CONTAINER MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT COLLABORATIVE TRANSPORTATION BASED ON BLOCKCHAIN PLATFORM

Lixin Shen, Dong Yang, Xueqi Qian, Zixuan Zhao, Meixuan Qu, Qi Wen, Haina Ji

Abstract


Blockchain technology, based on its own characteristics, theoretically can effectively address problems such as lack of trust and difficulty in information sharing in the coordinated operation of multimodal transport. However, in practical operation, how to optimize carrier transport routes based on blockchain platforms and provide appropriate carrier combination strategies is an urgent problem to be solved for multimodal transport applications based on blockchain platforms. This paper designs a blockchain transport platform architecture for multimodal transport based on the transport demands of shippers, and reshapes the operation process of container multimodal transport based on this platform; A multi-agent collaborative decision-making model for container multimodal transport was constructed, and the obtained collaborative strategies were embedded into the application layer of the platform; A smart contract for multimodal transport coordination was written in Solidity and deployed and executed on the Remix platform. 

Keywords


Container multimodal transport, Blockchain;,Smart contracts, Multi-agent collaboration

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