On the formulation and solution of the convoy routing problem

Darin Goldstein, Tariq Shehab, Juan Casse and Hsiu-Chin Lin

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2010, vol. 46, issue 4, 520-533

Abstract: In this work, we will identify important variables that contribute to vehicular movement in an emergency environment. In particular, we formulate and pose the convoy routing problem. We suggest a method for modeling the problem and formulate a precise problem statement that significantly reduces the number of variables under consideration relative to similar previous work; even so, we prove that the decision version of this problem is NP-complete. After devising an algorithm using artificial intelligence techniques, we then empirically analyze this model (via software simulation) to get computational results on a single instance of the problem.

Keywords: Traffic; models; Emergency; vehicle; routing; Convoy; routing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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