Article ID: | iaor19982313 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 31 |
Issue: | 3 |
Start Page Number: | 200 |
End Page Number: | 215 |
Publication Date: | Aug 1997 |
Journal: | Transportation Science |
Authors: | Turnquist Mark A., List George F., Nozick Linda K. |
Keywords: | vehicle routing & scheduling |
Recognition of time-varying patterns of accident rates and exposure parameters can be used to improve routing and scheduling decisions for hazardous materials shipments. An integrated routing/scheduling approach can be used to reduce overall risk, and find preferred solutions in a multiobjective context. We describe a method for performing an integrated routing/scheduling analysis, and illustrate its use in a case study. We also construct estimates of the ‘value of information’ for incorporation of these time-dependent data.