Prioritizing highway safety improvement projects using a stochastic optimization model with robust constraints

A Dadashi, B Mirbaha, Z Atan, EB Tirkolaee - Soft Computing, 2023 - Springer
Road authorities need efficient tools to assign a limited budget to safety improvement
projects. The process of prioritizing safety improvement projects needs to predict the benefits …

Application of Shackle's model and system optimization for highway investment decision making under uncertainty

Z Li, KC Sinha - Journal of Transportation Engineering, 2009 - ascelibrary.org
This paper introduces a new methodology for highway investment decision making under
uncertainty that uses Shackle's model for uncertainty-based project benefit analysis and …

Robust optimization in relation to a basic safety investment model with imprecise probabilities

T Aven, Y Hiriart - Safety science, 2013 - Elsevier
Consider the following basic model in economic safety analysis: a firm is willing to invest an
amount x in safety measures to avoid an accident A which, in the case of occurrence, leads …

A multi-objective robust stochastic programming model for disaster relief logistics under uncertainty

A Bozorgi-Amiri, MS Jabalameli… - OR spectrum, 2013 - Springer
Humanitarian relief logistics is one of the most important elements of a relief operation in
disaster management. The present work develops a multi-objective robust stochastic …

[Retracted] Safety Investment Decision Problem without Probability Distribution: A Robust Optimization Approach

C Xin, J Zhang, CH Wu, SB Tsai - Mathematical Problems in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Accidents occur frequently, causing huge losses to enterprises and individuals. Safety
investment is an important means to prevent accidents, but how much to invest is a dilemma …

Developing optimal planning and management strategies for a robust highway system

Y Yin, S Madanat - 2005 - escholarship.org
The report attempts to deliver a proof of concept that optimal planning and management
strategies can be formulated through applying robust optimization methodology such that …

A stochastic optimization model for highway project selection and programming under budget uncertainty

Z Li, M Puyan - Applications of Advanced Technology in …, 2006 - ascelibrary.org
Federal, state, and local transportation agencies are faced by issues of steady increase in
travel demand, deterioration of physical asset conditions, public demand for government …

Prioritizing highway safety improvement projects: A multi-criteria model and case study with SafetyAnalyst

J Yu, Y Liu - Safety science, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper presents a multi-criteria model for prioritizing highway safety improvement
projects, in which a set of criteria related to the project's technical, economic, and social …

A bi-objective robust optimization model for disaster response planning under uncertainties

H Sun, Y Wang, Y Xue - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
There are various uncertainties post-disaster relief logistics, it is essential to optimize
emergency logistics to provide timely and effective medical service in such emergency …

Uncertainty-based prioritization of road safety projects: An application of data envelopment analysis

A Sadeghi, AM Moghaddam - Transport policy, 2016 - Elsevier
The use of ranking methods in safety retrofit projects, in order to reduce uncertainty to an
acceptable level, is a crucial problem. This paper presents a multidimensional method for …