Applying Simulation and Logistics Modeling to Transportation Issues

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• Creators:
  Funkhouser, Barbara R. ; Ballweg, Ellen L. ; Mackoy, R.D.
• Corporate Contributors:
  Sandia National Laboratories ; United States. Department of Energy
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Transportation planning
  • Strategic planning
  • Alternatives analysis
  • Logistics
  • Simulation
  • Fleet management
  • Resource allocation
  • Computer models
  • Fleet size
  • Forecast procedures
  More +
• Resource Type:
  Proceedings
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Energy
• Description:
  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) analyst in 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 operating environment. This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-ACD4-94A:85000. 3 Figures. 771k, 15p.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/13841/dot_13841_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 771.73 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:89c5a9cd1145342e3b520c291b30682dd902cf8a663da39f125bf559a3e0a1fc891fe4e1d17b906d1f6d2f7302962942e5c75845444de398a24a190205b12127