A mixed integer knapsack model for allocating funds to highway safety improvements

A mixed integer knapsack model for allocating funds to highway safety improvements

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Article ID: iaor2004304
Country: United Kingdom
Volume: 36A
Issue: 9
Start Page Number: 789
End Page Number: 803
Publication Date: Nov 2002
Journal: Transportation Research. Part A, Policy and Practice
Authors: ,
Keywords: programming: integer, forecasting: applications
Abstract:

This paper presents a methodology for allocating funds to highway safety improvements. Besides the commonly used binary variables that represent discrete interventions at specific points of a highway, continuous variables are introduced to represent the lengths of a highway over which continuous improvements, such a pavement resurfacing or lighting, are implemented. The problem is formulated as a mixed integer knapsack model with linear multiple choice constraints. Some insight into its solution properties is provided and an efficient branch and bound algorithm is proposed for its solution. A case study that illustrates the application of the model is also presented.

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