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Overview
This book aims to illustrate the recent innovations and developments in freight transport systems towards more efficient and environmentally friendly logistics systems.Recently Intelligent transport systems (ITS) has been developed and deployed in practice, including advanced information systems, automatic vehicle identification systems, and global positioning systems. ITS allows freight transport to be improved in terms of cost reduction and better service to customers. As well, it can contribute to improve the environment and alleviate traffic congestion. This book also highlights the innovative concepts of management of logistics systems including advanced vehicle routing and scheduling with ITS, supply chain management, intermodal freight transport, co-operative freight transport. The new underground freight transport systems with automation are also described with proposed planning in major cities. This book gives basic idea of modelling freight transport with the innovative techniques for data collection, processing and dissemination. The policy making is essential for better logistics systems. This point is fully discussed in the social and economic point of view. This book covers effects of e-commerce on freight transport that has become more important with the innovations of information technologies. Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), such as advanced information systems, automatic vehicle identification systems, and global positioning systems, have recently been developed and deployed achieving improvements in cost reduction, better service to customers and traffic congestion Illustrating recent progress in the subject, this title also highlights innovative concepts for the management of logistics systems.