Abstract
Intermodal transportation, as an efficient form of transport organization, is a key technology and means for the logistics industry to balance transport costs and efficiency. How to deeply analyze the key factors constraining the level of development of multimodal transportation in China, building multimodal transportation development evaluation index system and evaluation model, evaluating comprehensively the multimodal transportation development level in China, and putting forward targeted countermeasures is of great practical significance. Based on the hesitant fuzzy multiattribute decision-making method, this paper analyzes the key factors influencing the level of multimodal transportation development from the perspective of sea-rail intermodal transport and further uses the interval number discretization and likelihood deviation maximization multiattribute decision-making method to construct a mixed-data index evaluation model, which is combined with data from 11 provinces (cities) in China. The study shows that there is a big gap among different provinces (cities) in China concerning the level of multimodal transportation development. Besides, the volume of intermodal container transportation and railway mileage are the core factors affecting the level of multimodal transportation development, and the results of the evaluation model can objectively reflect the level of multimodal transportation development and problems in each province (city). The research results further enrich the theoretical system of intermodal transportation development and provide a reference for the relevant management departments in formulating intermodal transportation plans and policies by putting forward pertinent suggestions in the field of management. In the future, the research direction should include the ecological environment, economic benefits, and other indicators into the evaluation system, expand the research scope of the modes of combined transportation such as public rail transport and public air transport, and improve the applicable scope of the evaluation model and the evaluation capability of specific scenarios.
Highlights
International Multimodal Transport means the carriage of goods by at least two different modes of transport on the basis of a multimodal transport contract from a place in one country in which the goods are taken in charge by the multimodal transport operator to a place designated for delivery in a different country that was defined by the United Nations Convention in 1980 [1]
Mathematical Problems in Engineering level of development is still not high, and there is a large gap compared with Europe and the United States. erefore, how to deeply analyze the key factors influencing the level of development of intermodal transportation in China and seize the main contradictions in the process of multimodal transportation development has become an important issue in the field of intermodal transportation research in China
Based on the perspective of sea-rail intermodal transportation, this paper deeply analyzes the key indicators that influence the level of intermodal transport development, constructs a mixed multievaluation index system which includes precise and interval data, and evaluates the level of multimodal transport development in 11 provinces in China by using the fuzzy multiattribute decision method model
Summary
International Multimodal Transport means the carriage of goods by at least two different modes of transport on the basis of a multimodal transport contract from a place in one country in which the goods are taken in charge by the multimodal transport operator to a place designated for delivery in a different country that was defined by the United Nations Convention in 1980 [1]. As intermodal transportation requires the entire transport process as a whole, combining different modes of transport to form a continuous, optimal, integrated transport network of goods, necessarily involving a certain spatial range by a variety of transport elements, resource integration features, we will introduce the hesitation fuzzy multiattribute decision evaluation method, and on the basis of determining the alternatives and attribute sets for the multimodal transportation level evaluation problem, we will use the Delphi method to obtain the hesitation fuzzy matrix and further use the constructed evaluation model to obtain the comprehensive similarity of each alternative and conduct a comprehensive decision analysis according to the final results to provide countermeasures and suggestions for improving the level of multimodal transportation development
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