Modelling and Simulation of Transportation Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Transportation systems, with their complexity and need for consonance among infrastructures, vehicles, technologies, data, and humans, resemble the circulatory system of modern societies. Encompassing system design and architecture, capacity needs, data management, human factors and experience, risk management, sustainability and environmental impact, and interdisciplinary optimization, system engineering provides a broad approach to deal with the complexity, dynamic nature, and stochastic behavior of transport systems. Systems engineering encourages the use of modeling and simulation to validate assumptions or theories on systems and the interactions within them and with the environment. The contents of this Special Issue will concentrate on new methods and approaches in modeling and simulation that help practitioners, planners, decision-makers, and stakeholders to evaluate how transportation systems run under various conditions, predict behavior and future performance, and identify the most effective ways to manage them. There are certain benefits of modeling and simulation of transportation systems, such as cost-effectiveness, risk reduction, complex scenario testing, and optimization. We eagerly invite researchers and practitioners to share their insights, discoveries, solutions, or case studies that outline the use of modeling and simulation in turning transportation systems into more efficient, sustainable, and resilient ones.

Both original research and review papers are welcome for submission. Research topics on modeling and simulation of transportation systems include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Optimization of transportation system design and operations;
• Predicting transportation system performance;
• Transport policy evaluation and scenario testing;
• Traffic flows and congestion analysis;
• Freight and logistics optimization;
• Risks, safety, and disruption management in transportation and logistics;
• Agent-based modeling and simulation;
• Advanced AI models in transportation;
• Digital twins and the Internet of Things applied in transportation;
• Impact of autonomous vehicles on traffic dynamics and control;
• Environmental impact assessment.

Prof. Dr. Eugen Rosca
Dr. Valentin Carlan
Prof. Dr. Florin Valentin Rusca
Guest Editors

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