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Green Transport and Logistics

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 342-6521/01
Abbreviation ZDaL
Course title Green Transport and Logistics
Credits 6
Coordinating department Institute of Transport
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Michal Dorda, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1) Introduction to green transport and logistics, basic problems of green transport and logistics, legislative framework.
2) General principles of operation research methods suitable for modeling problems in the field of green transport and logistics – linear programming, queuing theory, discrete simulation.
3) Minimization of negative environmental impacts in the design of single-stage distribution systems based on shuttle trips.
4) Minimization of negative environmental impacts in the design of two-stage distribution systems based on shuttle trips.
5) Minimizing negative environmental impacts when designing single-stage distribution systems based on circular trips.
6) Minimizing negative environmental impacts when designing two-stage distribution systems combining shuttle and circular trips.
7) Designing control plans for shuttle control needs during road closures.
8) Designing control plans for light-controlled intersections, including green wave modeling to minimize negative environmental impacts.
9) Deploying environmentally friendly charging stations for various media on the transport network.
10) Dimensioning the service capacity of charging stations using queueing theory – analytical approaches.
11) Dimensioning the service capacities of charging stations using queueing theory – simulation approaches.
12) Minimizing negative environmental impacts when designing production logistics plans with universal machines.
13) Minimizing negative environmental impacts when designing production logistics plans with single-purpose machines.

E-learning

lms.vsb.cz

Literature

ZEIGLER, Bernard P., PRAEHOFER, Herbert a KIM, Tag Gon. Theory of modeling and simulation: integrating discrete event and continuous complex dynamic systems. 2nd ed. San Diego: Academic Press, c2000. ISBN 0-12-778455-1.
SOKOLOWSKI, John A. a BANKS, Catherine M., ed. Principles of modeling and simulation: a multidisciplinary approach [online]. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2008 [cit. 2018-01-10]. ISBN 978-0-470-40356-3.
EU transport in figures: statistical pocketbook 2021. Luxembourg: Publication Office of the European Union, 2021. ISBN 978-92-76-40099-8.

Advised literature

BENNETT, B. S. Simulation fundamentals. London: Prentice Hall, 1995. ISBN 0-13-813262-3.
BOLCH, Gunter. Queueing networks and Markov chains: modeling and performance evaluation with computer science applications. 2nd ed. Hoboken: Wiley, c2006. ISBN 0-471-56525-3.
Schöbel, A.. Optimization in Public Transport. New York: Springer, 2006. ISBN 978-0-38-732896-6 .