OPERATIONAL DELAYS INDUCED BY RANDOM EXOGENEOUS EVENTS

EXOGENEOUS EVENTS OCCURRING AS A POISSON PROCESS ARE ASSUMED TO CAUSE STOPPAGES IN THE NORMAL OPERATION OF CONVOYS, ROAD VEHICLES, OR EQUIPMENTS. THE OPERATIONAL DELAY EXPERIENCED BY EACH STOPPAGE IS ASSUMED TO HAVE AN EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTION. BY INTRODUCING APPROPRIATE STATE VARIABLES, A HYPERBOLIC PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION IS SET UP; EXPRESSIONS ARE OBTAINED FOR THE PROBABILITY THAT AT A GIVEN TIME THE OPERATION HAS REGISTERED AT MOST A GIVEN NUMBER OF CUMULATIVE PERFORMANCE UNITS (E.G., DISTANCE) AND FOR THE PROBABILITY THAT THE OPERATION HAS REGISTERED A GIVEN NUMBER OF CUMULATIVE PERFORMANCE UNITS ON OR BEFORE A SPECIFIED TIME. /AUTHOR/

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  • Vol 5, No 4, PP 337-343, 2 REF
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• Authors:
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Media Info

• Serial:
  • Transportation Science
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • ISSN: 0041-1655
  • Serial URL: http://transci.journal.informs.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Differential equations; Exponential distributions; Hyperbolic functions; Mathematical analysis; Probability theory; Random functions; Traffic delays; Traffic flow theory; Traffic platooning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Convoys
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227341
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 1 1972 12:00AM