Advanced OR and AI Methods in Transportation STOCHASTIC SERVICE NETWORK DESIGN: THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING UNCERTAINTY INTO ACCOUNT
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The objective of this paper is to study how important it is to take uncertainty into account in a service network design problem during the planning phase. We look at how a solution based on uncertain demand differs from a solution based on deterministic demand and show that there can be important structural differences between them. Some of these structural differences help hedge against uncertainty, without necessarily increasing the cost of operating such a schedule. We look at how some schedules can be more robust than others due to their greater flexibility.
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