Pre-disaster investment decisions for strengthening a highway network - Peeta, Srinivas; Sibel Salman, F.; Gunnec, Dilek; Viswanath, Kannan (Computers & operations research, 2010)
Keywords: Applied sciences; Decision making models; Decision theory. Utility theory; Decision-dependent probability distribution; Disasters; Earthquake mitigation; Emergency preparedness; Exact sciences and technology; Failure; Financing; Flows in networks. Combinatorial problems; Ground, air and sea transportation, marine construction; Highways; Investment; Knapsack problem; Links; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Mathematical programming; Networks; Operational research and scientific management; Operational research. Management science; Random link failures; Retrofitting highways; Road transportation and traffic; Roads & highways; Stochastic models; Studies; Two-stage stochastic program; Istanbul Turkey; Turkey; Earthquake mitigation; Decision-dependent probability distribution; Networks; Two-stage stochastic program; Retrofitting highways; Random link failures; Costs; Disaster; Modeling; Earthquakes; Freeway; Budget; Survival probability; Monotonic function; Probabilistic approach; Decision making; Local optimum; Highway; Rupture; Road network; Failures; Knapsack problem; Stochastic programming; Multilinear function; Objective function; Planning; Reliability; Investment