As the United States continues to increase its dependence on industrial technologies which require hazardous materials and generate hazardous wastes, concern is mounting over the safe transport of hazardous cargo. It is estimated that 1.5 billion tons of hazardous cargo are moved through the nation's transportation systems (excluding pipeline), with truck as the primary mode of transport. Becau...

Oil terminals are widely used to store various liquids and gases. The refinery scheduling problem is one of the most challenging problems in operational research due to the complexity of the refinery scheduling operations and the corresponding process models. In this paper, we present a model by which a decision maker should be able to choose the optimal number of tanks, tank size and truck arr...

This research effort aims to compare car-following models when the models are calibrated to individual drivers with the naturalistic data. The models used are the GHR, Gipps, Intelligent Driver, Velocity Difference, Wiedemann, and the Fritzsche model. This research effort also analyzes the Wiedemann car-following model using car-following periods that occur at different speeds. The Wiedemann ca...

Length-based vehicle classification data are important inputs for traffic operation, pavement design, and transportation planning. However, such data are not directly measurable by singleloop detectors, the most widely deployed type of traffic sensor in the existing roadway infrastructure. In this study a Video-based Vehicle Detection and Classification (VVDC) system was developed for truck dat...

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has a loop detection system on its Greater Seattle freeway network to provide real-time traffic data. The dual-loop detectors installed in the system are used to measure vehicle lengths and then classify each vehicle into one of four categories according to its length. The dual-loop’s capability of measuring vehicle length makes the WSDO...

Logistics transportation between two countries presents some special challenges and issues for business organizations, because of the cost differentials between two countries regarding transporting, staffing, warehousing, etc. In this study, we consider a logistics problem experienced by a producer of electrical equipment, which needs to transport their products, which are produced in Mainland ...

In this work we propose two memetic algorithms based on a Nondominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II (NSGA-II) scheme for solving a bi-objective Transportation Location Routing Problem (TLRP). The TLRP we are dealing with, can be seen as an extension of the two stage Location Routing Problem, with a transportation problem with truck capacity as first stage. Two objectives are considered: minimiz...

Scheduling problems in the forest industry have received significant attention in the recent years and have contributed many challenging applications for optimization technologies. This paper proposes a solution method based on constraint programming and mathematical programming for a log-truck scheduling problem. The problem consists of scheduling the transportation of logs between forest area...

With the surge in the availability of real-time manufacturing and transportation resources information, requirements for advanced intelligent real time decision-making techniques are imperative. This research is focused on developing dynamic real time demand responsive decision-making techniques to address the current and future needs in the field of advanced synchronized manufacturing and tran...

The objective of this study was to assess the physiological responses in mature healthy horses prior to an 8 h transport, as well as immediately and 24 h after transportation in a horse truck, under autumn conditions typical for central Poland. The study was conducted on a group of 60 horses of different breed. Horses ranged from 4 to 10 years of age. Venous blood was taken 3 times: I directly ...