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Q2 Z2,(Q2) Z2(Q2) - Institute for Water Resources - U.S. Army

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are ignored. Making sure that the right vehicle is at the right place<br />

at the right time is an important requisite of any transportation firm.<br />

It is a difficult and interesting problem and one on which several<br />

studies have dwelt. 19 Moreover, scheduling models can be employed<br />

to combine the long - run process functions into a long-run production<br />

function <strong>for</strong> the firm. This will be touched on again in Chapter IV;<br />

however, the more fundamental linehaul activity is all that is dealt<br />

with in this dissertation.<br />

Linehdul Process. A more detailed discussion of the linehaul pro-<br />

cess is now undertaken. The linehaul process may be thought of as con-<br />

sisting of several phases: acceleration, cruising, deceleration, delay. -<br />

The vehicle begins its linehaul activity by accelerating from a stopped<br />

position to its cruising speed. The term cruising speed is used to de-<br />

note the maximum attainable speed of the vehicle given the currently<br />

experienced conditions. Cruising speed is not a constant but will vary<br />

with many factors. It considerably simplifies the analysis if it is<br />

assumed that the vehicle operates at cruising speed when it is not ac-<br />

celerating, decelerating, or stopped. The relevance of this assumption<br />

to real-world transportation vehicles is commented upon and tested<br />

where appropriate below. Cruising speed, once attained, is maintained<br />

until the vehicle is required to or desires to stop. It then deceler-<br />

ates to a stop. The vehicle remains at rest <strong>for</strong> a period determined<br />

by the cause of the stop, e.g., loading or unloading, assembly of cargo<br />

vehicles, and delays en route of various sorts. The term delay is used<br />

to signify a period during which the vehicle is stopped. The term may<br />

also be applied to the extra time required to complete a trip because<br />

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