Multi-Layered Multi-Service-Leveled Hybrid Hub-Spoke Network Design in Low-Carbon Scenarios

Abstract:

Aiming at express network designing and based on the real data from the network designing practice of a domestic benchmarking express enterprise， this paper discussed the research of the multi-layer multi-service-leveled hybrid hub-spoke network design in the Chinese situation and the influence mechanism of low-carbon on the network design. It constructed hub-spoke network design decision models in both the situations of carbon tax and carbon trading. In combination with the real data， it solved the models by adopting Lingo 14， and analyzed the connection between the cost-minimizing target and the low-carbon target， as well as the influence mechanism between them. The comparison between the results illustrates that the pursuit of low-carbon， energy conservation and emission reduction will not impose extra influence on the traditional network structure that pursues the minimal cost.

Key words:hybrid hub-spoke express network;network design;low-carbon;multi-layer;multi-service-level