Print Email Facebook Twitter Exploring challenges and solutions for container transportation using rail: A modelling and simulation gaming study Title Exploring challenges and solutions for container transportation using rail: A modelling and simulation gaming study Author Kurapati, S. (TU Delft Policy Analysis) Kourounioti, I. (TU Delft Transport and Logistics) Lukosch, H.K. (TU Delft Policy Analysis) Tavasszy, Lorant (TU Delft Transport and Logistics) Verbraeck, A. (TU Delft Policy Analysis) van Veen, A.J. (TU Delft Organisation & Governance) van Nuland, B. (The Barn) Smit, Thijs (TNO) Date 2017 Abstract Rail is a cost-effective and environment friendly freight transport modality when used efficiently. Stakeholders around Dutch ports are discouraged to choose rail due to uncertain train schedules and the dispersed nature of freight flows across terminals in the port. To understand the challenges and opportunities of freight transport using rail, we used a combined approach of modelling and simulation gaming as participative research method. In addition to a simulation game, we developed a metamodel to simulate all possible choices of the players in the game. We designed and executed simulation gaming sessions with professionals and students. Within these sessions, we collected data in the form of surveys and in-game observations on the behaviour of the players. We compared and contrasted the results of the metamodel with those of the gaming sessions. The main contribution of the research is the provision of a deep insight into the challenges and opportunities offered by efficient transportation of containers using rail. The combined approach allows us to assess the effectiveness of various incentives to consolidate freight, promote intermodal transportation and to encourage the development of efficient services for rail freight transport. Subject freight containersgoods distributionrailwayssea portstransportationDutch portscontainer transportationfreight flowsfreight transportgame observationsrailstakeholdersuncertain train schedulesContainersData modelsGamesLogisticsRailsStakeholdersTransportationcontainer terminalrail bundlingrail cargo challengeserious gamesimulation model To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:754b2e00-0e88-411e-8c85-61f3f45238fe DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/MTITS.2017.8005657 Publisher IEEE Embargo date 2018-02-18 ISBN 978-1-5090-6484-7 Source Proceedings of 5th IEEE International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems (MT-ITS) 2017 Event 5th IEEE International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems, MT-ITS 2017, 2017-06-26 → 2017-06-28, Naples, Italy Bibliographical note Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public. Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2017 S. Kurapati, I. Kourounioti, H.K. Lukosch, Lorant Tavasszy, A. Verbraeck, A.J. van Veen, B. van Nuland, Thijs Smit Files PDF 08005657.pdf 666.83 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:754b2e00-0e88-411e-8c85-61f3f45238fe/datastream/OBJ/view