An evolutionary model for simutaneously optimizing three-dimensional highway alignments

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-128

  Jong, Jyh Cherng ^a   Schonfeld, Paul ^b  

^a SINOTECH ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS INC   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary model; Genetic algorithms; Highway alignments; Highway design

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EVOLUTIONARY MODELS;

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING;

MODELING; PLANNING METHOD; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0037290935     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-2615(01)00047-9     Document Type: Article

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