This paper presents a method of modeling and solving a very complicated real logistic problem in the management of transportation
and sales. The problem to be addressed is a large-scale multicommodity, multi-source and multi-sink network flow optimization,
of 12 types of coal from 29 mines, through over 200 railway stations along 5 railroad arteries, in Chongqing Coal Industry
Company of China. A minimum-cost flow model is established for the network system, and several maximal-flow algorithms are
implemented to produce an optimal scheme.
Keywords Transportation Network Management - Network Operations - Multicommodity Flow - Maximal-Flow Algorithm - Minimum-Cost Optimization