TY - GEN
T1 - An optimal shelter selection model for emergency evacuation planning
AU - Hu, Ta Yin
AU - Ou, Hui Ching
AU - Ho, Wei Ming
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Emergency evacuation plays a critical role in mitigating the impact from approaching disasters. However, it is possible that the existing transportation infrastructure could not provide sufficient roadway capacity to meet the evacuation demand during the evacuation process. To deal with the possible traffic congestion in emergency evacuation, the transportation sector should design appropriate evacuation plans with the goal to expedite the efficiency of evacuation. The importance of shelter locations has been pointed out in several researches. The evacuation trip distribution problem should be discussed when evaluate the locations of potential shelters. This research proposes a bi-level programming model to combine the shelter location problem and the evacuation trip distribution problem. From the result of numerical experiments, this bi-level model is applicable for pre-planning phase for the authority to make well-rounded plans.
AB - Emergency evacuation plays a critical role in mitigating the impact from approaching disasters. However, it is possible that the existing transportation infrastructure could not provide sufficient roadway capacity to meet the evacuation demand during the evacuation process. To deal with the possible traffic congestion in emergency evacuation, the transportation sector should design appropriate evacuation plans with the goal to expedite the efficiency of evacuation. The importance of shelter locations has been pointed out in several researches. The evacuation trip distribution problem should be discussed when evaluate the locations of potential shelters. This research proposes a bi-level programming model to combine the shelter location problem and the evacuation trip distribution problem. From the result of numerical experiments, this bi-level model is applicable for pre-planning phase for the authority to make well-rounded plans.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84896845889
SN - 9789881581419
T3 - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies, HKSTS 2012: Transportation and Logistics Management
SP - 487
EP - 494
BT - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies, HKSTS 2012
T2 - 17th International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies: Transportation and Logistics Management, HKSTS 2012
Y2 - 15 December 2012 through 17 December 2012
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