Optimizing winter road maintenance operations under real-time information

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 332-341

  Fu, Liping ^a   Trudel, Mathieu ^a   Kim, Valeri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Integer programming; Linear programming; Real time; Transportation; Winter road maintenance

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LINEARIZATION; MAINTENANCE; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; OPERATING COSTS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ROADS AND STREETS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALLOCATION PLANS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; REAL-TIME; ROAD NETWORKS; SERVICE LEVELS; TIME INFORMATIONS; TIME OPTIMIZATIONS; VEHICLE DISPATCHES; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WINTER MAINTENANCES; WINTER ROAD MAINTENANCE; WINTER ROAD MAINTENANCES;

QUALITY OF SERVICE;

EID: 56549098132     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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