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100 1 _aBatta, Rajan.
_eeditor.
245 1 0 _aHandbook of OR/MS Models in Hazardous Materials Transportation
_h[electronic resource] /
_cedited by Rajan Batta, Changhyun Kwon.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bSpringer New York :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2013.
300 _aV, 296 p. 66 illus., 23 illus. in color.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
347 _atext file
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490 1 _aInternational Series in Operations Research & Management Science,
_x0884-8289 ;
_v193
505 0 _aIntroduction -- Railroad Transportation of Hazardous Materials: Models for Risk Assessment & Management -- Operations Research Models for Global Route Planning in Hazardous Materials Transportation -- The Effect of Weather Systems in Hazmat Transportation Modeling -- Value-at-Risk and Conditional Value-at-Risk Models in Hazardous Materials Transportation -- Hazardous Facility Location Models on Networks -- Network Interdiction Methods and Approximations in a Hazmat Setting -- Optimal Emergency Resources Deployment under a Terrorist Threat: The Hazmat Case and Beyond -- The Role of OR in Emergency Evacuation from Hazmat Incidents.
520 _aThe Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation defines hazardous materials (hazmat) as a substance or material capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety, or property when transported in commerce. Hazmat accidents can result in significant impact to the population (death, injuries) and damage to the environment (destroyed or damaged buildings and infrastructure). Further, hazmat, especially explosive materials, can potentially be used by terrorists to attack civilians or to destroy critical infrastructure. This handbook provides models from Operations Research and Management Science that study various activities involving hazmat transportation: risk assessment, route planning, location decisions, evacuation planning, and emergency planning for terrorist attacks. There are two important research areas in hazmat transportation that are widely studied in the literature: risk assessment and shipment planning. In the risk assessment area, important issues include measurement of accident probabilities and consequences in hazmat transport. Example works in the risk assessment area include modeling risk probability distribution over given areas, considering hazmat types and transport modes, and environmental conditions. The first half of this handbook covers the two fields of risk assessment and shipment planning, while the second half of this handbook provides useful models and insights on other important issues including location problems for undesirable facilities, network interdiction, terrorist attack, and evacuation.
650 0 _aEconomics.
650 0 _aOperations research.
650 1 4 _aEconomics/Management Science.
650 2 4 _aOperation Research/Decision Theory.
650 2 4 _aOperations Research, Management Science.
650 2 4 _aTransportation.
700 1 _aKwon, Changhyun.
_eeditor.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9781461467939
830 0 _aInternational Series in Operations Research & Management Science,
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856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6794-6
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