Determination of the Appropriate Vehicle Operating in Particular Urban Traffic Conditions 

  • Ondrej Stopka
  • Branislav Sarkan
  • Maria Chovancova
  • Larisa M. Kapustina
Keywords: operation, supply, urban traffic, city logistics, vehicle, decision-making

Abstract

This paper presents selection of the most appropriate vehicle intended to operate on a particular urban territory, using the specific methods of multi-criteria analysis. For selecting the suitable vehicle, it is necessary to determine a number of specific criteria. In the paper, the desired vehicle is selected from five vehicles, while, each of them has a different product brand. To determine the weights of criteria, the Saaty pairwise comparison method is applied, and subsequently, the multi-criteria evaluation of alternatives is utilized for a research problem.

Author Biographies

Ondrej Stopka

Department of Transport and Logistics, Faculty of Technology, Institute of Technology and Business in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

Branislav Sarkan

Department of Road and Urban Transport, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, University of Zilina, Slovakia

Maria Chovancova

Department of Railway Transport, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, University of Zilina, Slovakia

Larisa M. Kapustina

Ural State University of Economics, Yekaterinburg, Russia

Published
2017-04-30
How to Cite
Stopka, O., Sarkan, B., Chovancova, M., & Kapustina, L. M. (2017). Determination of the Appropriate Vehicle Operating in Particular Urban Traffic Conditions . Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 19(2), 18-22. Retrieved from http://journals.uniza.sk/index.php/communications/article/view/176
Section
Articles