• Login
    View Item 
    •   NWU-IR Home
    • Conference Papers
    • Conference Papers - Potchefstroom Campus
    • View Item
    •   NWU-IR Home
    • Conference Papers
    • Conference Papers - Potchefstroom Campus
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    An intelligent freight corridor overload control system

    Thumbnail
    Date
    2014
    Author
    Hoffman, Alwyn J.
    De Coning, Arno
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    Overload control is an important aspect of freight corridors in developing countries that largely depend on road transport to move goods between ports and areas of production and consumption. As the frequent weighing of trucks slows down the supply chain and add to operational costs, effective overload control must find a balance between the potentially conflicting goals of protection of infrastructure versus logistics efficiency. In this paper we demonstrate that an efficiently designed overload control system that utilizes modern information and communication technologies can simultaneously achieve the objectives of improved accuracy of control and increased logistics efficiency. The key element that makes this possible is the real-time sharing of information between different overload control centers, combined with the intelligent interpretation of available data, in order to optimize overload control over the entire corridor. We furthermore provide evidence that the potential improvements in logistics efficiency provide an attractive financial payback, taking into account the required investment to deploy the proposed new overload control system
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10394/15973
    https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6957943
    https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2014.6957943
    Collections
    • Conference Papers - Potchefstroom Campus [713]
    • Faculty of Engineering [1136]

    Copyright © North-West University
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    Theme by 
    Atmire NV
     

     

    Browse

    All of NWU-IR Communities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsAdvisor/SupervisorThesis TypeThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsAdvisor/SupervisorThesis Type

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Copyright © North-West University
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    Theme by 
    Atmire NV