Research Article

Route Selection of Multimodal Transport Based on China Railway Transportation

Table 1

Subscripts and parameters used in mathematical formulations.

SymbolDescription

Network node set (all nodes including the start node and the end node)
Transportable node set
, transportation mode collection
Total quantity of goods to be transported in the multimodal transport model
Unit value of goods that need to be transported
Accident damage coefficient: from node city to node city , transport modeis used for transportation
Transportation mileage: from node city to node city , transport modeis used for transportation
Time delay coefficient: from node city to node city , transport modeis used for transportation
Unit transportation cost: from node city to node city, transport modeis used for transportation
Unit transfer cost: at the transferable node , the mode of transport is changed fromto
Transit time: at the transferable node , the mode of transport is changed from to
Average speed of transportation mode
Carbon emission factor: unit carbon emissions of transportation mode
Total carbon emissions allowed in the model
The maximum delivery time of the goods specified in the model
Decision variables: if transportation modeis selected from city to node city , then the value is 1, otherwise the value is 0
Decision variables: if the mode of transportation changes from to in node city , then the value is 1, otherwise the value is 0
represents the calculated value of total carbon emissions
The total transportation time from to
From the city to the city , the transportation volume of mode is adopted
From the city to the city , the transportation volume of mode is adopted