Handbook of OR/MS Models in Hazardous Materials Transportation
edited by Rajan Batta, Changhyun Kwon
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2013
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| Authors: | Batta, Rajan |
| Other Persons: | Kwon, Changhyun (contributor) |
| Publisher: |
New York, NY : Springer |
| Subject: | Gefahrguttransport | Transport of dangerous goods | Operations Research | Operations research | Theorie | Theory | Verkehrswissenschaft | Transport research |
| Extent: | Online-Ressource (V, 296 p. 66 illus., 23 illus. in color, digital) |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record Contents; Introduction; Railroad Transportation of Hazardous Materials: Models for Risk Assessment and Management; Introduction; Rail Transportation System; Risk Assessment Methodologies; Expected Consequence; Link Risk; Route Risk; Incident Probability; Train Derailment; Point of Derailment (POD); Number of Railcars Derailed; Number of Railcars Releasing Hazmat; Population Exposure; Risk Management Techniques; Tank-Car Design; Placement of Hazmat Railcars; Network Routing; Solution Method; Insights; Potential Research Questions; Blocking and Train Make-Up; Routing and Scheduling Security AspectsSummary; References; Operations Research Models for Global Route Planning in Hazardous Material Transportation; Routing Issues in Hazmat Transportation; State of the Art; Hazmat Local Route Planning Problem; Hazmat Global Route Planning Problem; Hazmat Transportation Network Design Models; HTND: Models with an Authority and Several Carriers; HTND: A Model with Local and Regional Authorities; Toll Setting in Hazmat Transportation; The Model of marcotte09; The Model of noi; The Model of kwon11; Conclusions; References The Effect of Weather Systems in Hazmat Transportation ModelingIntroduction; Effect of Weather Systems on Accident Probabilities; Effect of Weather Systems on Dispersion of Pollutants; Threshold Distance Approach; Air Pollution Dispersion Models; Gaussian Model; Other Dispersion Models; The Dynamic Nature of the Weather System; Example of Hazmat Transportation Models Which Consider Weather Effects; The Model by Akgun et al. (CR000422007); The Model by Patel and Horowitz (CR0004201994); Conclusions and Future Research Directions; References Value-at-Risk and Conditional Value-at-Risk Minimization for Hazardous Materials RoutingIntroduction; VaR and CVaR in Various Applications; Risk Measures in Hazardous Materials Transportation; Value-at-Risk Minimization Model in Transportation; Conditional Value-at-Risk Minimization Model in Transportation; An Illustrative Numerical Example; Case Study; Extensions and Conclusions; References; Hazardous Facility Location Models on Networks; Introduction; Network Location Models Within Location Theory; Brief Historical Background and Review of the Literature Surveys, Reviews and Books on Location ProblemsUndesirable Facility Location Problems on Networks; Multicriteria Undesirable Facility Location on Networks; Basic Definitions and Notation; Standard Networks; Networks with Multiple Parameters on Nodes and Edges; Locating Undesirable Facilities on Simple Networks; The Undesirable Center Problem; The Maxian Problem; The Anti-Cent-Dian Problem; Undesirable Facility Location on Multicriteria Networks; Conclusions and Directions for Further Research; References; Network Interdiction Methods and Approximations in a Hazmat Transportation Setting Introduction |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4614-6794-6 ; 978-1-4614-6793-9 |
| Other identifiers: | 10.1007/978-1-4614-6794-6 [DOI] |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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