Freight transport modelling / edited by Moshe Ben-Akiva, Hilde Meersman, Eddy Van de Voorde.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ben-Akiva, Moshe E., editor.

Meersman, Hilde, editor.

Voorde, E. van de (Eddy), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freight and freightage--Mathematical models.

Freight and freightage.

Freight and freightage--Simulation methods.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, United Kingdom : Emerald, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This title addresses the need to develop new freight transport models and scientific tools to provide sound solutions that consider the wide range of internal and external impacts. The international contributions push forward frontiers in freight transport modelling and analysis.

Contents:

Prelims

Introduction

Recent developments in freight transport modelling

Global (international)

The relationship between economic activity and freight transport

A multimodal elastic trade coefficients MRIO Model for freight demand in Europe

The aggregate-disaggregate-aggregate (ADA) Freight model system

Dynamic optimization and differential stackelberg game applied to freight transport

Regional

Discrete choice analysis of shippers' preferences

A comparison of conjoint, multi-criteria, conditional logit and neural network analyses for rank-ordered preference data

Modelling the emergence of spatiotemporal structures in commodity transport

Accounting for WTP/WTA Discrepancy in discrete choice models: discussion of policy implications based on two freight transport stated choice experiments

Endogenous shipment size in freight mode choice models: theory and empirical testing

Supply-chain risk analysis with extended freight transportation models

decision-making process and factors affecting truck routing

Logistics managers' stated preferences for freight service attributes: a comparative research method analysis

Capacity utilisation of vehicles for road freight transport

Valuation of transport time savings and improved reliability in freight transport CBA

Freight transport pricing models

Urban freight tour models: state of the art and practice

Modeling behavioral aspects of urban freight movements

Urban freight distribution: urban supply chains and transportation policies

Modeling for public policies inducement of urban freight business development

Tactical and operational city logistics: freight vehicle flow modelling

Making real-time fleet management decisions under time-dependent conditions in urban freight distribution

Author Index

Subject Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record

ISBN:

9781781902868

1781902860

OCLC:

848008667