Dynamic rerouting of vehicles during cooperative wildfire response operations

Martijn Merwe (), Melih Ozlen, John W. Hearne and James P. Minas
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Martijn Merwe: RMIT University
Melih Ozlen: RMIT University
John W. Hearne: RMIT University
James P. Minas: State University of New York at New Paltz

Annals of Operations Research, 2017, vol. 254, issue 1, No 21, 467-480

Abstract: Abstract Incident managers assigning wildfire response vehicles to provide protection to community assets may experience disruptions to their plans arising from factors such as changes in weather, vehicle breakdowns or road closures. We develop an approach to rerouting wildfire response vehicles once a disruption has occurred. The aim is to maximise the total value of assets protected while minimising changes to the original vehicle assignments. A number of functions to measure deviations from the original plans are proposed. The approach is demonstrated using a realistic fire scenario impacting South Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Computational testing shows that realistic sized problems can be solved within a reasonable time using a commercial solver.

Keywords: Integer programming; Vehicle routing; Dynamic rerouting; Wildfire (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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