scholarly journals A Bi-Objective Approach to Evaluate Highway Routing and Regulatory Strategies for Hazardous Materials Transportation

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashrafur Rahman ◽  
Lance Fiondella ◽  
Nicholas E. Lownes
Keyword(s):  
Shortest Path ◽  
Hazardous Materials ◽  
Regulatory Agencies ◽  
Multiple Stakeholders ◽  
Safety Hazards ◽  
Hazardous Materials Transportation ◽  
Regulatory Strategies ◽  
Hazmat Transportation ◽  
Objective Model ◽  
The Cost

Hazardous materials (hazmat) transportation is of concern to policymakers because of the serious safety, health, and environmental risks associated with the release of hazmat. One effective approach to minimize risks associated with hazmat transport is the prohibition of hazmat transportation on higher risk links that either pose safety hazards or increased exposure by traversing densely populated areas. Because of high risk, there are multiple stakeholders involved in hazmat transportation. While shippers and carriers are directly involved in making routing decisions, regulatory agencies influence this decision by imposing routing restrictions. In this paper, we apply a bi-objective shortest path problem to evaluate routing and regulation plans for hazmat transportation. We characterize the cost objective as the shortest path between an origin and a destination. The risk objective is to minimize the risk of exposure by restricting the link with the highest risk on the best available path from an origin to a destination. We formulate the bi-objective model and apply it to a test network. Solutions consider multiple origin-destination pairs and present a non-dominated frontier to establish routing and regulatory strategies for hazmat transportation.

A Literature Survey for Hazardous Materials Transportation

2016 ◽  
pp. 371-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serpil Erol ◽  
Zafer Yilmaz
Keyword(s):  
Special Kind ◽  
Hazardous Materials ◽  
Literature Survey ◽  
Optimal Solutions ◽  
Transport Costs ◽  
Hazardous Materials Transportation ◽  
Transportation Problems ◽  
Hazmat Transportation ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Cost Of Transportation

Transportation has the greatest importance in logistics. The main focus for the carriers is the cost of transportation. Transportation of hazardous materials (hazmat) is a special kind of transportation due to freight transported. Causalities due to the accidents caused by vehicles that are carrying hazardous materials will be intolerable. For hazmat transportation, in addition to transport costs, risk of transporting hazmat also has to be considered. Many researchers studied on hazmat transportation problems in order to propose optimal solutions with respect to cost, risk, emergency response, facility location etc. In this study, a literature survey of articles about hazmat transportation was prepared. The articles published in refereed journal from 1973 to 2014 were taken into consideration. The articles were also classified according to their main focuses and hazmat type carried.

A Literature Survey for Hazardous Materials Transportation

2016 ◽  
pp. 1138-1158
Author(s):  
Serpil Erol ◽  
Zafer Yilmaz
Keyword(s):  
Special Kind ◽  
Hazardous Materials ◽  
Literature Survey ◽  
Optimal Solutions ◽  
Transport Costs ◽  
Hazardous Materials Transportation ◽  
Transportation Problems ◽  
Hazmat Transportation ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Cost Of Transportation

Transportation has the greatest importance in logistics. The main focus for the carriers is the cost of transportation. Transportation of hazardous materials (hazmat) is a special kind of transportation due to freight transported. Causalities due to the accidents caused by vehicles that are carrying hazardous materials will be intolerable. For hazmat transportation, in addition to transport costs, risk of transporting hazmat also has to be considered. Many researchers studied on hazmat transportation problems in order to propose optimal solutions with respect to cost, risk, emergency response, facility location etc. In this study, a literature survey of articles about hazmat transportation was prepared. The articles published in refereed journal from 1973 to 2014 were taken into consideration. The articles were also classified according to their main focuses and hazmat type carried.

Research Status and Development Trends of Hazardous Materials Transportation

2011 ◽  
Vol 361-363 ◽  
pp. 1230-1239
Author(s):  
Zong Feng Zou ◽  
Bao Quan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Hazardous Materials ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Joint Control ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Hazardous Materials Transportation ◽  
Transportation Risk ◽  
Hazmat Transportation ◽  
Research Situation

The related issues of hazardous materials transportation in recent years are summarized and reviewed from the following aspects: hazardous materials transportation risk evaluation models, road routing models, the application of related technology, early warning for emergency response and joint action mechanism and platform construction, the research situation and development pattern of unified monitoring platform, etc. Analysis shows that it is essential to establish more in-depth and scientific quantitative models based on the attainment of more comprehensive and continuous data as well as the consideration of various constraints. It is a direction for future research to develop comprehensive application of technology and to establish HAZMAT transportation joint control platform in large area, and the leading and facilitating role of government should be paid more attention on joint control platform construction in large area.

scholarly journals Routing for Hazardous Materials Transportation in Urban Areas

Symmetry ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1091 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhang ◽  
Feng ◽  
Yang ◽  
Ding
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Hazardous Materials ◽  
Work Load ◽  
Decision Variable ◽  
Daily Production ◽  
Hazardous Materials Transportation ◽  
Decision Variables ◽  
Hazmat Transportation ◽  
Local Risk

Hazardous materials (HAZMAT) are important for daily production in cities, which usually have a high population. To avoid the threat to public safety and security, the routes for HAZMAT transportation should be planned legitimately by mitigating the maximum risk to population centers. For the objective of min-max local risk in urban areas, this study has newly proposed an optimization model where the service of a link for HAZMAT transportation was taken as the key decision variable. Correspondingly, the symmetric problem of min-max optimization takes significant meanings. Moreover, in consideration of the work load of solving the model under a lot of decision variables, a heuristic algorithm was developed to obtain an optimal solution. Thereafter, a case study was made to test the proposed model and algorithm, and the results were compared with those generated by deterministic solving approaches. In addition, this research is able to be an effective reference for authorities on the management of HAZMAT transportation in urban areas.

scholarly journals Two Chaotic Patterns of Dynamic Risk Definition for Solving Hazardous Materials Routing Problem

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbas Mahmoudabadi
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Map ◽  
Hazardous Materials ◽  
Routing Problem ◽  
Hazardous Materials Transportation ◽  
Transportation Risk ◽  
Hazardous Material Transportation ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Risk Definition ◽  
Hazmat Transportation ◽  
Material Transportation

In the case of determining routes for hazardous material transportation, risk is considered as a main attribute. Transport risk, which is usually combined with other attributes such as cost or travel time, plays a significant role in determining paths for hazardous materials transportation. Since, risk is chaotically affected by road incidents, decision makers are dealing with selecting a method for defining chaotic risk factors in hazmat transportation. In this paper, transport risk has been defined as a chaotic variable using two different methods of generating chaotic patterns. In an experimental road network, which consists of eighty-nine nodes and one hundred and one two-way links, two different methods of generating chaotic variables have been used for applying the proposed procedure. In addition, results for different amounts of risk and cost have also been analyzed in case study. Results revealed that different cost and risk priorities change the frequencies of selected paths determined for hazmat transportation, but the route convergence of the route to chaos method is better than that of the logistic map equation.

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