Digital System Dynamics Model for a Motor Transport Company

Analysis and evaluation of various factors affecting the transportation process are associated with identifying complex dependencies that can also change over time. This fact calls for the need to use a relevant mathematical framework; we suggest it be system dynamics as it, inter alia, allows to explore nonlinear feedback between operational factors. Since this approach views a motor transport company as a holistic system, it is possible to assess its performance taking into account an integrated effect of various factors. System dynamics models allow to employ indicators from engineering sciences, as well as economics, sociology, ecology, and other areas to describe any cause-effect relations, including nonlinear ones. Moreover, system dynamics allows to analyze various interactions between elements of complex systems, including ‘soft’ ones such as social relations.