A micro-simulation model of shipment size and transport chain choice

Practically every international, national or regional freight transport model system in the world lacks explicit treatment of logistics choices (such as shipment size considerations or the use of distribution centres). This paper deals with the development of a new logistics model and its applicatio...

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Published inTransportation research. Part B: methodological Vol. 41; no. 9; pp. 950 - 965
Main Authors de Jong, Gerard, Ben-Akiva, Moshe
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2007
Elsevier
SeriesTransportation Research Part B: Methodological
Subjects
Freight transport
Logistics
Micro-simulation
Mode choice
Shipment size
Shipment size
Freight transport
Mode choice
Micro-simulation
Logistics
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Summary:Practically every international, national or regional freight transport model system in the world lacks explicit treatment of logistics choices (such as shipment size considerations or the use of distribution centres). This paper deals with the development of a new logistics model and its application within the national freight model systems of Norway and Sweden. This logistics model operates at the level of individual firm-to-firm (sender-to-receiver) relations and simulates the choice of shipment size and transport chain for all (several millions) these relations within the country, export and import. A logistics model with deterministic cost minimisation has been constructed for both Norway and Sweden. The full random utility logistics model has not yet been estimated on disaggregate data, but this is planned for both countries. For Sweden, more limited disaggregate models for the choice of mode and shipment size have been estimated.
ISSN:0191-2615
1879-2367
DOI:10.1016/j.trb.2007.05.002