Time-dependent fuzzy random location-scheduling programming for hazardous materials transportation

  • Wei Meiyi
  • , Li Xiang*
  • , Yu Lean
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The tremendous use of hazardous materials has promoted the economic development, which also brings about a growing risk causing a widespread concern. In this work, we consider a location-scheduling problem on hazardous materials transportation under the assumption that transportation risks are time-dependent fuzzy random variables. First, we formulate a scheduling optimization model and design a fuzzy random simulation based genetic algorithm to optimize the departure time and dwell times for each depot-customer pair. Then we establish an expected value model and design a modified particle swarm optimization algorithm to minimize the en route risks and site risks. Finally, numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed models and algorithms.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)146-165
Number of pages20
JournalTransportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
Volume57
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Jul 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Expected value model
  • Fuzzy random variable
  • Hazardous materials transportation
  • Modified particle swarm optimization algorithm
  • Time-dependent location-scheduling problem

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