| Article ID: | iaor2001372 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 6 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 123 |
| End Page Number: | 143 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1999 |
| Journal: | International Transactions in Operational Research |
| Authors: | Barcel J., Ferrer J.L., Martn R. |
| Keywords: | simulation, vehicle routing & scheduling |
This paper presents the description and results obtained using prototypes of two simulators purposely built to assist the design and assessment of vehicle guidance systems, namely those based on cellular radio communication technology. These tools have been used to examine the benefits of dynamic route guidance systems compared to static ones, to investigate the stability of the recommended routes with respect to changes in link travel times, the efficiency of the data collection procedures from the equipped vehicles, and the overheads on the telecommunications channels.