TY - GEN
T1 - Teaching intermodal transportation in a quantitative way
AU - Wang, Kai
AU - Zhuge, Dan
AU - Wang, Shuaian
PY - 2018/12
Y1 - 2018/12
N2 - The traditional teaching of Intermodal Transportation focuses on the learning of qualitative analysis. However, it ignores the learning of quantitative methods. Essentially, the intermodal transportation introduces many operations problems when transporting cargo. These problems define the specialty of the intermodal transportation, and the students need more quantitative methods to tackle these problems. This paper summarizes the authors' teaching strategies and philosophy on Intermodal Transportation in a quantitative way. Starting from the design of teaching materials, a general picture of the processes in the intermodal transportation is first presented to students. Then, all the relevant operations problems during those processes are introduced in the categories of traditional Operations Research problems, and each category of operations problems are delivered to students systematically with systematic quantitative methods. However, teaching quantitative methods to students causes troubles to their learning experience. Several troubles and corresponding measures are also discussed.
AB - The traditional teaching of Intermodal Transportation focuses on the learning of qualitative analysis. However, it ignores the learning of quantitative methods. Essentially, the intermodal transportation introduces many operations problems when transporting cargo. These problems define the specialty of the intermodal transportation, and the students need more quantitative methods to tackle these problems. This paper summarizes the authors' teaching strategies and philosophy on Intermodal Transportation in a quantitative way. Starting from the design of teaching materials, a general picture of the processes in the intermodal transportation is first presented to students. Then, all the relevant operations problems during those processes are introduced in the categories of traditional Operations Research problems, and each category of operations problems are delivered to students systematically with systematic quantitative methods. However, teaching quantitative methods to students causes troubles to their learning experience. Several troubles and corresponding measures are also discussed.
KW - Intermodal Transportation
KW - Qualitative Analysis
KW - Quantitative Methods
KW - Teaching Strategy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85064641275&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference article published in proceeding or book
AN - SCOPUS:85064641275
T3 - Transportation Systems in the Connected Era - Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies, HKSTS 2018
SP - 499
EP - 503
BT - Transportation Systems in the Connected Era - Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies, HKSTS 2018
A2 - Gu, Weihua
A2 - Wang, Shuaian
PB - Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies Limited
T2 - 23rd International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies: Transportation Systems in the Connected Era, HKSTS 2018
Y2 - 8 December 2018 through 10 December 2018
ER -