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Editor Ioannou (electrical engineering systems, U. of Southern California) and 24 contributors offers current thinking and future research directions in the arena of intelligent freight transportation. The editor notes that the freight transportation system is a complex of numerous interconnected subsystems. For that reason, solving problems in the overall system are daunting. However, focusing on the subsystems is a feasible approach to making corrections. Several of the chapters in this collection offer solutions to subsystem problems. Topics also include automation of container terminals, modeling of cross-border land transportation, inland ports and alternative container transport systems, and labor and environmental concerns. The book is clearly written and well-organized and will interest anyone working in the area of freight transportation and solving transportation problems. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
