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ALLOCATION OF POSTAL NETWORK FACILITIES, BASED ON EXISTING ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE

CBU International Conference on Innovation in Science and Education

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Title ALLOCATION OF POSTAL NETWORK FACILITIES, BASED ON EXISTING ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
 
Creator Štefunko, Jozef; Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, University of Žilina
Madleňák, Radovan; Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, University of Žilina
 
Subject Postal network, infrastructure, allocation models, p-median
 
Description Postal operator, as well as every network enterprise, needs to keep its costs on the lowest level possible, while maintaining the reliability and availability of its services. One option to the costs is to optimize the transport network. This article focuses on the creation of postal network based on existing road infrastructure in Slovakia. Except the basic analysis of the infrastructure, the research approach adopted in this article relies on methods of graph theory to solve allocation problems. In particular, it is the method of p-median values and its algorithms to determine the number and location of new postal sorting centers. The findings showed that the analysis performed is just the cornerstone in finding the optimal solution for such strategic investments. Results are bounded to the input values used, especially the distance of the network vertices. Specific values of postal sector need to be incorporated with more thorough analysis of road infrastructure, considering future development of transport network.
 
Publisher Central Bohemia University, o.p.s.
 
Contributor This contribution was undertaken as part of the research project KEGA 030ŽU-4/2015 Transformation of education in the field of postal technologies, networks, and services.
 
Date 2015-09-19
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://ojs.journals.cz/index.php/CBUConference2013/article/view/586
10.12955/cbup.v3.586
 
Source CBU International Conference Proceedings; Vol 3 (2015): CBU International Conference Proceedings 2015; 075-081
1805-9961
1805-997X
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://ojs.journals.cz/index.php/CBUConference2013/article/view/586/540
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2015 Jozef Štefunko, Radovan Madleňák
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