Optimal routing with multiple objectives: Efficient algorithm and application to the hazardous materials transportation problem

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Contributors

  • Chi Xie - , University of Texas at Austin (Author)
  • S. Travis Waller - , University of Texas at Austin (Author)

Abstract

This article presents an efficient parametric optimization method for the biobjective optimal routing problem. The core process is a bounded greedy single-objective shortest path approximation algorithm. This method avoids the computationally intensive dominance check with labeling methods and overcomes the deficiency with existing parametric methods that can only find extreme nondominated paths. Moreover, we propose a decomposition scheme to convert a multiobjective routing problem into a number of biobjective problems. We then compare its computational performance against the classic label-correcting method over a set of synthetically generated random networks and illustrate its algorithmic advances and solution behaviors by an example application of routing hazardous materials in a U.S. northeastern highway network.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)77-94
Number of pages18
JournalComputer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
Volume27
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2012
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-2939-2090/work/141543809