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A Disaggregate Freight Transport Model for Germany

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Sascha Reiche develops a multi-modal commodity class specific freight model at the level of firms for the area of Germany that allows integration of macroscopic as well as disaggregate input data. Three modes of transport and 30 types of goods at the spatial level of 403 national and 29 international regions are considered, taking into account supply chain specifications of 88 different German business branches. The goal of this model is to provide fundamental insights into domestic freight transport organisations which should prove useful to decision makers with reference to the subject.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter
Chapter 1. Motivation and problem context
Abstract
Freight transport is ubiquitous although accompanied by various societal challenges. It is closely interlinked with the industrial sector as well as with people’s everyday life. Industrial products need to be transported from one production site to another and finally to a customer.
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Chapter 2. Contextual outline
Abstract
A first overview on the German freight transport context will help to globally size the field of study. It is encompassed through different perspectives to measure the central element – the transport volume – as well as to identify suitable system boundaries and relevant actors.
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Chapter 3. Freight transport modelling
Abstract
A starting point of modelling is the presence or expected occurrence of a system’s condition which a planning institution wants to influence (ARNOLD, 2008, p. 36). In this sense, the aim of a transport model is to make transparent the interacting or interdependent components of a real transport system. More specified, the purpose of a transport model is to describe and explain the behaviour of a transport system (BEN-AKIVA, MEERSMAN AND VAN DE VOORDE, 2013, p. 4).
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Chapter 4. Framework for a disaggregate German freight transport model
Abstract
The conceptual framework, as proposed hereinafter, follows the identified role of logistic interactions in a national freight transport market. The result is a disaggregate microscopic modelling concept that focusses on specific decision makers – an encompassing set of individual firms. Therefore, a framework is designed to cope with the major hindrance of detailed national freight transport models: the absence of specific information on individual firms’ logistic interactions.
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Chapter 5. Realisation of the disaggregate German freight transport model
Abstract
The realisation of the German freight transport model follows the proposed structure, including a section for freight generation, freight distribution and combined modal split and network assignment.
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Chapter 6. Résumé
Abstract
As a result of the model’s implementation and calibration, several interpretations of the overall outcome as well as suggestions for future developments are conceivable.
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Backmatter
Metadata
Title
A Disaggregate Freight Transport Model for Germany
Author
Sascha Reiche
Copyright Year
2018
Electronic ISBN
978-3-658-19153-5
Print ISBN
978-3-658-19152-8
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-19153-5

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