Project Details
Projekt
Shipper Agents and Interactions with Transport Markets
Subject Area
Traffic and Transport Systems, Intelligent and Automated Traffic
Term
from 2017 to 2023
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 323864563
The proposed project aims at the development of an operational multi agent (MA) model to simulate freight transport demand, with focus on urban areas. In the model, logistics decisions made by shippers, recipients, and agents in charge of organising and performing physical transports are considered. Special emphasis is put on the interaction of the demand and supply sides in the freight transport market. This is done by incorporating both logistics decisions (such as lot size choice) and market related decisions (such as carrier choice) into the MA model. Important innovations are a consistent representation of the whole chain of decision makers from the shipper of a consignment via the logistics service provider to the carrier, and the generation of vehicle tour patterns from observed data.This project is concerned with those parts of the process that precede the physical transport of the goods. Agents that embody the demand for freight transport are developed and endowed with behaviour components. This allows to track their reactions to transport policy measures. Moreover, interactions between logistics service providers and shippers or recipients of goods will be simulated.
DFG Programme
Research Grants
International Connection
Japan
Cooperation Partner
Dr. Wisinee Wisetjindawat, Ph.D.
