COST-EFFECTIVENESS EVALUATION OF FREEWAY DESIGN ALTERNATIVES

THIS PAPER DEALS WITH THE SELECTION OF THE OPTIMAL SERIES OF FREEWAY DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS IN A NETWORK WHERE THE EFFECTS OF DECISIONS ARE NONLINEAR AND INACTIVE. A HEURISTIC ALGORITHM IS SPECIFIED FOR THE FORMULATED PROBLEM, AND A CASE STUDY ON A CALIFORNIA FREEWAY IS PRESENTED.

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• Authors:
  • May, Adolf D
  • James, John H
• Conference:
  • 52nd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1973-1-22 to 1973-1-26
• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 32-40
• Monograph Title: Relations between geometric design and operations
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 432
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Algorithms; Cost effectiveness; Freeways; Heuristic methods; Highway design
• Old TRIS Terms: Freeway design
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226768
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309021626
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 22 1973 12:00AM