Call for Papers, Issue 5/2020

Excerpt

The recent industry studies show that current transportation chains are far from fully exploiting the potential which is offered by existing transportation assets and infrastructure as well as new technologies in transportation systems. As a result, a speedy reorganization and better utilization of existing assets and infrastructure for breakthrough efficiency is needed. To achieve this, a number of topics need to be addressed in an integrated way. This includes the harmonization of information systems, the establishment of interoperability on technical and regulative levels, the combination of different concepts from the research fields of mathematics, operations research, business administration, law, engineering and IT, but also the adoption of best practices to make them widely accepted. Interoperability between collaborative decision making systems in aviation, shipping and in other domains can support intermodal traffic planning as well as management. Current trends such as synchromodal transport operations or autonomy/automation on land, in the air and at sea create further opportunities for the optimization of traffic management. …