Modeling and Analysis of Petri Nets for Multimodal Transport “Single Contract” Systems Based on Blockchain
Publication: ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering
Volume 10, Issue 1
Abstract
This paper aims to use blockchain technology to promote the development of the “single contract” system to solve the critical problems of multimodal transport process optimization. Firstly, we study the development process and current research status of blockchain technology and multimodal transport “single contract” systems. The bottleneck of developing a multimodal transport “single contract” system in the blockchain application in the sharing platform is identified. Based on the aforementioned research, and combined with Petri network theory, we propose to establish a multimodal transport process model and optimization model by taking sea-rail intermodal transport as an example. It also presents the construction of a blockchain-based information-sharing platform for a multimodal transport “single contract” system. This paper applies blockchain technology to multimodal transport business, enabling different enterprises and departments to integrate their business, realize the barrier-free transmission of information, and shorten the business process time, thus promoting the construction and development of multimodal transport system.
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Data Availability Statement
Some code of the model that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request: part code of Place smart body, and part code of TimedTransition smart body.
Acknowledgments
The authors acknowledge support from the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2017YFC0805309), the National Social Science Fund of China (Grant No. 22AZD108), amajor project of a new type of think tank in Fujian Province, China (22MZKA10), the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province, China (2021J01820), the Fujian Provincial Department of Education, China (JAT190294), the National Foundation Cultivation Program of Jimei University, China (ZP202001), and China Jimei University Transportation Engineering Discipline High-level Research and Cultivation Fund Project (2020). We thank the anonymous reviewers whose suggestions and comments helped improve and clarify this paper.
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Received: Mar 19, 2023
Accepted: Aug 9, 2023
Published online: Oct 26, 2023
Published in print: Mar 1, 2024
Discussion open until: Mar 26, 2024
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