Title :
A Colored Petri Net Model of motorways for risk evaluation of HAZMAT transportation
Author :
Centrone, Giampaolo ; Ukovich, Walter ; Fanti, Maria Pia ; Iacobellis, Giorgio
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. Eng. & Inf. Technol., Univ. of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
Abstract :
The transportation of hazardous materials (HAZMAT) on congested motorways is an area of increasing concern for public safety and environmental awareness. This paper models and analyzes the commercial transportation of HAZMAT on motorway in a Colored Timed Petri Net framework. The proposed model allows estimating in real time the risk of HAZMAT transportation, by taking into account the type of transported hazardous material, the traffic and the density of population living close to the motorway. In order to show the potentialities of the model, a real case study involving a stretch of a motorway in the North-East of Italy is simulated and different scenarios are analyzed. The results illustrate that the model is able to provide a support for the risk analysis and the rescue decisions after an accident.
Keywords :
Petri nets; decision support systems; hazardous materials; risk analysis; road accidents; road safety; road traffic; HAZMAT transportation; Italy; accident; colored Petri net model; congested motorways; environmental awareness; hazardous material transportation; population density; public safety; rescue decisions; risk analysis; risk evaluation; traffic; Accidents; Color; Data models; Decision support systems; Hazardous materials; Vehicles; Hazardous material transportation; Risk assessment; Simulation; Traffic model;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anchorage, AK
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0652-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2011.6083770
