CarbonRoadMap: A multicriteria decision tool for multimodal transportation

Achille-B. Laurent; Steve Vallerand; Yvonne van der Meer; Sophie D'Amours

doi:10.1080/15568318.2018.1540734

CarbonRoadMap: A multicriteria decision tool for multimodal transportation

Achille-B. Laurent^*, Steve Vallerand, Yvonne van der Meer, Sophie D'Amours

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Abstract

This article proposes a multicriteria approach and a decision support system to support multimodal transportation planning decisions by considering transportation delay, costs, and carbon emissions. The methodology is implemented into CarbonRoadMap, a web-based application that allows a decision maker to browse through the set of Pareto-optimal paths, display them on a map to support the selection of the desired optimum solution by weighting the three criteria. This decision support tool shows the benefits of using a multicriteria optimization methodology to obtain a set of paths, as the resulting solutions are very different from one another. A case study is provided for forest product distribution in North America.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	205-214
Number of pages	10
Journal	International Journal of Sustainable Transportation
Volume	14
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2018.1540734
Publication status	Published - 3 Mar 2020

Keywords

Carbon emissions
decision support system
multimodal transportation
multiobjective optimization
GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS
INTERMODAL FREIGHT

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