Talk:The VIAAC Transferic Model/@comment-67.234.194.109-20130828212923/@comment-6287179-20130901223427

Transport should be considered a relationship (mode selector) between network nodes and not a vertex unto itself, since it serves no purpose without at least two nodes, and then each node can assume responsibility for its range of 'distribution cost'. The most difficult part of transportation will be the trade-off between speed and energy efficiency. I guess it depends on whether energy or time is a stronger constraint. Each node on the network would theoretically have multiple modes of transport available, ranging from time retrained (eg. truck), to energy restrained (eg. bicycle), and the transport relationship would act as a selector of which 'transport mode' algorithm to use for calculating the total cost to be passed on in the resource supply chain on the network (for a low-tech VIAAC, this would simply mean pre-planning and logging the use of the mode of transport)

Then, Ryan Salisbury has done a Paper and Pen Simulation for Production Planning, which i've added a link to below the Production Planning section on this page, or just click here: http://naturalecon.wordpress.com/2013/08/26/pencil-and-paper-simulation-of-production-planning/