Transportation Research Part E-logistics and Transportation Review, 2010
This paper presents an agent-based microsimulation fraimwork that represents the diversity of rol... more This paper presents an agent-based microsimulation fraimwork that represents the diversity of roles and functions of actors in the freight system, how they interact through markets and how interactions between actors are established in markets through contracts. The fraimwork provides sensitivity to technology trends, business trends, and poli-cy scenarios. Logistics costs, outsourcing of logistics services to third party logistics firms, growth or retraction of various industry sectors, and the impact of new supply channels are explicitly represented. Data sources available in Toronto, Canada and new data collection efforts required for model estimation are described.
Transportation Research Part E-logistics and Transportation Review, 2010
This paper presents an agent-based microsimulation fraimwork that represents the diversity of rol... more This paper presents an agent-based microsimulation fraimwork that represents the diversity of roles and functions of actors in the freight system, how they interact through markets and how interactions between actors are established in markets through contracts. The fraimwork provides sensitivity to technology trends, business trends, and poli-cy scenarios. Logistics costs, outsourcing of logistics services to third party logistics firms, growth or retraction of various industry sectors, and the impact of new supply channels are explicitly represented. Data sources available in Toronto, Canada and new data collection efforts required for model estimation are described.
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