Doktorant omandab professionaalsel tasandil teadmised kaasaegsest transpordisüsteemide kvantitatiivsest modelleerimisest.

The aim of the course is to give doctoral students a thorough overview of quantitative modelling of transportation systems.

Aine läbinud üliõpilane töötab välja ja rakendab:
- transpordisüsteemide kvantitatiivse modelleerimise süsteemi, mis on sünteesitud varasemate teeside ning teadustööde põhjal;
- kvantitatiivse modelleerimise meetodeid, illustreerides nende rakendatavust enda poolt valitud transpordisüsteemis.

After completing this course, the student develops and implements:
- quantitative modelling approaches of transportation systems and uses different dissertations and research literature to illustrate these;
- advanced quantitative modelling with using different tools, where students analyse their own transportation system.

Transpordisüsteemide arenduses nõutakse kuluefektiivsust ja konkurentsivõimelisi teenuseid (nt lühemad tarneajad, kvaliteet ja lisandväärtuse andmine) ning seda kõike keskkonnasõbralikkust silmas pidades. Sellest tulenevalt on vaja rohkem kasutada nende süsteemide kvantitatiivset modelleerimist statistika, oprimeerimise, simulatsiooni ja/või analüütiliste mudelite abil. Meretranspordil on siinkohal võtmeroll, sest moodustab suure osa rahvusvahelisest transpordisüsteemist. Põhiväljakutse on merendus- ja teiste transpordisüsteemide optimaalne ühendamine.

There exists increasing pressure on transportation systems to provide cost competitive services within environmentally sustainable manner and reaching other objectives (like lead time, quality and value added services). Therefore, this requires more use of quantitative modelling of these systems with statistics, optimization, simulation, and/or analytical models. Maritime transport holds key role in here as it is the most important component in international transportation chains – question is how other transportation modes are integrated into it in seamless manner and with stated objectives.

Mitteeristav hindamine.
Kursuse käigus üliõpilane:
- sooritab jooksvad testid;
- esitab loengus antud teemal individuaalse aruande;
- esitab uurimisseminaril oma töö tulemused ja teeb ettekande.

Non-graded assessment.
During the course the student:
- completes tests given in lecturers;
- submits an individual report on a given topic;
- presents the results in a research seminar.

Kursus lõpeb uurimisseminariga, kus õpilased tutvustavad oma kursusetööd, mis sisaldab kvantitatiivseid analüüse ning valdkonna kirjanduse ülevaadet. Lisaks esitavad õpilased individuaalselt ühe hiljuti valminud doktoritöö kirjaliku analüüsi.

Course ends to research seminar, where students give short presentation from their research manuscript (could be made individually or together with someone), which contains own quantitative analyses and literature review from analysis area. Together with this, students are individually required to supply written analysis from one selected and recent (max. five years old) Dr. thesis from topic area (2000-4000 words).

- Roso, Violeta (2009). The Dry Port Concept. Chalmers University of Technology. Doctoral Dissertation. ISBN 978-91-7385-338-5. Available at URL: https://document.chalmers.se/doc/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000010C0D2ED

- Panova, Yulia (2016). Public-private partnership investments in dry ports – Russian logistics markets and risks. Doctoral Dissertation. Lappeenranta University of Technology, LUT School of Business and Management, Industrial Eng. and Management, Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis 689. Available at URL: https://lutpub.lut.fi/handle/10024/120766

- Henttu, Ville (2015). Improving Cost-Efficiency and Reducing Environmental Impacts of Intermodal Transportation with Dry Port Concept – Major Rail Transport Corridor in Baltic Sea Region. Doctoral Dissertation. Lappeenranta University of Technology, LUT School of Business and Management, Industrial Eng. and Management, Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis 645. Available at URL: https://lutpub.lut.fi/handle/10024/113093

- Rantasila, Karri (2013). Measuring Logistics Costs - Designing a Generic Model for Assessing Macro Logistics Costs in a Global Context with Empirical Evidence from the Manufacturing and Trading Industries. Publication Series A-8/2013. Dr. Dissertation, University of Turku, Turku, Finland. Available at URL: https://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/93317

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