ROUTE SELECTION THROUGH A DYNAMIC ICE FIELD USING THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE

To aid in the extension of the short navigating season in the Canadian Arctic a route selection optimization procedure has been developed. This route selection procedure operates on the strategic navigation support level which has a spatial scale of several hundred kilometers and a decision horizon of 3 to 4 days. The optimization procedure is formulated as an optimal control problem and is solved by a synthesis of the maximum principle and the dynamic programming method. The potential of this optimization procedure is demonstrated by an application to two hypothetical route selection problems and one field example.

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  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

  Headington Hill Hall
  Oxford OX30BW,    
• Authors:
  • Thomson, N R
  • Sykes, J F
• Publication Date: 1988-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 339-356
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part B: Methodological
  • Volume: 22B
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0191-2615
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01912615

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ice; Navigation; Optimization; Route choice; Seasons; Travel patterns; Water transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Seasonal traffic pattern
• Subject Areas: Highways; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00478231
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 1988 12:00AM