APPLYING SIMULATION AND LOGISTICS MODELING TO TRANSPORTATION ISSUES

This paper describes an application where transportation logistics and simulation tools are integrated to create a modeling environment for transportation planning. The Transportation Planning Model (TPM) is a tool developed for the Department of Energy (DOE) to aid in the long-term planning of their transportation resources. The focus of the tool is to aid DOE and Sandia National Laboratory (SNL) analysts in the planning of future fleet sizes, driver and support personnel sizes, base site locations, and resource balancing among the base sites. The design approach is to develop a rapid modeling environment which integrates graphical user interfaces, logistics optimizing tools, and simulation modeling. Using the TPM an analyst can easily set up a shipment scenario and perform multiple "What If" evaluations. The TPM has been developed on personal computers using commercial off-the-shelf software tools under the WINDOWS AE operating environment.

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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/13841
• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

  1100 17th Street, NW, 12th Floor
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Funkhouser, B R
  • Ballweg, E L
  • Mackoy, R D
• Conference:
  • Intelligent Transportation: Realizing the Benefits. Proceedings of the 1996 Annual Meeting of ITS America.
  • Location: Houston, TX
  • Date: 1996-4-15 to 1996-4-18
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 756-760

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Costs; Evaluation and assessment; Fleet management; Forecasting; Integrated systems; Logistics; Mathematical models; Personal computers; Shipments; Simulation; Size; Software; Tractor trailer combinations; Transportation planning
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Department of Energy
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fleets; Models
• Subject Areas: Finance; Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00724799
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: NTL, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 26 1996 12:00AM