scholarly journals Agent-Based Simulation Model for Evaluating Urban Freight Policy to E-Commerce

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 4020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberta Alves ◽  
Renato da Silva Lima ◽  
David Custódio de Sena ◽  
Alexandre Ferreira de Pinho ◽  
José Holguín-Veras
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Model ◽  
External Costs ◽  
Agent Based Simulation ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Urban Freight ◽  
The Third ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Belo Horizonte ◽  
The One ◽  
The City

This study aims to assess delivery lockers as a last-mile solution, considering the behavior and interaction among e-commerce stakeholders. In Brazil, a large portion of deliveries are attended home. This results in a large number of failed deliveries and redelivery attempts, which can reach up to three delivery attempts. Delivery lockers (DL) represent a solution to reduce the number of re-deliveries and consolidate the delivery of goods. The implementation of DL and the exclusion of the third delivery attempt are evaluated in this study via an agent-based simulation model (ABSM) in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Four scenarios were simulated by varying delivery locker implementation and the exclusion of the third attempts, which allowed comparable results to be obtained for each agent, in terms of gains and operational and external costs (emission, noise, and congestion). The scenario that most closely resembles the current situation was the one that presented the worst results. The implementation of the lockers brings improvements to this scenario in terms of reducing re-deliveries and distances traveled by trucks. When the possibility of three delivery attempts is excluded, the benefits are even greater. The deployment of lockers also enables carriers to reduce the number of trucks required to make deliveries, thereby increasing their profits.

Approximation Method for Estimating Search Times for On-Street Parking

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 1046-1069
Author(s):  
Nir Fulman ◽  
Itzhak Benenson
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Simulation Model ◽  
Approximation Method ◽  
City Center ◽  
Agent Based Simulation ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Construct Maps ◽  
Parking Demand ◽  
The City

We propose an approximation method for estimating the probability [Formula: see text] of searching for on-street parking longer than time [Formula: see text] from the start of a parking search near a given destination [Formula: see text] based on high-resolution maps of parking demand and supply in a city. We verify the method by comparing its outcomes to the estimates obtained with an agent-based simulation model of on-street parking search. As a practical example, we construct maps of cruising time for the Israeli city of Bat Yam and demonstrate that, despite the low overall demand-to-supply ratio of 0.65, excessive demand in the city center results in a significant share of parking searches that last longer than 5 or even 10 minutes. We discuss the application of the proposed approach for urban planning.

scholarly journals Smart Method for Self-Organization in Last-Mile Parcel Delivery

2020 ◽  
pp. 036119812097606
Author(s):  
J.H.R. van Duin ◽  
T.S. Vlot ◽  
L.A. Tavasszy ◽  
M.B. Duinkerken ◽  
B. van Dijk
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Model ◽  
Real Time ◽  
New Method ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Agent Based Simulation ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Service Areas ◽  
Delivery Services ◽  
Delivery Vehicles

Parcel delivery operators experience an increasing pressure to meet the strongly growing demand for delivery services, while protecting city livability and the environment. Improving the performance of the last mile of delivery is considered key in meeting this challenge as it forms the most inefficient, expensive, and environmentally unfriendly part of delivery operations. A primary cause is a significant duplication of service areas, resulting in redundant vehicle kilometers traveled. In this paper, a new method is presented that allows for the allocation of parcels to delivery vehicles and construction of vehicle routes in real time through an auctioning system. These tasks are performed in a self-organizing manner by vehicles, parcels, and a supporting platform, to allow for collaborative and intermodal delivery. The performance of this new method is tested and compared against the currently used techniques using an agent-based simulation model. The new method manages to greatly improve the efficiency, robustness, and flexibility of delivery operations.

scholarly journals Urban e-Grocery Distribution Design in Pamplona (Spain) Applying an Agent-Based Simulation Model with Horizontal Cooperation Scenarios

Algorithms ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Adrian Serrano-Hernandez ◽  
Rocio de la Torre ◽  
Luis Cadarso ◽  
Javier Faulin
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Model ◽  
Real Data ◽  
Survey Analysis ◽  
Agent Based Simulation ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Horizontal Cooperation ◽  
Efficient Delivery ◽  
Fresh Vegetables ◽  
The One ◽  
Virtual Shopping

E-commerce has boosted in the last decades because of the achievements of the information and telecommunications technology along with the changes in the society life-style. More recently, the groceries online purchase (or e-grocery), has also prevailed as a way of making the weekly shopping, particularly, the one including fresh vegetables and fruit. Furthermore, this type of virtual shopping in supermarkets is gaining importance as the most efficient delivery system in cost and time. Thus, we have evaluated in this study the influence of the cooperation-based policies on costs and service quality among different supermarkets in Pamplona, Spain. Concerning methodology, first of all, we carried out a survey in Pamplona having the purpose of modelling the demand patterns about e-grocery. Second, we have developed an agent-based simulation model for generating scenarios in non-cooperative, limited cooperation, and full cooperation settings, considering the real data obtained from the survey analysis. At this manner, Vehicle Routing Problems (VRP) and Multi Depot VRPs (MDVRP) are dynamically generated and solved within the simulation framework using a biased-randomization algorithm. Finally, the results show significant reductions in distance driven and lead times when employing horizontal cooperation in e-grocery distribution.

scholarly journals An agent-based simulation model of human-robot team performance in military environments

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald E. Giachetti ◽  
Veronica Marcelli ◽  
José Cifuentes ◽  
José A. Rojas
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Model ◽  
Team Performance ◽  
Agent Based Simulation ◽  
Agent Based

scholarly journals Application of Agent-based Modeling for Cultural Information-based Decisions Making

2020 ◽  
Vol 88 ◽  
pp. 8-28
Author(s):  
Rimvydas Laužikas ◽  
Darius Plikynas ◽  
Vytautas Dulskis ◽  
Leonidas Sakalauskas ◽  
Arūnas Miliauskas
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Simulation Model ◽  
Cultural Participation ◽  
Agent Based Simulation ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Cultural Events ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cultural Processes ◽  
The Impact

The impact of cultural processes on personal and social changes is one of the important research issues not only in contemporary social sciences but also for simulation of future development scenarios and evidence-based policy decision making. In the context of the theoretical concept of cultural values, based on the system theory and theory of social capital, the impact of cultural events could be analyzed and simulated by focussing on the construction/deconstruction of social capital, which takes place throughout the actor’s cultural participation. The main goal of this research is the development of measuring metrics, and agent-based simulation model aimed at investigation of the social impact of cultural processes.  This paper provides new insights of modeling the social capital changes in a society and its groups, depending on cultural participation. The proposed measurement metrics provide the measurement facility of three key components: actors, cultural events and events flow and social capital. It provides the initial proof of concept simulation results, - simplified agent-based simulation model showcase. The NetLogo MAS platform is used as a simulation environment.  

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