Models and methods for advanced transportation and logistics

运输和物流是支持我们大部分经济和社会努力的核心活动。它们的特点是在经济绩效、竞争力、服务成本和质量、运营效率、环境影响、及时反应和适应客户期望、法律、法规和经济环境变化的能力等方面的要求越来越严格和迅速变化。由于生产、采购和分销活动的全球化、以因特网为基础的电子商务的重大进展以及世界经济的不稳定性，这些要求更加迫切，要求加强规划和管理过程，并辅之以有效、有力和明智的方法和手段。运筹学是这种智能的核心。该研究计划旨在促进这些领域的科学创新和方法进步，将研究成果应用于模型，方法和工具的开发，用于复杂运输和物流系统的分析，规划和运营管理，并为高素质人才的培训做出贡献。在接下来的五年里，研究活动分为五个相互作用的项目：1。多商品网络设计; 2。网络与组合优化的并行方法; 3.服务网络设计; 4.资源配置与管理; 5。智能运输系统和电子物流。

Transportation and Logistics are core activities supporting most of our economic and social endeavours. They are characterised by increasingly stringent and rapidly evolving requirements in terms of economic performance, competitiveness, service cost and quality, operation efficiency, environmental impact, capacity to promptly react and adjust to changes in customer expectations, laws, regulations, and economic context. Exacerbated by the globalization of production, procurement, and distribution activities, the significant progress in Internet-based electronic-business, and the volatility of the world economy, these requirements call for enhanced planning and management processes backed by efficient, powerful, and intelligent methods and instruments. Operations Research is at the core of this intelligence. The research program aims to contribute to the scientific innovation and methodological advancement in these areas, to apply the research results to the development of models, methods, and tools for the analysis, planning, and operational management of complex Transportation and Logistics systems, and to contribute to the training of highly qualified personnel. For the next five years, the research activities are grouped into five interacting projects: 1. Capacitated Multicommodity Network Design; 2. Parallel Methods for Network and Combinatorial Optimization; 3. Service Network Design; 4. Resource Allocation and Management; 5. Intelligent Transportation Systems and E-Logistics.