Call for Papers: Issue 3/2017

Abstract

Planning and control of modern mobility, transportation, and logistics services (MTL) requires adequate support by information systems. Recent examples from the area of shared mobility services show that many of these services have been enabled by innovative information systems. This is the focus of the BISE special issue on computational mobility, transportation, and logistics. Thanks to the ubiquitous availability of mobile sensors in transportation and logistics applications, huge amounts of operational data on MTL have become available in recent years. These data need to be included in extended methods of planning and control. However, it is challenging to transform this vast amount of sensor data into information. In addition to well-known efficiency objectives such as minimizing costs or time of operation, objectives of reliability and sustainability can now be considered in the planning and control of MTL. Quantitative methods of planning and control need to be extended to process complex information and to enable more reliable, sustainable and efficient planning and realization of MTL. This application-oriented special issue aims to shed a light on the modeling of innovative information systems for MTL. Of interest are quantitative methods of planning and control as well as applications of state-of-the-art data analysis procedures. Examples of innovative integrated information systems for single as well as for several modes are also welcome. Further topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following areas: