This paper presents an agent-based approach to design a Transportation Regulation Support System (TRSS). Based on a multi-agent modeling of a urban transportation network, the objective of our approach is to integrate the functionalities of the existing information system with the functionalities of a decision support system. The TRSS monitors the network activity and adjusts itself to the envi...

This paper presents an agent-based approach to design a Transportation Regulation Support System (TRSS). Based on a multi-agent modeling of a urban transportation network, the objective of our approach is to integrate the functionalities of the existing information system with the functionalities of a decision support system. The TRSS monitors the network activity and adjusts itself to the envi...

This paper proposes a novel facility location model for health service network design by considering different key elements including the reliability aspects, service capacity, congestion, service quality, surrounding public infrastructures, geographical accessibility and several types of cost such as investment, transportation and operational costs. We formulate the problem as a robust scenari...

Network design problems consist of identifying an optimal subgraph of a graph, subject to side constraints. In generalized network design problems, the vertex set is partitioned into clusters and the feasibility conditions are expressed in terms of the clusters. Several applications of generalized network design problems arise in the fields of telecommunications, transportation and biology. The...

Despite the growing role of barge transportation in the hinterland access of major seaports in Northwestern Europe, service network design for intermodal barge transportation has received little research attention. In this paper, a decision support model for service network design in intermodal barge transportation is presented. The model determines optimal shipping routes for roundtrip service...

Comprehensive transportation network layout planning should pay more attention to the coordination and connection of various means of transport. In the course of layout planning, it is very necessary to consider all the views of experts from different domains. Based on analyzing the procedure and the characteristics of the comprehensive transportation network layout planning, this paper firstly...