Measuring and maximizing resilience of freight transportation networks

......................................................................................................................................................ii TABLE OF CONTENTS ......................................................................................................................iii CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION AND MOTIVATION.............................................................................1 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW .....................................................................................................4 CHAPTER 3: PROBLEM DEFINITION ....................................................................................................8 CHAPTER 4: SOLUTION METHODOLOGY .....................................................................................13 4.1 OVERVIEW OF SOLUTION METHODOLOGY .....................................................................13 4.2 APPLYING THE INTEGER L-SHAPED METHOD FOR SOLUTION OF (RPO) ................15 CHAPTER 5: ILLUSTRATIVE CASE STUDY .......................................................................................17 5.1 ILLUSTRATION ON THE DOUBLE-STACK CONTAINER NETWORK ...........................17 5.2 DISASTER SCENARIOS, PREPARDNESS AND REVOERY ACTIVITIES ........................18 5.3 EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS ....................................................................................................20 CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSIONS ..................................................................................................................24 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................................26