An agent-based framework for designing competitive transportation systems

Dimitriou, L; Stathopoulos, A

dc.contributor.author	Dimitriou, L	en
dc.contributor.author	Stathopoulos, A	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:01:44Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:01:44Z
dc.date.issued	2011	en
dc.identifier.issn	17485037	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/29232
dc.subject	Coevolutionary non-cooperative algorithms	en
dc.subject	Competitive system design	en
dc.subject	Freight network	en
dc.subject	Transportation systems	en
dc.subject.other	Agent-based framework	en
dc.subject.other	Alternative designs	en
dc.subject.other	Competition and cooperation	en
dc.subject.other	Equilibrium point	en
dc.subject.other	Evolutionary optimisation	en
dc.subject.other	Freight network	en
dc.subject.other	Inter-dependencies	en
dc.subject.other	Level of Service	en
dc.subject.other	Network design problems	en
dc.subject.other	Non-cooperative	en
dc.subject.other	Noncooperative game	en
dc.subject.other	Optimal decisions	en
dc.subject.other	Port authorities	en
dc.subject.other	Service network	en
dc.subject.other	Stackelberg Games	en
dc.subject.other	System design	en
dc.subject.other	Systems design	en
dc.subject.other	Terminal facilities	en
dc.subject.other	Transportation system	en
dc.subject.other	Transportation systems	en
dc.subject.other	Algorithms	en
dc.subject.other	Computer software	en
dc.subject.other	Design	en
dc.subject.other	Game theory	en
dc.subject.other	Optimization	en
dc.subject.other	Systems analysis	en
dc.subject.other	Freight transportation	en
dc.title	An agent-based framework for designing competitive transportation systems	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1504/IJISE.2011.037244	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJISE.2011.037244	en
heal.publicationDate	2011	en
heal.abstract	This paper deals with the case of programming the development of future transportation systems by identifying inter-dependencies among competitors. Here, a market of maritime facilities is modelled as an n-person non-cooperative game among port authorities that promote the attractiveness of their terminal facilities, in terms of level of service provided. At the same time, freight shippers/carriers who are forming their service network based on the prevailing conditions offered by the available transportation paths are also modelled in the context of a non-cooperative game. Optimal decisions are obtained by extending the standard single leader-multiple followers Stackelberg game-theoretic formulation of the network design problem (NDP) to its complete form of multiple leaders-multiple followers competitive NDP. The estimation of the equilibrium point of the above complex transportation system is based on a novel evolutionary optimisation framework. Results from alternative design strategies are presented revealing the effects of competition and cooperation on systems design. Copyright © 2011 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.	en
heal.journalName	International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1504/IJISE.2011.037244	en
dc.identifier.volume	7	en
dc.identifier.issue	1	en
dc.identifier.spage	90	en
dc.identifier.epage	109	en