Optimal fleet allocation of freeway service patrols

Networks and Spatial Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 221-234

  Yin, Yafeng ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Fleet allocation; Freeway service patrols; Robust optimization

Indexed keywords

BILEVEL PROGRAMMING MODELS; FLEET ALLOCATION; FREEWAY SERVICE PATROLS; ITERATIVE SOLUTIONS; MIN-MAX; ROBUST OPTIMIZATION; TRAFFIC INCIDENTS;

ALGORITHMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTIMIZATION;

HIGHWAY PLANNING;

EID: 33748179803     PISSN: 1566113X     EISSN: 15729427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11067-006-9281-z     Document Type: Article

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