Abstract

The paper specifies an Integrated System (IS) devoted to the management of Intermodal Transportation Networks (ITNs) to take both tactical decisions, i.e., in an offline mode, and opera- tional decisions, i.e., in real-time. Both the resulting IS structures rely on a closed-loop approach that is able to tune the choices with the current system conditions. In either case, the core of the pre- sented IS are a reference model and a simulation module. In par- ticular, the reference model uses information from the real system, obtained by modern Information and Communication Technolo- gies (ICTs) and the simulation module evaluates the impact of the management decisions. In order to obtain a systematic model suit- able to describe a generic ITN, the paper proposes a metamodeling approach that describes in a thorough and detailed way the struc- ture and the behavior of ITNs. Moreover, the metamodeling pro- cedure is a top-down technique based on the well-known Unified Modeling Language (UML), a graphic and textual formalism able to describe systems from structural and behavioral viewpoints. In order to show the IS application at the tactical decision level, the paper specifies the IS for an ITN case study that is constituted by the port of Trieste (Italy) and the inland terminal of Gorizia (Italy). The results show how the IS can improve the performance of the ITN by applying ICT tools and information-based services.

Autore Pugliese

• Dotoli Mariagrazia , Fanti Maria Pia

Tutti gli autori

• BOSCHIAN V , DOTOLI M , FANTI M.P , IACOBELLIS G , UKOVICH W

Titolo volume/Rivista

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTOMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Anno di pubblicazione

2011

ISSN

1545-5955

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31

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