Title :
Evaluation of interport performances: a state automaton approach
Author :
Mazzucchelli, Maurizio ; Recagno, Valerio ; Sciutto, Giuseppe
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Genoa Univ., Italy
Abstract :
The need for performing freight displacements fitting both the just in time manufacturing technique and low environmental impacts led transportation researchers´ interest to integrated transport chains. Intermodal networks are composed of nodes and links, and their competitiveness, with respect to the road transport, depends on the performances of each network component, and on the whole network organization. This work deals with integrated transportation terminals (i.e., the network nodes), and it presents an interport model, the guidelines of a model-based simulation tool, and a cost function which was purposely drawn to evaluate the terminal performances
Keywords :
automata theory; economics; goods distribution; simulation; transportation; cost function; displacement and stocking service module; freight displacements; integrated transport chains; integrated transportation terminals; intermodal networks; interport performance; just in time manufacturing technique; low environmental impacts; model-based simulation tool; multimodal transportation; network organization; state automaton approach; Automata; Cost function; Decision support systems; Fitting; Guidelines; Manufacturing; Optimization methods; Performance evaluation; Roads; Transportation;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicle Navigation and Information Systems Conference, 1995. Proceedings. In conjunction with the Pacific Rim TransTech Conference. 6th International VNIS. 'A Ride into the Future'
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2587-7
DOI :
10.1109/VNIS.1995.518850
