adopting the proposed risk mitigation strategies. Compared with the traditional and horizontal collaborative systems, the PI-enabled system attains better performance in terms of the total cost and service levels. Finally, sensitivity analysis showed that the PI-enabled system has significant performance advantages when a range of parameter values were varied.

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Xiaoshuai Peng; Shoufeng Ji; Russell G. Thompson; Lele Zhang. Resilience planning for Physical Internet enabled hyperconnected production-inventory-distribution systems. Computers & Industrial Engineering 2021, 158, 107413 .

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Xiaoshuai Peng, Shoufeng Ji, Russell G. Thompson, Lele Zhang. Resilience planning for Physical Internet enabled hyperconnected production-inventory-distribution systems. Computers & Industrial Engineering. 2021; 158 ():107413.

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Xiaoshuai Peng; Shoufeng Ji; Russell G. Thompson; Lele Zhang. 2021. "Resilience planning for Physical Internet enabled hyperconnected production-inventory-distribution systems." Computers & Industrial Engineering 158, no. : 107413.

Journal article
Published: 27 April 2021 in Sustainable Cities and Society
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This paper presents a novel approach to assessing a maturity level in terms of formulation and implementation of sustainable integrated passenger and freight transport strategies. Proposed by the authors model also enables evaluating the state of the local government (city administration) in terms of the results of undertaken actions. The tool was applied for selected European and Australian cities that function in different cultural, administrative, and environmental conditions. The conducted study showed that the developed model could be utilized by local authorities operating in various environments. Besides the fact that the model enables the assessment of the maturity level in terms of formulation and implementation of a sustainable integrated passenger and freight transport strategy, it also gives a possibility of in-depth analysis of the city in terms of various criteria and comparison of it to other cities. The study showed that the size of the city and its administrative structure does not significantly impact the level of maturity. This study shows that those cities that have achieved the best results in terms of safety and environmental degradation by implementing the most passenger and freight transport measures closely and permanently cooperate with stakeholders and have integrated transport strategies (including passenger and freight transport).

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Maja Kiba-Janiak; Russell Thompson; Katarzyna Cheba. An assessment tool of the formulation and implementation a sustainable integrated passenger and freight transport strategies. An example of selected European and Australian cities. Sustainable Cities and Society 2021, 71, 102966 .

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Maja Kiba-Janiak, Russell Thompson, Katarzyna Cheba. An assessment tool of the formulation and implementation a sustainable integrated passenger and freight transport strategies. An example of selected European and Australian cities. Sustainable Cities and Society. 2021; 71 ():102966.

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Maja Kiba-Janiak; Russell Thompson; Katarzyna Cheba. 2021. "An assessment tool of the formulation and implementation a sustainable integrated passenger and freight transport strategies. An example of selected European and Australian cities." Sustainable Cities and Society 71, no. : 102966.

Journal article
Published: 01 April 2021 in Research in Transportation Business & Management
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Stakeholder acceptance of any transport policy is crucial for its successful implementation and sustainability. Many initiatives have failed in the past mostly due to stakeholder non-acceptability. As a result, the multi-stakeholder approach towards solving transportation problems is essential for sustainable transportation in the future. This study is focused on how different toll charging policies are perceived by various stakeholders and their level of acceptability. Various toll charging policies are considered where each toll scheme is optimizing at least one of the multi-stakeholder objectives such as user cost, social cost, environmental cost or the rate of return for investment. In addition, for comparison purposes, the currently established toll scheme is also added to the list. Even though each toll scheme is favoured by one or a few stakeholders (objectives) the overall acceptance from all the stakeholders is questionable. Therefore, the Multi-Actor Multi-Criteria Analysis (MAMCA) methodology has been used to evaluate all toll schemes and to identify the most suitable toll scheme considering multiple stakeholders. Different stakeholder opinions are explicitly considered in MAMCA and have been tested and used to successfully evaluate many solutions in the past. From this study, it was found that out of 10 alternatives 3 toll schemes are better at serving all stakeholders interests. It is important to note that in all three solutions heavy vehicles are charged less compared to light vehicles, which is against the present practice of charging heavy vehicles higher tolls.

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Loshaka Perera; Russell G. Thompson. Multi-stakeholder acceptance of optimum toll schemes. Research in Transportation Business & Management 2021, 100654 .

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Loshaka Perera, Russell G. Thompson. Multi-stakeholder acceptance of optimum toll schemes. Research in Transportation Business & Management. 2021; ():100654.

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Loshaka Perera; Russell G. Thompson. 2021. "Multi-stakeholder acceptance of optimum toll schemes." Research in Transportation Business & Management , no. : 100654.

Smart city for sustainable urban logistics
Published: 15 December 2020 in International Journal of Production Research
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Current courier networks in metropolitan areas are characterised by utilising fleets of vans that perform collection and distribution routes independently. This results in long stem distances, low load factors and high environmental costs. Joint delivery systems have the potential to reduce the distances of pick-up and drop-off routes. In this context, parcel lockers can be utilised to transfer goods between vans, electrical vehicles and bikes to improve the efficiency and sustainability of courier networks. This paper presents a model for designing joint delivery networks in urban areas by utilising parcel lockers. This model has a two-level structure: the lower level dealing with multi-depot capacitated vehicle routing problems (MDCVRP) for a set of depots and lockers whilst the upper level being a (minimum-cost) parcel network flow problem (PNFP) considering goods delivered between depots and lockers and the selection of lockers’ positions and sizes. A hybrid algorithm integrating a Genetic Algorithm with the Lin-Kernighan Heuristic has been developed. The GA focuses on finding solutions for the PNFP. Once the paths of parcel flow are determined, the LKH optimises vehicle flow. This paper is the first to consider the use of parcel lockers for business-to-business networks in the form of MDCVRP.

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Shichang Pan; Lele Zhang; Russell G. Thompson; Hadi Ghaderi. A parcel network flow approach for joint delivery networks using parcel lockers. International Journal of Production Research 2020, 59, 2090 -2115.

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Shichang Pan, Lele Zhang, Russell G. Thompson, Hadi Ghaderi. A parcel network flow approach for joint delivery networks using parcel lockers. International Journal of Production Research. 2020; 59 (7):2090-2115.

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Shichang Pan; Lele Zhang; Russell G. Thompson; Hadi Ghaderi. 2020. "A parcel network flow approach for joint delivery networks using parcel lockers." International Journal of Production Research 59, no. 7: 2090-2115.

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Published: 11 August 2020 in Sustainable Cities and Society
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High toll charges force trucks to avoid quality roads, leading to increased emissions. We propose a model in this study to find an effective toll charging scheme to minimize total network vehicular emissions while maintaining reasonable revenue for investors. A bi-level modeling approach is used, where toll prices for multi-class vehicles are decided in the upper level and user response to toll charges are predicted using user equilibrium conditions with multi-class traffic assignment in the lower level. The model takes into consideration both toll revenue and total vehicle operating costs to produce an acceptable solution for both investors and road users. All major components of hazardous emissions were considered and estimated using secondary data, quantifying their impact on human health and the environment. The application of the model was illustrated using two networks considering different toll charging scenarios and near-optimal solutions were found for each toll-charging scenario. The results revealed that commonly used toll schemes are inefficient with respect to multi-stakeholder objectives. The optimized toll charging scheme was able to reduce the total emission costs of the network by 12% compared to the toll scheme currently used by a toll facility in a real network in Melbourne, Australia.

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Loshaka Perera; Russell G. Thompson; Wenyan Wu. A multi-class toll-based approach to reduce total emissions on roads for sustainable urban transportation. Sustainable Cities and Society 2020, 63, 102435 .

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Loshaka Perera, Russell G. Thompson, Wenyan Wu. A multi-class toll-based approach to reduce total emissions on roads for sustainable urban transportation. Sustainable Cities and Society. 2020; 63 ():102435.

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Loshaka Perera; Russell G. Thompson; Wenyan Wu. 2020. "A multi-class toll-based approach to reduce total emissions on roads for sustainable urban transportation." Sustainable Cities and Society 63, no. : 102435.

Journal article
Published: 20 April 2020 in Transportation Research Procedia
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There is a considerable degree of inefficiency relating to the transport of general freight within large metropolitan areas. Freight is either transported by hire and reward carriers or the business producing the product, known as ancillary or own account transport. As ancillary transport is not a core function of the business it is common that this task consists of small and moderate loads transported across urban areas mostly in small to medium sized trucks, that are often empty on the return trip. This paper describes how analysis and modelling was used to design and conduct an evaluation of a shared network. In the model, high capacity freight vehicles operate frequently between Key Freight Areas (KFAs). Hubs are created at KFAs to transfer and tranship loads between vehicles to transport goods from shippers to receivers. The model investigates the potential for shared networks of general freight in urban areas to reduce congestion and lower transport costs.

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Russell G. Thompson; Neema Nassir; Peter Frauenfelder. Shared freight networks in metropolitan areas. Transportation Research Procedia 2020, 46, 204 -211.

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Russell G. Thompson, Neema Nassir, Peter Frauenfelder. Shared freight networks in metropolitan areas. Transportation Research Procedia. 2020; 46 ():204-211.

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Russell G. Thompson; Neema Nassir; Peter Frauenfelder. 2020. "Shared freight networks in metropolitan areas." Transportation Research Procedia 46, no. : 204-211.

Journal article
Published: 02 April 2020 in Sustainability
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Freight carriers experience major challenges while operating in highly dense inner-city areas. Timely deliveries are crucial for the success of businesses and for the long-term economic growth of metropolitan areas. Previous freight studies have paid little attention to the characteristics of freight movements in a highly dense urban context. Accordingly, this study sought to quantify the operational practices for freight carriers that deliver light parcels to inner-city business receivers. Direct insights were collected using semistructured interviews and an online survey with freight carriers in Melbourne, Australia. The intent was to describe the delivery trips and vehicle types involved in this unique segment. An assessment of operational challenges to the efficiency of freight carriers is presented in the study. In general, freight deliveries to inner-city receivers are characterised by underutilised transport capacity along with a large number of delivery stops. The findings shed light on the challenges that couriers encounter in congested inner-city areas.

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Khalid Aljohani; Russell G. Thompson. An Examination of Last Mile Delivery Practices of Freight Carriers Servicing Business Receivers in Inner-City Areas. Sustainability 2020, 12, 2837 .

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Khalid Aljohani, Russell G. Thompson. An Examination of Last Mile Delivery Practices of Freight Carriers Servicing Business Receivers in Inner-City Areas. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (7):2837.

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Khalid Aljohani; Russell G. Thompson. 2020. "An Examination of Last Mile Delivery Practices of Freight Carriers Servicing Business Receivers in Inner-City Areas." Sustainability 12, no. 7: 2837.

Journal article
Published: 12 December 2019 in Research in Transportation Economics
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There is an urgent need to develop policy solutions to the negative externalities caused by last mile deliveries, especially in increasingly high-density urban areas. The Receiver-led delivery consolidation (RLC) policy has the potential to significantly reduce the number of deliveries to receivers. However, empirical evidence shows wide variance in their success, possibly driven by the relative willingness of receivers to accept RLC policy. Accordingly, the purpose of this paper is to examine and model receivers' willingness to participate in the RLC service. Using a stated-preference survey, behavioural responses were collected from businesses in 13 sub-industries based in Melbourne's CBD, Australia. The businesses' preferences were estimated using an ordered logit model to identify the characteristics that could drive willingness to participate. The modelling results illustrate that the receivers' willingness to participate in the RLC service is significantly influenced by the intensity of their delivery activities and the sub-industry. Furthermore, the policy implications are discussed to facilitate setting suitable and relevant RLC policy variables for the most willing receivers.

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Khalid Aljohani; Russell G. Thompson. Receivers-led delivery consolidation policy: Estimating the characteristics of the most interested businesses to participate. Research in Transportation Economics 2019, 80, 100808 .

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Khalid Aljohani, Russell G. Thompson. Receivers-led delivery consolidation policy: Estimating the characteristics of the most interested businesses to participate. Research in Transportation Economics. 2019; 80 ():100808.

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Khalid Aljohani; Russell G. Thompson. 2019. "Receivers-led delivery consolidation policy: Estimating the characteristics of the most interested businesses to participate." Research in Transportation Economics 80, no. : 100808.

Corrigendum
Published: 30 September 2019 in Journal of Advanced Transportation
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Tayebeh Saghapour; Sara Moridpour; Russell Thompson. Corrigendum to “Modeling Access to Public Transport in Urban Areas”. Journal of Advanced Transportation 2019, 2019, 1 -1.

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Tayebeh Saghapour, Sara Moridpour, Russell Thompson. Corrigendum to “Modeling Access to Public Transport in Urban Areas”. Journal of Advanced Transportation. 2019; 2019 ():1-1.

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Tayebeh Saghapour; Sara Moridpour; Russell Thompson. 2019. "Corrigendum to “Modeling Access to Public Transport in Urban Areas”." Journal of Advanced Transportation 2019, no. : 1-1.

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Published: 26 September 2019 in Sustainability
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This study focuses on the route selection problem of multimodal transportation: When facing a shortage of containers, a transport plan must be designed for freight forwarders that realizes the optimal balance between transportation time and transportation cost. This problem is complicated by two important characteristics: (1) The use of containers is related to transport routes, and they interact with each other; and (2) Different types of containers should be used in different time ranges for different modes of transportation. To solve this problem, we establish a multi-objective optimization model for minimizing the total transportation time, transportation cost and container usage cost. To solve the multi-objective programming model, the normalized normal constraint method (NNCM) is used to obtain Pareto solutions. We conducted a case study considering the transportation of iron ore in Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province. The results demonstrate that using railway containers and railway transportation as much as possible in route selection can effectively solve the problem of container shortage and balance transportation time and transportation cost.

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Dandan Chen; Yong Zhang; Liangpeng Gao; Russell G. Thompson. Optimizing Multimodal Transportation Routes Considering Container Use. Sustainability 2019, 11, 5320 .

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Dandan Chen, Yong Zhang, Liangpeng Gao, Russell G. Thompson. Optimizing Multimodal Transportation Routes Considering Container Use. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (19):5320.

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Dandan Chen; Yong Zhang; Liangpeng Gao; Russell G. Thompson. 2019. "Optimizing Multimodal Transportation Routes Considering Container Use." Sustainability 11, no. 19: 5320.

Journal article
Published: 29 June 2019 in Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
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Couriers undertaking deliveries in Central Business Districts (CBDs) often have difficulty conducting efficient routes due to the uncertainty associated with the availability of loading zones. Delivery routes for courier vehicles operating in central city areas involve a combination of driving and walking paths for delivering goods to multiple receivers. Sensor technologies are becoming available that can provide real time information regarding the availability and occupancy of loading zones. Utilization of occupancy information can reduce transport costs for couriers as well as emissions and congestion levels within CBDs. Booking systems allow loading zones to be reserved for delivery vehicles. This paper describes an agent-based simulation model combined with optimization procedures developed to predict the behavior of courier drivers in CBDs. The model, which allows couriers routes to be optimized based on minimizing both driving and walking costs, was applied to study the effects for introducing a loading zone occupancy information as well as estimate the potential limitations compared to a reservation system. The consequences of permitting waiting at loading zones as well as duration limits are predicted. Lower driving times were estimated when real time availability and average occupancy information of loading zones were provided when no waiting was permitted. This was found to be more pronounced when there were no duration limits at loading zones. However, when waiting at loading zones was permitted, only marginal driving time savings were predicted when real time availability and average occupancy information were provided. Despite that, compared to the case when an ideal reservation system was employed for couriers to conduct the best possible delivery plan, the information systems still had opportunities for further enhancements in driving times in periods of high demand, although only marginal savings in driving times could be made when waiting at loading zones was allowed.

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Lele Zhang; Russell G. Thompson. Understanding the benefits and limitations of occupancy information systems for couriers. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 2019, 105, 520 -535.

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Lele Zhang, Russell G. Thompson. Understanding the benefits and limitations of occupancy information systems for couriers. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. 2019; 105 ():520-535.

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Lele Zhang; Russell G. Thompson. 2019. "Understanding the benefits and limitations of occupancy information systems for couriers." Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 105, no. : 520-535.

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Published: 12 June 2019 in Transport Policy
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Cross-border corridors with proper conditions, facilities and institutions are one solution for reducing transport costs and times for landlocked developing countries. The stakeholders of cross-border corridors such as roads, railways, and ports, manage their own infrastructure, hence, stakeholders may desire to gain more benefit by obtaining more cargo from/to the hinterland countries. This study develops a simulation model to evaluate the performance of multiple stakeholders to understand how stakeholders determine their investment of transport infrastructure in cross-border corridors. East Africa including four landlocked countries is selected to be used as a case study which has two major cross-border corridors: the northern corridor and central corridor. In the railway expansion scenario, the road capacity increases marginally compared with the base case. While the capacity of all stakeholders rise, the highest regional net surplus is achieved in the case of progressive investment of the organizational restructuring scenario, where the net surplus of landlocked countries increases markedly.

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Shinya Hanaoka; Masashi Sota; Tomoya Kawasaki; Russell G. Thompson. Performance of cross-border corridors in East Africa considering multiple stakeholders. Transport Policy 2019, 81, 117 -126.

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Shinya Hanaoka, Masashi Sota, Tomoya Kawasaki, Russell G. Thompson. Performance of cross-border corridors in East Africa considering multiple stakeholders. Transport Policy. 2019; 81 ():117-126.

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Shinya Hanaoka; Masashi Sota; Tomoya Kawasaki; Russell G. Thompson. 2019. "Performance of cross-border corridors in East Africa considering multiple stakeholders." Transport Policy 81, no. : 117-126.

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Published: 01 June 2019 in Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part B: Pavements
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Truck traffic is a crucial factor that results in pavement damage. The increasing demand of freight transport contributes to rising truck volumes. In some countries there is a trend toward using larger vehicles, and road authorities are concerned about their effect on pavement because of the lack of pavement maintenance funding. This paper investigates the efficiency of freight transport by comparing the effect of six-axle articulated trucks (semi-trailers) and nine-axle articulated trucks (B-doubles) with regard to pavement performance when carrying various payloads based on weigh-in-motion data. Mathematical models were developed to help decision makers consider how to distribute road freight, to minimize pavement damage induced by the different types of trucks. It was found that there is reduced pavement damage when one or more of the following conditions are met: The payload of the trucks gets closer to their optimum value, the percentage of the empty vehicles is decreased, and more freight is undertaken by B-doubles. In addition, a simplified pavement performance prediction model was used as a basis to determine the future pavement maintenance and rehabilitation (M&R) schedules, and therefore help in comparing the long-term pavement treatment costs for different traffic loading scenarios. The outcome from the economic analysis shows that there would be significant benefits in the pavement M&R costs over the pavement service life by improving the distribution of freight.

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Jing Ren; Russell Thompson; Lihai Zhang. Impact of Payload Spectra of Heavy Vehicles on Pavement Based on Weigh-in-Motion Data. Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part B: Pavements 2019, 145, 04019005 .

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Jing Ren, Russell Thompson, Lihai Zhang. Impact of Payload Spectra of Heavy Vehicles on Pavement Based on Weigh-in-Motion Data. Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part B: Pavements. 2019; 145 (2):04019005.

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Jing Ren; Russell Thompson; Lihai Zhang. 2019. "Impact of Payload Spectra of Heavy Vehicles on Pavement Based on Weigh-in-Motion Data." Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part B: Pavements 145, no. 2: 04019005.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2019 in Transportation Research Procedia
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Stanisław Iwan; Russell G. Thompson; Kinga Kijewska. 3rd International Conference Green Cities 2018 - Green Logistics for Greener Cities. Transportation Research Procedia 2019, 39, 1 -3.

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Stanisław Iwan, Russell G. Thompson, Kinga Kijewska. 3rd International Conference Green Cities 2018 - Green Logistics for Greener Cities. Transportation Research Procedia. 2019; 39 ():1-3.

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Stanisław Iwan; Russell G. Thompson; Kinga Kijewska. 2019. "3rd International Conference Green Cities 2018 - Green Logistics for Greener Cities." Transportation Research Procedia 39, no. : 1-3.

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Published: 01 January 2019 in Transportation Research Procedia
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Lucille Gusah; Robert Cameron-Rogers; Russell G. Thompson. A systems analysis of empty container logistics – a case study of Melbourne, Australia. Transportation Research Procedia 2019, 39, 92 -103.

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Lucille Gusah, Robert Cameron-Rogers, Russell G. Thompson. A systems analysis of empty container logistics – a case study of Melbourne, Australia. Transportation Research Procedia. 2019; 39 ():92-103.

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Lucille Gusah; Robert Cameron-Rogers; Russell G. Thompson. 2019. "A systems analysis of empty container logistics – a case study of Melbourne, Australia." Transportation Research Procedia 39, no. : 92-103.

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Published: 01 January 2019 in International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management
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Given a set of candidate road projects with associated costs, finding the best subset with respect to a limited budget is known as the discrete network design problem (DNDP). The DNDP is often characterised as a bilevel programming problem which is known to be NP-hard. Despite a plethora of research, due to the combinatorial complexity, the literature addressing this problem for large-sized networks is scarce. To this end, we first transform the bilevel problem into a single-level problem by relaxing it to a system-optimal traffic flow. As such, the problem turns to be a mixed integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) problem. Secondly, we develop an efficient Benders decomposition algorithm to solve the ensuing MINLP problem. The proposed methodology is applied to three examples, a pedagogical network, Sioux Falls and a real-size network representing the City of Winnipeg, Canada. Numerical tests on the network of Winnipeg at various budget levels demonstrate promising results.

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Saeed Asadi Bagloee; Majid Sarvi; Abbas Rajabifard; Russell Thompson. System optimal relaxation and Benders decomposition algorithm for the large-sized road network design problem. International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management 2019, 34, 486 .

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Saeed Asadi Bagloee, Majid Sarvi, Abbas Rajabifard, Russell Thompson. System optimal relaxation and Benders decomposition algorithm for the large-sized road network design problem. International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management. 2019; 34 (4):486.

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Saeed Asadi Bagloee; Majid Sarvi; Abbas Rajabifard; Russell Thompson. 2019. "System optimal relaxation and Benders decomposition algorithm for the large-sized road network design problem." International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management 34, no. 4: 486.

Journal article
Published: 27 December 2018 in Sustainability
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Freight carriers, receivers and citizens in the inner-city area suffer the most from issues impacting last mile delivery due to exacerbated traffic congestion, limited parking and unsustainable delivery vehicles. Freight consolidation policies offer a sustainable solution to address these problems. The freight vehicles used in the consolidated deliveries could play a significant role in the sustainability and success of these policies. This paper applies a multi-stakeholder decision support approach to evaluate the suitability and potential of various delivery fleet configurations in addressing the perspectives and requirements of all stakeholders involved in last mile delivery to perform the consolidated delivery in the inner-city area. The Multi-Actor Multi-Criteria Analysis (MAMCA) framework was utilised to assess and rank various delivery configurations involving a combination of eco-friendly delivery vans, trucks and cargobikes based on the objectives of the stakeholders. The weight allocation of the criteria was determined through the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (F-AHP) method using responses collected from key actors representing all stakeholder groups in Melbourne, Australia. The multi-stakeholder analysis, which was performed using the Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment Evaluation (PROMETHEE) method, suggested that the consolidated delivery should be performed using a combination of eco-friendly delivery vans and cargobikes to incorporate the concerns of the societal stakeholders and operational requirements of the business stakeholders. The mono-actor analysis revealed the heterogeneity of the stakeholders’ preferences and clashing views regarding the optimal delivery fleet. This highlights the importance of incorporating a multi-stakeholder perspective in the planning and selection of suitable urban freight policies. Accordingly, a suitable implementation plan for the consolidated delivery fleet was proposed to reflect the perspectives and requirements of these stakeholders.

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Khalid Aljohani; Russell G. Thompson. A Stakeholder-Based Evaluation of the Most Suitable and Sustainable Delivery Fleet for Freight Consolidation Policies in the Inner-City Area. Sustainability 2018, 11, 124 .

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Khalid Aljohani, Russell G. Thompson. A Stakeholder-Based Evaluation of the Most Suitable and Sustainable Delivery Fleet for Freight Consolidation Policies in the Inner-City Area. Sustainability. 2018; 11 (1):124.

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Khalid Aljohani; Russell G. Thompson. 2018. "A Stakeholder-Based Evaluation of the Most Suitable and Sustainable Delivery Fleet for Freight Consolidation Policies in the Inner-City Area." Sustainability 11, no. 1: 124.