Title :
Optimization of the Operation of Infrastructures
Author :
Lukszo, Zofia ; Joksimovic, Dusica ; Bliemer, Michiel
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Technol., Policy & Manage., Delft Univ. of Technol.
Abstract :
The need for improvement of the operation of infrastructures, which can be represented as complex socio-technical system, has created a demand on investigating optimization methods applicable in this area. This paper briefly presents main classes of optimization models and stresses the importance of hierarchical optimization. The example of the dynamic road pricing aimed at improving the road capacity illustrates how a bi-level optimization problem can be formulated. The upper level describes the overall road performance for the chosen toll levels and the lower level present the user-specific objective function with route and departure time selection
Keywords :
operations research; optimisation; bi-level optimization problem; complex socio-technical systems; departure time selection; dynamic road pricing; hierarchical optimization; infrastructure operation optimization; optimization models; overall road performance; road capacity; route selection; toll levels; user-specific objective function; Civil engineering; Constraint optimization; Decision making; Geology; Job shop scheduling; Optimization methods; Pricing; Roads; Sociotechnical systems; Space technology;
Conference_Titel :
Networking, Sensing and Control, 2006. ICNSC '06. Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0065-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICNSC.2006.1673160
