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The Effect of Weather Systems in Hazmat Transportation Modeling

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Handbook of OR/MS Models in Hazardous Materials Transportation

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The existence of weather systems has two major effects on modeling a hazmat transportation system. First, it may change the accident probabilities and the traveling parameters (e.g., travel speed); and second, it may affect the modeling of the consequences of an accident (e.g., the dispersion of pollutants). Therefore, weather systems can dynamically affect the key parameters to be considered in hazmat route analysis and selection: accident probability, risk, equity and cost. This chapter reviews significant research on modeling the transportation of hazardous materials in the presence of weather systems.

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  1. Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 14260, USA

    Mohsen Golalikhani & Mark H. Karwan

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  1. The State University of New York, Dept of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University at Buffalo, Bonner Hall 412G, Buffalo, 14260, New York, USA

    Rajan Batta

  2. The State University of New York, ISE Department, University at Buffalo, Bell Hall 400, Buffalo, 14260, New York, USA

    Changhyun Kwon

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Golalikhani, M., Karwan, M.H. (2013). The Effect of Weather Systems in Hazmat Transportation Modeling. In: Batta, R., Kwon, C. (eds) Handbook of OR/MS Models in Hazardous Materials Transportation. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 193. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6794-6_4

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