Nowadays, the railway industry is in a position where it is able to exploit the opportunities
created by the IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) and enabling communication technologies …

Intermodal transportation refers to multimodal chains or networks involving at least two
transportation modes, freight being packed into a “container” and not being handled at …

Agent based models (ABM) have been recently applied to solve optimization problems
whose domains present several inter-related components in a distributed and …

This paper presents a conceptual framework for the inclusion of multiple criteria in the
evaluation of dry port location in develo** countries from a multiple stakeholder …

Abstract Information axiom is used to determine the best option among the potential
alternatives. In case of uncertain parameters, information axiom has been extended to its …

The objective of the intermodal terminal location problem is to determine which of a set of
potential terminal locations to use and how to route the supply and demand of a set of …

This paper provides a critical review of research on Agent-Based Models (ABMs) focusing
on urban mobility, dealing either with passengers or with freight transport. The work …

In this paper, we develop a skeletal ontology for eco-industrial parks. A top-down conceptual
framework including five operating levels (unit operations, processes, plants, industrial …

The results presented in this article identify the role of costs in the scientific and grey freight
terminal handling literature and analyses the handling costs of different terminal sizes. The …

To improve the market competitiveness of railway transportation in a multimodal transport
system, China's local governments have adopted their own freight subsidy policies. This has …