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Calculation methods of parameters of highway emergency dispatching model

  • Hantao Zhao*
  • , Jing Zhai
  • , Hongyan Mao
  • , Yuquan Leng
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology Weihai

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Abstract

Highway emergencies need to be quickly responded. In order to improve the efficiency of response time, emergency vehicles can be dispatched making use of a model-assisted system. This paper deals with the parameters determination of optimization model for emergency service dispatching. Based on extending previous work, calculation methods of four parameters are discussed. The parameters include weight co-efficient, travel time, potential delays and reassigning criterion. On the premise of ignoring sort of indicators, the weight values are determined by Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). Through utilizing the data of the integrated platform for GIS/GPS/GPRS, the travel time is calculated by the geometric analysis of the call location and the vehicle location. The remaining two parameters are obtained by statistical analysis of historical data. In order to verify the calculation methods of parameters, samples of actual data used are tested. The results show that weight co-efficient is an important parameter, which can impact the dispatching plan of optimization model. Reassigning criterion is also useful to improve system efficiency. Serious emergencies should be responded to with higher priority. Copyright ASCE 2009.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Transportation Engineering, ICTE 2009
PublisherAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Pages2719-2724
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9780784410394
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd International Conference on Transportation Engineering, ICTE 2009 - Chengdu, China
Duration: 25 Jul 200927 Jul 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Transportation Engineering, ICTE 2009

Conference

Conference2nd International Conference on Transportation Engineering, ICTE 2009
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChengdu
Period25/07/0927/07/09

Keywords

  • Emergecny response
  • Highway transportaion
  • Parameter calculation
  • Travel time
  • Weight

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