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T1 - Using an agent-based model to explore alternative modes of last-mile parcel delivery in urban contexts
AU - Wise, S.
AU - Cheliotis, K.
AU - Bates, O.
AU - Friday, A.
AU - Allen, J.
AU - McLeod, F.
AU - Cherrett, T.
PY - 2018/11/6
Y1 - 2018/11/6
N2 - The scale of parcel delivery is increasing rapidly, with indications that it will continue to do so. This presents a challenge both to those in the industry who wish to understand how they might adapt and change their ways of doing delivery and the policymakers who would like to encourage this in order to positively impact urban areas in terms of traffic and pollution. We present an early implementation of an agent-based modelling framework of parcel delivery processes, flexible enough to be extended to explore a variety of scenarios. We apply it to a baseline case study to begin the process of exploring the effectiveness of switching to a different method of delivery.
AB - The scale of parcel delivery is increasing rapidly, with indications that it will continue to do so. This presents a challenge both to those in the industry who wish to understand how they might adapt and change their ways of doing delivery and the policymakers who would like to encourage this in order to positively impact urban areas in terms of traffic and pollution. We present an early implementation of an agent-based modelling framework of parcel delivery processes, flexible enough to be extended to explore a variety of scenarios. We apply it to a baseline case study to begin the process of exploring the effectiveness of switching to a different method of delivery.
KW - Agent based modelling
KW - Freight
KW - Parcel delivery
KW - Autonomous agents
KW - Simulation platform
KW - Agent-based model
KW - Agent-based modelling
KW - Method of delivery
KW - Policy makers
KW - Urban areas
KW - Urban context
KW - Computational methods
U2 - 10.1145/3284038.3284039
DO - 10.1145/3284038.3284039
M3 - Conference contribution/Paper
SN - 9781450360432
SP - 1
EP - 4
BT - GeoSim'18 Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on GeoSpatial Simulation
PB - ACM
CY - New York
ER -