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1 online resource |
| Series |
International series in operations research & management science, 0884-8289 ; v. 193 |
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International series in operations research & management science ; v. 193.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Rajan Batta, Changhyun Kwon -- Railroad Transportation of Hazardous Materials: Models for Risk Assessment and Management / Manish Verma -- Operations Research Models for Global Route Planning in Hazardous Material Transportation / Lucio Bianco, Massimiliano Caramia -- The Effect of Weather Systems in Hazmat Transportation Modeling / Mohsen Golalikhani, Mark H. Karwan -- Value-at-Risk and Conditional Value-at-Risk Minimization for Hazardous Materials Routing / Iakovos Toumazis, Changhyun Kwon -- Hazardous Facility Location Models on Networks / Marcos Colebrook, Joaquín Sicilia -- Network Interdiction Methods and Approximations in a Hazmat Transportation Setting / Justin Yates -- Optimal Emergency Resources Deployment Under a Terrorist Threat: The Hazmat Case and Beyond / Rodrigo A. Garrido -- The Role of OR in Emergency Evacuation from Hazmat Incidents / Brian Wolshon, Pamela Murray-Tuite |
| Summary |
The 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 |
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Economics |
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Operations research |
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Economics/Management Science |
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Operation Research/Decision Theory |
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Operations Research, Management Science |
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Transportation |
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operationeel onderzoek |
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bedrijfswetenschap |
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management science |
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economie |
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transport |
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Management studies, Business Administration, Organizational Science (General) |
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Economics (General) |
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Management, bedrijfskunde, organisatiekunde (algemeen) |
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Economie (algemeen) |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Hazardous substances -- Transportation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Operations research -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Management science -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Safety.
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Science économique.
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Affaires.
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Hazardous substances -- Transportation
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Management science
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Operations research
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| Genre/Form |
manuals (instructional materials)
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handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Batta, Rajan.
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Kwon, Changhyun
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| ISBN |
9781461467946 |
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1461467942 |
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1461467934 |
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9781461467939 |
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