Article
Urban Studies
Gary White, Anna Zink, Lara Codeca, Siobhan Clarke
Summary: A digital twin is a digital representation of a physical process, place, system or device, originally designed for manufacturing processes but now used for smart city planning. By creating digital twin smart cities, the public can view 3D models of cities online to provide feedback, enhancing transparency and interaction in urban planning.
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Abdelhadi Belfadel, Sebastian HorL, Rodrigo Javier Tapia, Dimitra Politaki, Ibad Kureshi, Lorant Tavasszy, Jakob Puchinger
Summary: Urban logistics is a crucial part of urban mobility planning, and the use of real-time information systems generates a large amount of data for monitoring and controlling goods flows. There is a need for adaptive, data-driven decision support solutions in urban logistics. Digital twins have gained attention for supporting experimentation and decision-making in on-demand logistics operations, but their implementation in a mixed public-private stakeholder context is still challenging. To address this gap, we propose a conceptual framework for digital twin applications in urban logistics and provide use case scenarios for demonstration, aiming to advance the technical implementation of digital twins in sustainable city logistics.
COMPUTERS ENVIRONMENT AND URBAN SYSTEMS
(2023)
Review
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Ashutosh Samadhiya, Rajat Agrawal, Anil Kumar, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes
Summary: The logistics sector is the most crucial industry as other businesses heavily rely on its operations. However, there are various issues such as the lack of optimization and sustainability in the existing logistics sector. To address these problems, the concept of the Physical Internet (PI) has emerged. This research conducts a comprehensive literature review to analyze the role of PI in the logistics industry and makes significant contributions to the existing literature by providing an overarching context, presenting a road layout of research on PI and logistics, and addressing conclusions and influencing factors.
COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Demokaan Demirel
Summary: The use of ICT optimizes urban processes and services, turning cities into smart. A study examined smart city research projects in five representative cities and evaluated their similarities and differences. The study concluded that smart cities have been successful in some aspects but also have weaknesses. The research adds value by critically assessing smart city development and its practicality.
Article
Business
Lasse Bundgaard, Susana Borr
Summary: This article examines the combinations of governance conditions that facilitate the scale-up of smart city pilot projects to an entire city. Through comparative analysis, two paths of city-wide scale-up are identified. The role of the municipality and the social perception of technological uncertainty are crucial in determining the path of scale-up.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2021)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Suneet Singh, Ashish Dwivedi, Saurabh Pratap
Summary: Maritime freight transportation has become popular due to its cost efficiency and environmental friendliness. However, it also has negative effects that have attracted the attention of researchers and scholars. This study reviews existing literature on maritime freight logistics and evaluates the relationship between sustainability practices and maritime freight logistics. The study highlights the impact of innovative technologies and explores maritime freight transport in terms of sustainability.
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Celio Marcio Soares Ferreira, Charles Tim Batista Garrocho, Ricardo Augusto Rabelo Oliveira, Jorge Sa Silva, Carlos Frederico Marcelo da Cunha Cavalcanti
Summary: The emergence of 5G will lead to a widespread adoption of IoT devices, particularly in Smart Cities. The integration of Blockchain with IoT can provide distributed security information to address challenges in reliability and security.
Editorial Material
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Sandro Nizetic, Pawel Oclon, Theocharis Tsoutsos
Summary: Digitalization in various engineering fields opens up opportunities for the development of smart technologies, which focus on applications in customer services, process efficiency, security, and technological advancements. This editorial review discusses the research contributions presented at the 5th International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies (SpliTech2020) in Croatia, with a focus on smart city, energy/environment, e-health, and engineering modeling. The research presented at the conference provides insights into the current progress and research directions in the field of smart technologies, particularly emphasizing sustainability aspects.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mikel Zubizarreta, Jaione Ganzarain, Jesus Cuadrado, Rafael Lizarralde
Summary: This paper presents a business sustainability management model to assist firms in managing disruptive innovation projects within technological-industrial sectors. The model is applied to two firms from different industries to validate its effectiveness and stability.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Elpida Xenou, Michael Madas, Georgia Ayfandopoulou
Summary: This paper proposes a multi-assessment framework to support the understanding and assessment of the smartness level of city logistics systems in Europe.
Article
Urban Studies
Leonidas G. Anthopoulos, Zohreh Pourzolfaghar, Kristina Lemmer, Tobias Siebenlist, Bjoern Niehaves, Ioannis Nikolaou
Summary: This paper discusses the importance of smart cities as hubs and introduces the concept of SC Hub, which aims to standardize and control the various flows in cities.
Article
Engineering, Civil
Daniel Rivera-Royero, Miguel Jaller, Alan Jenn
Summary: This study proposes a text analytics approach to analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on supply chain resilience. The findings reveal the relationship between consumer behavior, supply chain issues, and the reduced level of service, as well as strategies to mitigate these impacts.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD
(2022)
Review
Computer Science, Information Systems
Vasile-Daniel Pavaloaia, Sabina-Cristiana Necula
Summary: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is regarded as the most disruptive technology along with the IoT, blockchain, and others, and it has already impacted sectors like healthcare, business, agriculture, education, and urban development. This research aims to identify the evolution and current acceptance of disruptive technologies, extract prominent technologies besides AI, and elaborate on the domains impacted by AI and how it occurred.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Paula Kivimaa, Senja Laakso, Annika Lonkila, Minna Kaljonen
Summary: This study critically evaluates the concept of disruption in the context of sustainability transition studies, identifying technological and non-technological dimensions of disruption. A new definition focusing on speed and magnitude of change is provided, with an emphasis on the importance of disruptive practices and low-tech solutions alongside disruptive technologies and policies.
ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION AND SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Ana Jane Benites, Andre Felipe Simoes
Summary: This article discusses the role of smart cities in addressing contemporary urban challenges and achieving sustainable development goals. It proposes an analytical framework to guide the use of information and communication technologies in smart cities to enhance urban sustainability.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Bin Qiao, Shenle Pan, Eric Ballot
COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
(2020)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Ya Yang, Huihui Chi, Wei Zhou, Tijun Fan, Selwyn Piramuthu
DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS
(2020)
Article
Management
Vaggelis Giannikas, Duncan McFarlane
Summary: This paper discusses the value of flexible logistics services that allow customers to change order requirements after placement. The study shows that such flexible logistics services are beneficial for both retailers and customers, emphasizing their importance in omni-channel commerce.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Shenle Pan, Damien Trentesaux, Duncan McFarlane, Benoit Montreuil, Eric Ballot, George Q. Huang
Summary: This editorial introduces a Special Issue on digital interoperability and transformation in logistics and supply chain management, featuring eleven high-quality original research works. It presents the scientific context and highlights interesting prospective works identified from the papers.
COMPUTERS IN INDUSTRY
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Shenle Pan, Damien Trentesaux, Duncan McFarlane, Benoit Montreuil, Eric Ballot, George Q. Huang
Summary: Interoperability plays a crucial role in modern logistics and supply chain management, especially in the context of the Physical Internet paradigm. Digital interoperability solutions may not fully meet the requirements of PI, presenting new challenges and opportunities for further research and discussion in achieving sustainable connections in logistics and supply networks.
COMPUTERS IN INDUSTRY
(2021)
Article
Management
Shuya Zhong, Vaggelis Giannikas, Jorge Merino, Duncan McFarlane, Jun Cheng, Wei Shao
Summary: This study evaluates the benefits of integrating the planning of order picking and packing processes in e-commerce warehouses and conducts an experimental study to answer relevant research questions. The experimental results show that integrated picking and packing planning can improve performance under different configuration conditions.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Chao Wang, Jianbo He, Zhaodong Jin, Shenle Pan, Mariam Lafkihi, Xiangtianrui Kong
Summary: This paper introduces a PI transportation game and designs a set of gamification teaching experiments. The findings show that gamification teaching can improve students' satisfaction and knowledge acquisition, and the flow experience has a significant impact on game revenue. This is the first study about the impact of gamification on teaching and learning PI.
INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT & DATA SYSTEMS
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Lin Li, Ou Tang, Wei Zhou, Tijun Fan
Summary: This study introduces the concept of the backroom effect and investigates the impact of the deterioration rate difference between perishable products in the backroom and on retail shelves on joint shelf-space and inventory decisions. By developing a decision-making model that determines both inventory replenishment policy and shelf space allocation, the study finds that a strategy considering the backroom effect can increase profit.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Management
Tarik Chargui, Anne-Laure Ladier, Abdelghani Bekrar, Shenle Pan, Damien Trentesaux
Summary: This paper focuses on the optimization problems of cross-docks in the context of Physical Internet (PI). It discusses the distinctive features of PI cross-docks and how they differ from traditional cross-docking platforms. The paper also reviews existing literature and presents a preliminary study to further explore the concept of PI cross-docks.
OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Transportation Science & Technology
Vaggelis Giannikas, Anna Ledwoch, Goran Stojkovic, Pablo Costas, Alexandra Brintrup, Ahmed Ali Saeed Al-Ali, Vinod Kumar Chauhan, Duncan McFarlane
Summary: This study proposes a data-driven method to analyze the propagation of flight delays and their impact on airline schedules using a multi-layer network approach. Empirical results demonstrate that incorporating information in a multi-layered manner leads to a more robust assessment of delay propagation.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART C-EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
(2022)
Article
Management
Yong Lin, Anlan Chen, Shuya Zhong, Vaggelis Giannikas, Carl Lomas, Tracey Worth
Summary: This research investigates the resilience development of the last-mile delivery service supply chain from a social-ecological perspective integrated with the traditional engineering perspective. The findings identify three pathways to resilience development: stabilization, adaptation, and transformation, as well as three strategic orientations: people orientation, digital orientation, and learning orientation.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS & PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Yu Liu, Shenle Pan, Pauline Folz, Fano Ramparany, Sebastien Bolle, Eric Ballot, Thierry Coupaye
Summary: This paper examines the Freight Parking Management Problem (FPMP) within the context of Smart Cities and explores how augmented semantic capabilities of Cognitive Digital Twins can enhance knowledge of parking connectivity to optimize logistics operations and resource allocation. The case study conducted in Paris demonstrates that semantics-enabled Digital Twins connectivity can improve understanding of the delivery environment, enhance cooperation between heterogeneous systems, and result in improved logistics efficiency and resource utilization. Additionally, this research showcases the potential for new business services for logistics providers and provides insights for city planners and policymakers.
COMPUTERS IN INDUSTRY
(2023)
