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  • Modeling Operational Flow Capacity and Evaluating Disaster Interventions for Downstream Fuel Distribution: A Conversation with PhD Candidate Shraddha Rana

    Apr 1, 2022

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    Articles, Freight Resources

    We spoke with Shraddha about her forthcoming paper, “Modeling Operational Flow Capacity and Evaluating Disaster Interventions for Downstream Fuel Distribution”, which evaluates how the flow fuel in the downstream distribution network can be increased to avoid shortages in times of distress, such as in the aftermath of disasters.

  • FreightLab’s Angela Acocella cited in Commercial Carrier Journal

    May 24, 2021

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    Articles, Freight Resources

    The latest Commercial Carrier Journal published an article titles, “Do carriers have short-term memories in tight freight markets?”, which sites FreightLab’s Angela Acocella research on trucking and shipper contracts

  • Research Spotlight: PhD Candidate Angela Acocella in Conversation

    Dec 10, 2020

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    Freight Resources, Updates

    PhD Candidate Angela Acocella in conversation with MIT FreightLab Co-Director David Correll about her recently published paper, “Elephants or Goldfish: Carrier Reciprocity in Dynamic Freight Markets“. Who are “elephants” and who are “goldfish” in your research? We’re studying long-term interactions between firms, so elephants are those that have long memories; they remember their history. In […]

  • Future Freight Flows: Scenario Planning Toolkit

    Feb 23, 2020

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    Freight Resources

    The Scenario Planning Toolkit is designed to help transportation planners in any organization design, plan, and run a Scenario Planning Workshop. There are two types of material contained here: Guidebooks and Workshop Collateral.

  • Forecasting Freight Transportation Rates

    Sep 11, 2018

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    Freight Resources, Video

    The U.S. DOT Volpe Center welcomed Chris Caplice, PhD, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL), as the second speaker in the Transportation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Predictive Analytics thought leadership series. At CTL, Caplice is responsible for the planning and management of the research, […]

  • An Introduction to Scenario Planning Video

    May 24, 2017

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    Freight Resources, Video

  • MIT FreightLab with Chris Caplice

    Mar 17, 2017

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    Freight Resources, Video

  • Future Freight Flow Scenarios Overview Video

    Dec 23, 2011

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    Freight Resources, Video

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