Modeling international freight transport through the ports and lands of Arab countries

Abstract This paper aims at developing an international freight transportation model (IFTM) to predict international freight flows through the ports and lands of Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon. The calibrated model was statistically accepted and significant to be used in prediction. Implementation of IFTM model to the case study proved that it can be considered as a good decision support tool that is able to evaluate the value of any scenario that can be reflected through any change in the costs, times, and/or number of processes of its link cost function.

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