Optimization Model for Allocating Resources for Highway Safety Improvement at Urban Intersections

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 535-547

  Mishra, Sabyasachee ^a   Khasnabis, Snehamay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Integer programming; Mutually exclusive alternatives; Resource allocation; Safety improvements

Indexed keywords

DETROIT; ECONOMIC LOSS; HIGHWAY SAFETY; MULTI-YEAR PLANNING; MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE ALTERNATIVES; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; PLANNING HORIZONS; POLICY CONSTRAINTS; PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUE; SAFETY IMPROVEMENT; TRAFFIC CRASHES; URBAN INTERSECTIONS;

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; LOSSES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

INTEGER PROGRAMMING;

MOTORWAY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84860896064     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000364     Document Type: Article

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