Abbas Mahmoudabadi

Department of Industrial Engineering, Mehrastan University, Gilan, Iran

[ 1 ] - Comparison between Combined and Separate Approaches for Solving a Location-Routing Problem in Hazardous Materials Transportation

In the case of hazardous materials management, selected routes for carrying hazardous materials (i.e., hazmat) have significant effects on locating hazmat distribution centers. Since, risk and cost are usually considered as two main attributes to determine the best routes, optimized locations are sequentially outlined depending on selected routes. In the present paper, t...

[ 2 ] - Developing Passenger Hub Location Problem Based on Origin-Destination Trips Derived by Gravity Model (Case Study of Iran's Rail Network)

Iran’s geographical situation, in particular long-distance routes, makes rail transportation to be more attractive and important than the other modes. Since transport cost is the main concern for local and national authorities, Hub location is an important problem in transport planning in which transport industries are looking for selected points to change trains for passengers. In this pap...