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1. A system for computing a transportation plan for a regional logistics network, the system comprising:
at least one processor; a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions executable by the at least one processor, the instructions configured to implement, a transportation module configured to generate a transportation plan for packages scheduled to be routed through a regional logistics network such that the transportation plan minimizes transportation costs, the regional logistics network including depots and hubs, the depots including an origin depot and a destination depot, each depot being assigned a customer area serving one or more customers within the customer area, the transportation module including, a pickup plan module configured to compute a pickup transportation plan for packages to be picked-up from the customers in the customer area of the origin depot; a depot-to-depot plan module configured to compute a depot-to-depot transportation plan for packages transferred between the origin depot and the destination depot including determining whether the packages are to be transported via depot-to-depot routes or hub-to-hub routes, the depot-to-depot routes indicating to transfer the packages from the origin depot to the destination depot without using the hubs, the hub-to-hub routes indicating to transfer the packages from the origin depot to the destination depot using the hubs; and a delivery plan module configured to compute a delivery transportation plan for delivering packages from the destination depot to the customers within the customer area of the destination depot, wherein the transportation plan includes the pickup transportation plan, the depot-to-depot transportation plan, and the delivery transportation plan. |