Dynamic real-time routing for evacuation response planning and execution.

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• Alternative Title:
  Joint Transportation Research Program : Civil Engineering
• Creators:
  Peeta, Srinivas ; Sharma, Sushant ; Hsu, Yu-Ting
• Corporate Creators:
  Purdue University. Joint Transportation Research Program
• Corporate Contributors:
  Indiana Department of Transportation ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Routing
  • Evacuation
  • Disasters and emergency operations
  • Emergency management
  • Emergencies
  • Geographic information systems
  • Planning
  • Dynamic routing operations
  • K-shortest path routing
  • Multiplestop routing
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/IN/JTRP-2011/08
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Indiana
• Edition:
  Final report.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Purdue University. Joint Transportation Research Program
• Abstract:
  This study addresses the problem of dynamic routing operations in the emergency response context, primarily in terms ; of the routing of response vehicles and evacuees. The study focuses on identifying the paths used for routing response ; vehicles and the evacuees in disaster situations. In this context, two application modules are developed: module for Kshortest ; paths routing and module for multiple-stop routing. The K-shortest paths module allows more flexible options for ; routing response vehicles under the dynamic network conditions due to a disaster. It provides multiple routes for ; evacuation and response operations. The multiple-stop routing module enables the delivery of relief resources to several ; locations using a single response vehicle. It has the ability to impose time window constraints for relief operations and the ; reordering of the routing to the delivery locations, capabilities which are critical to disaster operations. ; For ease of operability, these modules are developed on a Geographic Information System (GIS) platform used by the ; Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) and Indiana Department of Homeland Security (IDHS). Based on ; dynamic field conditions, color-coded flags on the GIS map are used to characterize links in terms of their availability and ; functionality in the context of the response operations. These link characteristics are dynamically updated as new ; information on the network conditions becomes available over time. The proposed modules can be integrated into the ; current web-based traffic information system called TrafficWise supported by INDOT and disaster management system ; Web Emergency Operation Center (WebEOC) supported by IDHS for seamless practical implementation.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  SPR-3222
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/23412/dot_23412_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 75.32 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:82791ce54df7b04391e4e6574a30ff561c07258e759c09875fcdf40e5934f41c1e50a4a6fa4aa908c93ce6c214725657065253302c5c3c8d6f07297c2a50c4e6