Application of Shackle's model and system optimization for highway investment decision making under uncertainty

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 129-139

  Li, Zongzhi ^a   Sinha, Kumares C ^b  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Highway and road construction; Investments; Optimization; Uncertainty principles

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HIGHWAY PLANNING; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; INVESTMENTS; LIFE CYCLE; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ANALYSIS; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; ROADS AND STREETS;

BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GAIN VALUES; HIGHWAY AND ROAD CONSTRUCTION; HIGHWAY INVESTMENTS; HIGHWAY PROJECTS; LIFE-CYCLE COST ANALYSIS; LOSS RATIOS; MEASURE OF UNCERTAINTIES; MULTICHOICE MULTIDIMENSIONAL KNAPSACK PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; OVERALL BENEFITS; PERFORMANCE MEASURES; PROJECT SELECTIONS; RISK-BASED; RISK-BASED APPROACHES; SYSTEM OPTIMIZATIONS; UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; INVESTMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MOTORWAY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLANNING METHOD; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 60649120766     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2009)135:3(129)     Document Type: Article

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