Title :
A route guidance system under modified network conditions
Author_Institution :
Center for Transp. Res., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA
Abstract :
The capacity of urban road networks is severed by many events such as natural or man-made disasters, accidents, highway reconstruction, and chemical spills, referred to as nonrecurrent incidents. A computer software package, Transportation Emergency Decision Support System, developed to guide emergency vehicles determine the best alternative route to the destination under modified network conditions. The network modification is exercised in the edit and information modules.<>
Keywords :
emergency services; road vehicles; software packages; computer software package; emergency vehicles; network modification; nonrecurrent incidents; route guidance system; urban road networks; Area measurement; Chaos; Chemical engineering; Civil engineering; Delay; Navigation; Road accidents; Road transportation; Software packages; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicle Navigation and Information Systems Conference, 1989. Conference Record
Conference_Location :
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-9692316-2-8
DOI :
10.1109/VNIS.1989.98759
