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| Author: | Gopolan, R. |
| Title: | Modeling equity of risk in the transportation of hazardous materials. |
| Journal: | Operations Research
1990 : NOV-DEC, VOL. 38:6, p. 961-973 |
| Index terms: | FREIGHT TRANSPORT MATERIALS HANDLING RISK |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | A model for generating an equitable set of routes for hazardous material shipments is developed and analyzed. The objective is to determine a set of routes that will minimize the total risk of travel and spread the risk equitably among the zones of the geographical region in which the transportation network is embedded, when several trips are necessary from origin to destination. An integer programming formulation for the problem is proposed. A sampling of computational experience, based on a real-life routing scenario in the Albany district of New York State is reported. The findings indicate that one can achieve high degree of equity by modesty increasing the total risk. |
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