A highway alignment optimization model using geographic information systems

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 455-481

  Jha, Manoj K ^a   Schonfeld, Paul ^b  

^a Center of Excellence for Tactical and Advanced Communications Technologies   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithms; Geographic information system; Highway alignment optimization; Highway design; intelligent road design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COSTS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COST MINIMIZATION; HIGHWAY ALIGNMENT OPTIMIZATION; LAND BOUNDARIES;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

GENETIC ALGORITHM; GIS; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAVEL TIME;

MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942753831     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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