Heuristic framework for optimizing hurricane evacuation operations

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2089, 2008, Pages 9-17

  Afshar, Abbas Mohasel ^a   Haghani, Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY TRAFFIC CONTROL; FLOW SIMULATION; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; VEHICLE ACTUATED SIGNALS;

DEPARTURE TIME; EMERGENCY EVACUATION PLANNING; EVACUATION ROUTES; HEURISTICS ALGORITHM; HURRICANE EVACUATION; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK; PLANNING PROBLEM; SYSTEM-OPTIMAL; TRAVEL-TIME;

TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 63849182855     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2089-02     Document Type: Article

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