City Logistics ----Network Modelling and Intelligent Transport Systems

By E. Taniguchi, R. G. Thompson, T. Yamada and R. van Duin

Pergamon (http://www.elsevier.nl)

January 2001

ISBN: 0-08-04903-9

Price: DGL 185 (USD 91, Euro 83.95)@

260 pages, Hardbound

This book presents the fundamental concepts and general approaches for City Logistics. City Logistics is the process of totally optimising urban logistics activities by considering the social, environmental, economic, financial and energy impacts of urban freight movement. City Logistics initiatives are required to solve urban freight transport problems including high levels of traffic congestion, negative environmental impacts, high energy consumption and a shortage of labour.

This book focuses on modelling City Logistics. Modelling is very important, since estimates of the impacts generated by City Logistics measures are required for evaluating them. It highlights the formulation of mathematical models of vehicle routing and scheduling with Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), optimal terminal locations and impact estimation by City Logistics measures. Heuristics techniques such as genetic algorithms, simulated annealing and tabu search are also given to identify approximate optimal solution of these combinatorial optimisation problems.

ITS provides powerful tools for efficiently managing and operating vehicle fleets. Sophisticated logistics systems can now be developed by integrating Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in conjunction with application software. In this context, we present a theoretical and practical treatment of modelling City Logistics based on ITS.

The models described in this book should provide useful tools for researchers and city planners for evaluating City Logistics policies or measures to help solve urban freight problems.

CONTENTS

  1. Introduction
    1.1Background
    1.2Fundamental Concepts
    1.3Stakeholders
    1.4Evaluation criteria
    1.5City logistics schemes
    1.6Modelling
    1.7Systems approach

  2. Modelling City Logistics
    2.1A Modelling framework
    2.2The model development process
    2.3Mathematical programming
    2.4Optimisation
    2.5Simulation
    2.6Meta-Heuristic techniques
    2.7Modelling actorsf perceptions

  3. City Logistics with ITS
    3.1Fundamental concepts
    3.2Data acquisition
    3.3Data processing
    3.4Information Dissemination
    3.5Geographic information systems
    3.6Effects of e-commerce
    3.7Current ITS applications
    3.8Evaluation issues

  4. Demand and supply models
    4.1Overviews
    4.2Generation
    4.3Distribution
    4.4Mode split
    4.5Assignment
    4.6Simulation models
    4.7Travel times
    4.8Generalised costs

  5. Impact models
    5.1Overview
    5.2Social and economic models
    5.3Environmental models
    5.4Financial models
    5.5Energy consumption models
    5.6Case study (The new underground freight transport system for Tokyo)

  6. Vehicle routing and scheduling
    6.1Overview
    6.2Travelling salesman problems
    6.3Vehicle routing and scheduling with time windows
    6.4Vehicle routing and scheduling with time windows and traffic simulation

  7. Vehicle routing and scheduling with ITS
    7.1Overview
    7.2Probabilistic vehicle routing and scheduling with time windows
    7.3Probabilistic vehicle routing and scheduling with time windows and traffic simulation
    7.4Dynamic vehicle routing and scheduling with real time information

  8. Location of logistics terminals
    8.1Overview
    8.2Size
    8.3Location
    8.4Location with traffic assignment
    8.5Multi-objective optimisation

  9. Future perspectives
    9.1Systems view and future developments
    9.2Intermodal transport systems
    9.3Underground freight transport systems
    9.4Virtual freight companies

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