Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Urban Logistics Spaces: What Models, What Uses and What Role for Public Authorities? -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Literature review -- 1.3. ULS typology -- 1.3.1. The Urban Logistics Zone (ULZ) or freight...

Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Recent Developments and Prospects for Modeling City Logistics -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. VRPTW with consideration of environment, energy efficiency and safety -- 1.3. Multi-agent models -- 1.4. Big data...

Background: The global logistics industry is facing looming challenges related to labor shortages and low-efficiency problems due to the lack of logistics facilities and resources, resulting in increased logistics delays. The Physical Internet is seen as a way to take logistics into the next...