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Aims and objectives
The aim is to investigate how the actors in a
transportation chain are expected to act when different types of
governmental control policies are applied, such as, fuel taxes, road
fees, vehicle taxes and requirements on vehicles.
Results and impact
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concrete result of the project will be a simulation-based tool that can
be used to analyze the effects of different control policies. From a
societal perspective, the simulator will be used to analyze the total
costs and environmental effects and in this way provide guidance in
decision making regarding control policies. The intention is that such
analyzes will complement those made using existing macro-models. In
addition, it will be possible for businesses to use the simulator in
order to determine cost-effective strategies given different (future)
scenarios.
Implementation of Plan and Methodology
A micro-model simulator based on agent technology will
be developed and used to predict the effects of different control
policies. Some intelligence will be incorporated into the
simulator, such as, how the transport operators acts in different
situations. A number of characteristic scenarios will be studied using
the simulator. In addition, relevant logistic factors will be
identified in order to generalize the results so that the effects in
other types of transportation chains can be predicted.
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