A modelling framework for designing more sustainable urban freight systems

如何提高城市货物流动的可持续性是社会面临的重大挑战。城市物流涉及众多利益相关者，包括小型独立的承运人，难以实现高水平的效率。该项目旨在开发一个集成的建模框架，以促进探索更加联系、协作和开放的新型城市物流倡议。该框架结合了基于代理的仿真、优化、人工智能和数字孪生技术，设计和评估新方案，以提高城市物流系统的效率、可靠性和可持续性，从而缓解拥堵和对新道路基础设施的需求。

How to improve the sustainability of goods movement in cities is a major challenge for society. City logistics involves numerous stakeholders, including carriers that are small and independent and have difficulty achieving high levels of efficiency. This project aims to develop an integrated modelling framework to facilitate the exploration of novel urban logistics initiatives that are more connected, collaborative, and open. The framework combines agent-based simulation, optimization, artificial intelligence and digital twin technologies to design and evaluate new schemes for improving the efficiency, reliability, and sustainability of urban logistics systems, which will alleviate congestion and the need for new road infrastructure.