Improving Transportation and Warehousing Efficiency with Stimulation-Based Decision Support Systems in Europe and the USA

Transportation and warehousing are large and growing sectors in society, and their efficiency is of high importance. In most cases transportation and warehousing are constantly running processes. Write project papers considering three main simulation approaches that are used in logistics: discrete-event simulation, systems dynamics, and agent-based modeling.

Module VI NEW TENDENCIES IN TRANSPORTATION

States get to improve transportation infrastructure;
that creates economic development,
puts people back to work and, most important,
enhances safety and improves local communities.
Corrine Brown

Texts for reading and translating:	BT. Specific vehicles. ST 1. Public transport. ST 2. Beating a bottleneck.
Texts for annotating:	AT 1. Efficiency in public transport. AT 2. Beating a bottleneck.
Video transcripts:	VT 1. Companies Aim for the Sky and the Road with Flying Cars.
Topics:	T 1. Public Transport Efficiency. T 2. Vehicle types for your specific needs.
Themes for project papers: 1. Drivers of change. 2. Visions of the role of walking and cycling in 2030. 3. Recent trends in transportation projects: the need for economically viable and eco-friendly road construction.
Themes for comparative tasks: 1. Changing course in urban transport. 2. Electric cars in China: energy, infrastructure and market potential. 3. Urban transport trends and policies in China and India: impacts of rapid economic growth.

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