In a general multimodal system, interface and interaction coordination involves the
deliberate assembly of modal movement units MMU’s (i.e., vessel, vehicle, or rail car) activities into
schedules such that interfaces are facilitated, and the joint variable cost of coordination of intermodal
interaction is minimized. In this paper, two methods of non stochastic scheduling coordination are
described, and their application in a globally integrated transport system network model is shown [1].
The first method expresses the scheduling problem in the form of the Hitchcock transportation
problem in accordance with a method derived by Dantzig and Fulkerson [2].