Optimization in Transportation Networks and Logistics Systems: Models and Applications
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Transportation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 August 2023) | Viewed by 3540
Special Issue Editors
Interests: optimization; operations research; supply chain management
Interests: complex adaptive system modeling; decision analytics; agent-based simulation; discrete-even simulation; prediction modeling; process improvement
Interests: supply chain management; network optimization; logistics and inventory management; E-commerce; evolutionary algorithm
Interests: supply chain management; operations research; mathematical programming
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Transportation and logistics are critical for business firms in many industries because of their significant impact on the costs and revenues of those organizations. Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, transportation and logistics systems have become more important than ever because of the tremendous negative impact of the pandemic on real-world business globally. For example, the pandemic has caused many severe consequences, such as supply chain disruptions, labour shortages, and facility shutdowns. As a result, the efficiency of transportation and logistics systems decreased significantly, which has led to much higher costs in global supply chains. Therefore, it is very important to improve transportation networks and logistics operations to overcome the great challenges that are currently being faced by business firms.
Optimization is an important technique that is widely used to improve the sustainability of transportation and logistics systems. With the help of optimization methods, transportation capacities and logistics resources can be used much more efficiently to achieve many business and environmental goals such as shorter delivery times and less pollution. This Special Issue will focus on real-world business challenges in modern transportation and logistics systems, and it will explore how to apply optimization methodologies to solve those problems theoretically or practically.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following topics:
- Logistics Operations;
- Transport Economics;
- Transportation Policy;
- Transportation Network;
- Sustainable Supply Chain;
- Circular Economy.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Ying Zhang
Dr. Yuan Zhou
Dr. Hao Guo
Dr. Chuanhui Xiong
Dr. Lin Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- logistics operations
- transport economics
- transportation policy
- transportation network
- sustainable supply chain
- circular economy
