TY - JOUR
T1 - Cyber-Physical Internet (CPI)-enabled logistics infrastructure integration framework in the greater bay area
AU - Wu, Hang
AU - Huang, Linhao
AU - Li, Ming
AU - Huang, George Q.
N1 - Funding information:
This research is supported by the Hong Kong RGC Theme-based Research Scheme (No. T32-707/22-N), the Science and Technology Projects in Guangzhou (No.202201010329) and Departmental General Research Fund of PolyU (No. P0045748).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2024
PY - 2024/4
Y1 - 2024/4
N2 - The emerging digital economy has facilitated the digital transformation of the logistics industry toward a standard and collaborative state. The logistics infrastructure has accordingly attracted much attention as the basis for supporting digital economy implementation. Moreover, the initiatives of regional collaborative development, such as in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) of China, have accelerated the integration of logistics infrastructure and operation-level collaboration. Fortunately, the Cyber-Physical Internet (CPI) has created new opportunities for promoting infrastructure integration through the cyber, physical and internet dimensions. However, regional infrastructure integration in the GBA faces various challenges associated with CPI network operations. Thus, a bottom-up approach is proposed to facilitate logistics infrastructure integration in the CPI environment based on the conceptual fusion of computer networks. Considering the fundamental difference in network fusion and operation mechanisms between CPI and computer networks, a CPI-LI2 (logistics infrastructure integration) framework is designed as an integrated solution. Finally, a simulation study is conducted using real-life medical logistics data from the GBA to verify the effectiveness of the CPI-LI2 framework. Experiments show that the framework is well adapted to large-scale logistics networks with dynamically changing links.
AB - The emerging digital economy has facilitated the digital transformation of the logistics industry toward a standard and collaborative state. The logistics infrastructure has accordingly attracted much attention as the basis for supporting digital economy implementation. Moreover, the initiatives of regional collaborative development, such as in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) of China, have accelerated the integration of logistics infrastructure and operation-level collaboration. Fortunately, the Cyber-Physical Internet (CPI) has created new opportunities for promoting infrastructure integration through the cyber, physical and internet dimensions. However, regional infrastructure integration in the GBA faces various challenges associated with CPI network operations. Thus, a bottom-up approach is proposed to facilitate logistics infrastructure integration in the CPI environment based on the conceptual fusion of computer networks. Considering the fundamental difference in network fusion and operation mechanisms between CPI and computer networks, a CPI-LI2 (logistics infrastructure integration) framework is designed as an integrated solution. Finally, a simulation study is conducted using real-life medical logistics data from the GBA to verify the effectiveness of the CPI-LI2 framework. Experiments show that the framework is well adapted to large-scale logistics networks with dynamically changing links.
KW - Cyber-physical internet
KW - Infrastructure integration
KW - Routing
KW - Transportation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.aei.2024.102551
DO - 10.1016/j.aei.2024.102551
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85190749193
SN - 1474-0346
VL - 60
JO - Advanced Engineering Informatics
JF - Advanced Engineering Informatics
M1 - 102551
ER -