A metamodeling approach to the management of intermodal transportation networks

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 457-469

  Boschian, Valentina ^a   Dotoli, Mariagrazia ^b   Fanti, Maria Pia ^b   Iacobellis, Giorgio ^b   Ukovich, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Management; modeling; simulation; transportation

Indexed keywords

CLOSED-LOOP; CURRENT SYSTEM; ICT-TOOLS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INFORMATION BASED SERVICES; INLAND TERMINALS; INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; METAMODELING; OFFLINE MODES; OPERATIONAL DECISIONS; REAL SYSTEMS; REFERENCE MODELS; SIMULATION; SIMULATION MODULES; SYSTEMATIC MODELS; TACTICAL DECISIONS; TOPDOWN; TRIESTE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; NETWORK MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION; UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE;

INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 79960116582     PISSN: 15455955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2010.2090870     Document Type: Article

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