Evacuation Planning Based on the Contraflow Technique With Consideration of Evacuation Priorities and Traffic Setup Time

Author

Wang, J.W. ; Wang, H.F. ; Zhang, W.J. ; Ip, W.H. ; Furuta, K.

Author_Institution

Center of Complex Syst., East China Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Shanghai, China

Volume

14

Issue

1

fYear

2013

fDate

Mar-13

Firstpage

480

Lastpage

485

Abstract

Evacuation planning with the contraflow technique is a complex planning problem. The problem is further complicated when more realistic situations such as evacuation priorities and the setup time for the contraflow operation are considered. Such a complex problem has yet to be discussed in the present literature. In this paper, we present a multiple-objective optimization model for this problem and a two-layer algorithm to solve this model. Experiments on three transportation networks with different network scales are presented to show the excellent performance of the proposed model and algorithm.

Keywords

optimisation; planning; transportation; complex planning problem; contraflow technique; evacuation planning; evacuation priorities; multiple-objective optimization model; network scales; traffic setup time; transportation networks; two-layer algorithm; Educational institutions; Modeling; Optimization; Planning; Roads; Contraflow; evacuation; evacuation priority; multiple destinations; planning; single source;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1524-9050

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TITS.2012.2204402

Filename

6226875