Project Title: A Cognitive Freight Transportation Digital Twin for Resiliency and Emission Control Through Optimizing Intermodal Logistics (RECOIL)
The research team from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, along with their collaborators from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and West Virginia University, is developing a cognitive digital twin for the U.S. intermodal freight transportation system, including all road, rail, and waterways, to maximize efficiency and resiliency and minimize life cycle greenhouse gas emissions. This digital representation could offer flow planning, scheduling, and optimization of the entire intermodal freight system within 24 hours. Additionally, the proposed technology could adapt quickly to traffic, weather, and other disruptions by supplying local route rescheduling within one hour.
