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A Stackelberg-game approach to support the design of logistic terminals
Mario CatalanoMarco Miglioresubject
ExploitOperations researchGeography Planning and DevelopmentTransportationLoad factorEconomies of scaleConsolidation (business)Location patternEconomicsStackelberg competitionEquilibrium problemLogistic terminal design Load factor optimisation Public share in investment Bilevel noncooperative game Discrete location modelUtility modelGeneral Environmental Sciencedescription
This paper deals with the design of logistic terminals taking Sicily, in the South of Italy, as a case study. It focuses on consolidation terminals for truckers and addresses the problem of optimising location pattern and public share in investments. This problem is solved through a Stackelberg game between the designer and the collective of road carriers. So a bilevel approach combines a system-optimum problem, at the upper level, with the carrier equilibrium problem, at the lower level. The choice behaviour of the lower-level player is simulated by a random utility model. The output of the game suggests that private companies and society should share the investments and the public contribution should be high; furthermore, transhipment and consolidation services should be concentrated at few terminals to exploit fully economies of scale at the expense of the average travel time to reach the logistic platforms.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-12-01 | Journal of Transport Geography |