Safety of users in road evacuation: Algorithms for path design of emergency vehicles

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

Volumn 101, Issue , 2008, Pages 727-737

  Vitetta, A ^a   Quattrone, A ^a   Polimeni, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emergency vehicle; Evacuation; Genetic algorithm; Path design

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EMERGENCY VEHICLES; FLEET OPERATIONS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; ROADS AND STREETS; ROUTERS; ROUTING ALGORITHMS; VEHICLE ROUTING;

CHOICE MODELS; EMERGENCY CONDITIONS; EMERGENCY VEHICLE; EVACUATION; EXACT APPROACHES; FIXED POINTS; GENETIC ALGORITHM; K SHORTEST PATHS; K-PATHS; MANY TO ONES; META-HEURISTIC; OPTIMAL PATHS; PATH DESIGN; PICK-UP; REFUGE AREAS; ROAD TRANSPORTS; ROUTE OPTIMIZATIONS; SENIOR CITIZENS; SHORTEST-PATH PROBLEMS; VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEMS;

VEHICLES;

ALGORITHM; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DESIGN; EMERGENCY VESSEL; GENETIC ALGORITHM; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

EID: 58849088461     PISSN: 17433509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/UT080701     Document Type: Conference Paper

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