A spatio-functional logistics profile clustering analysis method for metropolitan areas

Andrés Regal, Jesús Gonzalez-Feliu and Michelle Rodriguez

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2023, vol. 179, issue C

Abstract: This paper proposes a framework to define a zoning procedure using clustering taking into account socio-economic, spatial and logistics intensity variables to support urban logistics planning and management decision making. The methodology is centered around comparing two dimension reduction algorithms (PCA and UMAP) and four clustering algorithms (k-means, affinity propagation, HDBSCAN, and SOM). This comparison is based on combinations of dimension reduction and clustering techniques, assessing the results for geographic coherence, patterns that are captured and the statistical validity of the clustering results. The variables used in the clustering are defined from socio-economic, geographic and demographic data issued from standard sources, and a logistics intensity estimation via freight trip generation (FTG models). Within its application to Lima, Peru, results show that the choice of the FTG model, the main logistics intensity variable, has a strong impact on the final composition of the logistics profile and also on ensuring a geographical sense of the clustering results. Finally, research, policy, and practical implications are discussed, as well as future research stemming from these results.

Keywords: Urban logistics; Clustering analysis; Freight trip generation; Spatial analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1366554523003009
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:transe:v:179:y:2023:i:c:s1366554523003009

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/600244/bibliographic
http://www.elsevier. ... 600244/bibliographic

DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2023.103312

Access Statistics for this article

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review is currently edited by W. Talley

More articles in Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().