Durable Routing in Hyperconnected Logistic Networks
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Muthukrishnan, Praveen
Sankar, Saikrishnan
Shaikh, Sahrish Jaleel
Gaffney, James Chris
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In the context of Physical Internet-based hyperconnected logistics, regional and gateway hubs promote freight consolidation between regions and urban areas. Several routing protocols, including dynamic directional routing, have been proposed to efficiently identify the best next-hop hubs based on the origin-to-destination direction. While these protocols improve hub-level decision-making, they often overlook the impact of road-level traffic dynamics, particularly in congested metropolitan regions where passenger vehicle interactions can disrupt freight movement. To address this gap, this paper introduces durable routing – a departure-time-dependent approach that leverages historical traffic patterns to predefine reliable, congestion-resilient paths. Unlike purely reactive protocols, durable routing anticipates predictable traffic cycles, ensuring stable transit times even under moderate congestion. This approach supports high-confidence dispatching, enhances route predictability, and promotes balanced modal distribution, reducing overall network congestion while maintaining service-level guarantees. We further present case study results from the state of Georgia, analyzing how factors like day-of-the-week, hour-of-the-day, and risk tolerance thresholds influence durable route selection, demonstrating the scalability and adaptability of this approach to diverse regional contexts.
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2025-06
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