Article ID: | iaor20082690 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 34 |
Issue: | 5 |
Start Page Number: | 1304 |
End Page Number: | 1327 |
Publication Date: | May 2007 |
Journal: | Computers and Operations Research |
Authors: | Ricciardelli Salvatore, Giordani Stefano, Carotenuto Pasquale |
Keywords: | risk, networks: path |
This paper deals with the generation of minimal risk paths for the road transportation of hazardous materials between an origin–destination pair of a given regional area. The main considered issue is the selection of paths that minimize the total risk of hazmat shipments while spreading the risk induced on the population in an equitable way. The problem is mathematically formulated, and two heuristic algorithms are proposed for its solution. Substantially, these procedures are modified versions of Yen’s algorithm for the