Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina - Online first
Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence: New Opportunities for Economic Growth in the Logistics Industry
Nelli Akylbekova, Bin Zhang, Congcong Liu, Yujie Liu, Yi Zhuo
Communications - Scientific letters of the University of Zilina X:X | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2026.030 
To remain competitive, authorities had to apply artificial intelligence, especially in logistics. This study’s aim was to examine how the digital transformation and artificial intelligence create new opportunities for economic growth in the logistics industry, with a particular focus on Kyrgyzstan. Implementation remains low. Policies aim to develop the sector but are insufficient for international competitiveness. The AI can address logistical challenges, optimize routes, improve management, and reduce costs. The key issues - low digitalization, shortage of specialists, and weak infrastructure - can be mitigated through sound policies. The results...
Detection of Transportation Network Elements Critical to Emergency Service Systems
Peter Czimmermann, Zuzana Borčinová
Communications - Scientific letters of the University of Zilina X:X | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2026.031
A study of the vulnerability of emergency service systems leads to the problem of detecting elements (vertices and edges) of transportation networks that are critical to the functionality of these systems. In this paper, methods for identifying the most critical edges and vertices in networks with respect to emergency service systems are presented, and these methods were tested on real data. The primary results of this work are the development and testing of two algorithms that compute a measure referred to as change in transportation performance for edges and vertices in the network. A method for identifying the edges and vertices that are the most...