Prescribing tactical response for oil spill clean up operations

Prescribing tactical response for oil spill clean up operations

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Article ID: iaor1998792
Country: United States
Volume: 43
Issue: 3
Start Page Number: 386
End Page Number: 402
Publication Date: Mar 1997
Journal: Management Science
Authors: ,
Keywords: geography & environment, heuristics, programming: integer
Abstract:

The Tactical Decision Problem (TDP) associated with oil spill clean up operations prescribes the time-phased allocation of available components over the planning horizon so that the clean up requirement at each critical time point is met. The objective is to minimize response time to allow for the most effective clean up possible. In this paper, we formulate the TDP as a general integer program. We devise a method based on graph theory to efficiently generate response system types (RSTs), including constituent components, the locations from which each of the component types is obtained, and the staging area at which that RST is composed. We present several pre-processing methods and derive expressions for bounds on decision variables to facilitate solution. We then develop two heuristics to obtain approximate solutions to the TDP. The first heuristic is an LP-based method, while the second uses a combination of LP relaxation and branch and bound. The two heuristics are compared on problems that are based on realistic scenarios representing application in the Galveston Bay Area.

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