RESEARCH AREAS
- Urban freight transport - last mile delivery,
- The connection of urban freight transport with the development of e-commerce,
- Analysis of the impact of urban freight transport on the environment and road safety (noise, CO2, NOx emissions, congestions, traffic accidents),
- New trends in urban freight transport (new technologies, sharing economy, alternative drive systems etc.).
RESEARCH TEAM
Head of Research Team:
Libor Švadlenka
Members of Research Team:
Jiří Křupka
Momčilo Dobrodolac,University of Belgrade, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering
Vladimir Simić, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering
Andrii Galkin, National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv, Transport system and logistics department
Halyna Pivtorak
Libor Bauer
Stefan Jovčić
Daniel Salava
Dalibor Gottwald
Jan Chocholáč
Michaela Novotná
Radek Vrba
Sara Bošković
Akram Elsaied Mostafa Elomiya
PROJECTS
Using public transport system for sustainable urban freight delivery, EU MSCA4Ukraine (2023-2025)
Sustainable urban mobility plans, e-commerce and smart city logistics, CK01000032, Czech Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (2020-2023)
Cooperation in Applied Research between the University of Pardubice and companies, in the Field of Positioning, Detection and Simulation Technology for Transport Systems, (2018-2022), OP VVV
System design to align education with labor market needs in the transport and communications sector, TJ02000093, Czech Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (2019-2021)
Audit of the measurement of transit time of single piece priority mail, contract research project, contractor - Czech Telecommunication office (2015 – 2023)
PUBLICATIONS
ELOMIYA, AE., KŘUPKA, J., SIMIC, V., ŠVADLENKA, L., PRŮŠA, P., JOVČIĆ, S. An advanced spatial decision model for strategic placement of off-site hydrogen refueling stations in urban areas. eTransportation, 2024, Year 22. Jimp AIS - Q1
BOŠKOVIĆ, S., ŠVADLENKA, L., JOVČIĆ, S., SIMIC, V., DOBRODOLAC, M., ELOMIYA, AE. Sustainable propulsion technology selection in penultimate mile delivery using the FullEX-AROMAN method. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2024, Year 95, n. 95 (102013), p. 1-14. Jimp AIS - Q1
ELOMIYA, AE., KŘUPKA, J., JOVČIĆ, S., SIMIC, V., ŠVADLENKA, L., PAMUCAR, D. A hybrid suitability mapping model integrating GIS, machine learning, and multi-criteria decision analytics for optimizing service quality of electric vehicle charging stations. Sustainable Cities and Society, 2024, Year 106, n. 2024, p. 1-25. Jimp AIS - Q1
VRBA, R., ŠVADLENKA, L., GALKIN, A. Monitoring Traffic Flow Using Breifcam Software to Improve Sustainable Urban Logistics. Rail Transport—Systems Approach. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2024, p. 377–387. ISBN 978-3-319-51501-4. Chapter in monography.
BOŠKOVIĆ, S., ŠVADLENKA, L., JOVČIĆ, S., DOBRODOLAC, M., SIMIC, V., BACANIN, N. A New FullEX Decision-Making Technique for Criteria Importance Assessment: An Application to the Sustainable Last-Mile Delivery Courier Selection. IEEE ACCESS, 2023, Year 11, n. 12, December 2023, p. 137426 - 137436. Jimp AIS Q2.
BOŠKOVIĆ, S., JOVČIĆ, S., SIMIC, V., ŠVADLENKA, L., DOBRODOLAC, M., BACANIN, N. A New Criteria Importance Assessment (CIMAS) Method in Multi-Criteria Group Decision-Making: Criteria Evaluation for Supplier Selection. Facta Universitatis, Series: Mechanical Engineering, 2023, Year 21, n. 4, p. 1-16. Jimp AIS Q1
Boskovic, S; Svadlenka, L; Jovcic, S; Dobrodolac, M; Simic, V; Bacanin, N. An Alternative Ranking Order Method Accounting for Two-Step Normalization (AROMAN)-A Case Study of the Electric Vehicle Selection Problem. (2023) Web of Science. ISSN 2169-3536. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3265818.
Simić, V., Kasar I., Muhammet Deveci M., Švadlenka L. Mitigating Climate Change Effects of Urban Transportation Using a Type-2 Neutrosophic MEREC-MARCOS Model. (2022) IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. (Jimp - Q1). s. 1-17. ISSN 0018-9391. DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2022.3207375.
Novotná M., Švadlenka L., Jovčić S., Simić V. Micro-hub location selection for sustainable last-mile delivery. (2022) PloS one. (Jimp - Q2). 17 (7), pp. e0270926, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270926.
Novotná M., Gottwald D., Švadlenka L. GDP effect on B2C e-commerce turnover and number of express shipments in selected European post-communist countries. (2021) Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Žilina. (Jsc). 23 (4), pp. A233 - A240. DOI: 10.26552/COM.C.2021.4.A233-A240.
Svadlenka L., Simic V., Dobrodolac M., Lazarevic D., Todorovic G. Picture Fuzzy Decision-Making Approach for Sustainable Last-Mile Delivery. (2020) IEEE Access. (Jimp - Q2). 8, art. no. 9262845, pp. 209393 – 209414. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3039010.
Chocholac, J., Hruska R., Machalik S., Sommerauerova D., Sohajek P., 2021. Framework for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Calculations in the Context of Road Freight Transport for the Automotive Industry. Sustainability. (Jimp - Q2). 13(7). doi: 10.3390/su13074068 ISSN 2071-1050.
Bošković, S., Švadlenka L., Jovčić S, Dobrodolac M. An alternative ranking order method accounting for two-step normalization (AROMAN) – a case study of the electric vehicle selection problem. European Transport Research Review – in review process
Švadlenka L., Dobrodolac M., Jovčić S. Intelligent last-mile delivery planning and infrastructure monitoring in city logistics: a case of the city of Prague, Journal of Transport Geography – in review process
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
1. Preparation of scientific paper for journal: Transactions on Engineering Management with colleagues from Imperial College London, Faculty of Engineering, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering and Boğaziçi University, Department of civil Engineering
Manuscript ID: TEM-21-1078.R1
Manuscript Title: Mitigating Climate Change Effects of Urban Transportation Using a Type-2 Neutrosophic MEREC-MARCOS Model
Manuscript Author List: Simic, Vladimir; Gokasar, Ilgin; Deveci, Muhammet; Švadlenka, Libor
2. Preparation of join/double degree master study program Transport Operations Management with Technological University Dublin (Roisin Murray, John Higgins)
3. Cooperation on solving project Sustainable urban mobility plans, e-commerce and smart city logistics project, CK01000032:
- University Gustave Eiffel in Paris, Logistics City chair (Laetitia DaBlanc)
- Technological University Dublin, City logistics (Xu Zhang)
- An Post (Aoife O'Connor)
- Dublin city council – Transportation planning division (Luke Binns)
- Preparation of IPOCC conference
- United States Postal Service, OIG RISC (Ducasse, Jean-Philippe)
- PostNL, Netherlands (Jan Bart Henry)
- Swiss Economics, CH (Christian Jaag)
- University of Belgrade, University of Zagreb, University of Zilina
AIDC (Automatic identification and data capture) laboratory
AIDC laboratory is used for teaching professional subjects in the field of logistics. The equipment of the laboratory enables research into the possibilities of using RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), barcodes and QR codes in the context of transport systems and logistics processes, as well as in postal and courier services. Another area of research is to achieve synergies through automatic identification systems in the logistics chain. The capacity of the laboratory is 15 students. The laboratory is used for both educational and scientific research activities.
Key equipment of the laboratory: RFID gateway with SW accessories (SessionOne from Motorola), fixed and mobile readers of RFID codes, barcodes, various types of antennas, RFID tags including specific ones monitoring e.g. defined temperature regime, etc., printer of various types of codes, conveyor belt allowing to simulate conditions of sorting process in logistics centre, etc.
AWARD RECEIVED
In 2021 member of supervisor’s research team Ing. Dalibor Gottwald, Ph.D. received an award of Minister of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic for excellent educational activity related to project “System design to align education with labor market needs in the transport and communications sector” funded by Czech Technology Agency of the Czech Republic.
