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Contact email: | lta@inro.tno.nl |
Contact info: | User name: dr.ir. Lori A. Tavasszy User telephone: T +31 15 269 68 44 F +31 15 269 68 54 Street: P.O. Box 6041 City: 2600 JA Delft Additional address: TNO Inro (Logistics and Freight Transport) AVV Transport Research Centre Department name: TNO Inro (Logistics and Freight Transport) AVV Transport Research Centre |
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Description
Short technical description: With the SMILE the consequences of global economical and logistic developments can be assessed. - economics module: calculates development of regional production and consumption patterns for the long term - trade module: calculates spatial interactions between regions - logistics module: calculates logistic decisionmaking of forwarders and products based on logistic features of products - transport module: calculates the travel demand and how this can be physically carried out Unique features: This dynamic scenario model calculates the consequences of policy measures for logistic flows in and through The Netherlands in a year-by-year calculation. Logistic decision-making of forwarders and accompanying products is the key factor of this model. Quantitative data on capacity or capability: - economics module: long term up to 35 years - trade module: 40 regions in The Netherlands and 37 regions abroad Latest research: Efects of road pricing in the transport sector (by commission of the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management). Specified research application: Logistics
Keywords
Economics, logistics, developments, policy, decision-making...