Low-carbon economy roadmaps aim to reduce transport emissions by relying, at least to some extent, on electric vehicles. The uptake of electric vehicles on a mass scale requires the simultaneous adoption of such vehicles for private and commercial purposes. Although literature regarding the...

We consider the fleet repositioning problem for a free-floating vehicle sharing system. The objective is to decide on the vehicle distribution dynamically in the network in order to maximize the long-run average social welfare, i.e., to match the vehicle supply and travel demand at the least...

Comprehensive global decarbonization requires transportation services cease to rely on fossil fuels for power generation. This paper develops a generic, time-driven life-cycle cost model for mobility services to address two closely related questions central to the emergence of clean energy...

Kfz-Versicherungen können durch aktives Schadenmanagement die Kosten senken sowie die Kundenzufriedenheit und Kundenbindung steigern. Dies gilt auch im Rahmen des betrieblichen Flottenmanagements, das in diesem Beitrag behandelt wird. Vor diesem Hintergrund ist es wichtig, die Kundenerwartungen...

We consider the problem of minimizing the number of airplanes needed to fly a fixed daily repeating schedule of flights. We use deficit functions (DF) to decompose an aviation schedule of aircraft flights into aircraft chains (routes) called a chain decomposition. Each chain visits periodically...

We consider the problem of minimizing the number of airplanes needed to fly a fixed daily repeating schedule of flights. We use deficit functions (DF) to decompose an aviation schedule of aircraft flights into aircraft chains (routes) called a chain decomposition. Each chain visits periodically...

Purpose: Scheduling a fleet of product tankers in a cost effective and robust way to satisfy orders is a complex task. A variety of constraints and preferences complicate this attempt. Manual solutions as common in tramp shipping are not sufficient to deliver optimal and robust schedules....

We show how uncertainty shapes the asset allocation, composition, productivity, and value of capital-intensive firms. We do so using detailed, near-universal data on shipping firms' new orders, secondary-market transactions, and demolition of ships. Firms curtail both the acquisition and...

Mobility is essential for economic and social development, but the transport sector in most countries is not sustainable in its existing form. Reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions and local pollutants in the transport sector will create a cleaner, healthier and more livable future for...

In der aktuellen Diskussion um Alternativen zum privaten Fahrzeugbesitz spielen nachhaltige Mobilitätskonzepte wie Car- und Bikesharing-Systeme eine zentrale Rolle. Ihre Akzeptanz wird maßgeblich durch eine adäquate raum-zeitliche Verfügbarkeit der Fahrzeuge bestimmt. Daher stellt aus...

The purpose of Aircraft Fleet Planning is to provide the number and type of aircraft for acquisition, its time of acquisition, and trade-in or phase out of fleet. Airlines select a particular type of aircraft from the manufacturer on the basis of optimum cost, considering a number of...

Purpose: We consider a real case study of a vehicle routing problem with a heterogeneous fleet and time windows (HFVRPTW) for a franchise company bottling Coca-Cola products in Colombia. This study aims to determine the routes to be performed to fulfill the demand of the customers by using a...

On-board commercial vehicle safety technologies present new opportunities for management and logistics in the road transport industry. As with many emerging technologies, the link to opportunity beyond the designed purpose of a particular technology is not fully realised until after...

Fiscal policies are used to improve vehicle fuel efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions in the transport sector. Years of forceful reform in Norway may be seen as informative. From 2007, Norway has linked its new vehicle registration tax to CO2 intensities, later adapting it into a feebate form. We...

Front Cover -- Optimization Models for Rail Car Fleet Management -- Copyright -- Contents -- Biographies -- Acknowledgments -- Executive summary -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1. Problem statement -- 1.2. Main objectives -- 1.3. Structure of the book -- Chapter 2: Review of the models for rail...